Preferential resistance of dopaminergic neurons to the toxicity of glutathione depletion is independent of cellular glutathione peroxidase and is mediated by tetrahydrobiopterin.

abstract：:In this study, we examined the molecular and functional characterization of choline uptake into cultured rat cortical astrocytes. Choline uptake into astrocytes showed little dependence on extracellular Na+. Na+-independent choline uptake was saturable and mediated by a single transport system, with an apparent Michae...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Inazu M,Takeda H,Matsumiya T

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modulation of [3H]muscimol binding by picrotoxin, pentobarbitone, and etomidate was investigated in rat cerebellar and cerebral cortical membranes. In cerebellum, at 37 degrees C in the presence of chloride ions (150 mM), picrotoxin and picrotoxinin decreased specific [3H]muscimol binding to 43 +/- 3% of control, with...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Quast U,Brenner O

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the role of reduced dopaminergic transmission for declines of forced versus spontaneous behavior, we used a model of Parkinson's disease with progressive degeneration of dopamine (DA) neurons, the MitoPark mouse. Mice were subjected to rotarod tests of motor coordination, and open field and cylinder tests...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Chen YH,Hsieh TH,Kuo TT,Kao JH,Ma KH,Huang EY,Chou YC,Olson L,Hoffer BJ

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(R)-[3H]Tomoxetine is a radioligand that binds to the norepinephrine (NE) uptake site with high affinity but also binds to a second, lower-affinity site. The goal of the present study was to identify the nature of this low-affinity site by comparing the binding properties of (R)-[3H]tomoxetine with those of (R/S)-[3H]...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Gehlert DR,Schober DA,Gackenheimer SL

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The zinc-finger transcription factor Yin Yang 1 (YY1) is a multifunctional protein that plays a critical role in embryonic development. Although it has been shown to play a role in eye development, its expression in the retina was not previously described. Here, we investigated YY1 expression in chicken tissues and we...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Bernard M,Voisin P

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The question of developmental relationships amongst myelin-related membranes in subfractions of myelinating mouse brain (15 days) was investigated by a time-staggered double isotope protocol using [3H]leucine and [14C]leucine. Preliminary results are interpreted and discussed in the context of a mathematical conceptua...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Pereyra PM,Braun PE,Greenfield S,Hogan EL

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a light and electron microscopic immunocytochemical study we have examined the distribution of myelin basic protein (MBP), 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase (CNP), and myelin/oligodendroglial glycoprotein (MOG) within CNS myelin sheaths and oligodendrocytes of adult Sprague-Dawley rats. Ultrastructural i...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Brunner C,Lassmann H,Waehneldt TV,Matthieu JM,Linington C

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microdialysis in the awake, freely moving rat was used to determine the effect of pyrithiamine-induced thiamine deficiency on the levels of amino acids in the brain. Studies were carried out on (a) presymptomatic animals immediately before the development of behavioral changes and (b) acute symptomatic animals within ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hazell AS,Butterworth RF,Hakim AM

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhalation of either 0.5% or 1.0% halothane in air caused a slight decrease in the cAMP concentration in rat cerebral cortex and cerebellum. During recovery, concentrations returned to normal in 3 h, or less. In contrast, cGMP decreased sixfold in cerebellum, but increased twofold in cortex. Recovery time for cerebell...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Divakaran P,Rigor BM,Wiggins RC

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While it has been reported that familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD)-linked mutants of amyloid precursor protein (APP) and presenilin (PS)2 induce neuronal cytotoxicity in a manner sensitive to antioxidant and pertussis toxin (PTX), little of the mechanism for PS1-mediated neuronal cell death has been characterized. We ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hashimoto Y,Ito Y,Arakawa E,Kita Y,Terashita K,Niikura T,Nishimoto I

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Amino-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzo(beta)thiophen-3-yl 4-chlorophenylmethanone (T62) is a member of a group of allosteric modulators of adenosine A1 receptors tested in animal models of neuropathic pain to increase the efficacy of adenosine. To determine its mechanisms at the level of receptor-G-protein activation, the pr...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Childers SR,Li X,Xiao R,Eisenach JC

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain gangliosides from four vertebrate classes (fish, amphibia, aves, and mammalia) were studied by patterns generated with the use of two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography. In an effort to retain possible alkalilabile gangliosides, samples were not base-hydrolyzed. Resultant chromatograms revealed complex patter...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hunter GD,Wiegant VM,Dunn AJ

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The isolation, characterization, and bioactivity in the feeding circuitry of a novel neuropeptide in the Aplysia californica central nervous system are reported. The 17-residue amidated peptide, NGGTADALYNLPDLEKIamide, has been termed cerebrin due to its primary location in the cerebral ganglion. Liquid chromatographi...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Li L,Floyd PD,Rubakhin SS,Romanova EV,Jing J,Alexeeva VY,Dembrow NC,Weiss KR,Vilim FS,Sweedler JV

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the apoptogenic sphingomyelin-dependent signaling pathway in neuronally differentiated PC12 cells with cell-permeant C2-ceramide resulted in a transient and short-lived emission of reactive oxygen species that was maximal 6 h after the beginning of treatment, followed immediately by nuclear translocation...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： France-Lanord V,Brugg B,Michel PP,Agid Y,Ruberg M

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most physiological processes in mammals are synchronized to the daily light:dark cycle by a circadian clock located in the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus. Signal transduction of light-induced phase advances of the clock is mediated through a neuronal nitric oxide synthase-guanilyl cyclase pathway. We have employ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Baidanoff FM,Plano SA,Doctorovich F,Suárez SA,Golombek DA,Chiesa JJ

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the postmortem stability of brain 3-methoxy-4-hydroxy-phenylethyleneglycol (MHPG) and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylethyleneglycol (DHPG) levels, groups of rats and mice were killed by cervical dislocation and left at either 21 degrees or 4 degrees C for intervals of up to 24 h until removal and freezing of whole brain...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Warsh JJ,Godse DD,Li PP,Cheung SW

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic alcohol exposure induces lasting behavioral changes, tolerance, and dependence. This results, at least partially, from neural adaptations at a cellular level. Previous genome-wide gene expression studies using pooled human brain samples showed that alcohol abuse causes widespread changes in the pattern of gene...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Liu J,Lewohl JM,Dodd PR,Randall PK,Harris RA,Mayfield RD

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uptake of 3',3,5-triiodo-L-thyronine (T3) and L-thyroxine (T4) by primary cultures derived from rat brain hemispheres was studied under initial velocity conditions, at 25 degrees C. Uptake of both hormones was carrier mediated and obeyed simple Michaelis-Menten kinetics. The Km of T3 uptake was very similar to tha...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Chantoux F,Blondeau JP,Francon J

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tachykinins play an important role in peripheral inflammatory diseases and disorders of the CNS. Most members of the tachykinin family are generated by alternative post-transcriptional splicing of the prepro-tachykinin (PPT) A gene. Here, we examined the simultaneous expression of PPT-A splice variants in individual n...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Springer J,McGregor GP,Fink L,Fischer A

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ependymins are thought to be implicated in fundamental processes involved in plasticity of the goldfish CNS. Gas-phase sequencing of purified ependymins beta and gamma revealed that they share the same N-terminal sequence. Each sequence displays microheterogeneities at several positions. Based on the protein sequences...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Königstorfer A,Sterrer S,Eckerskorn C,Lottspeich F,Schmidt R,Hoffmann W

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysregulated metabolism and consequent extracellular accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides in the brain underlie the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Extracellular Aβ in the brain parenchyma is mainly secreted from the pre-synaptic terminals of neuronal cells in a synaptic activity-dependent manner. The p24 fami...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Liu L,Fujino K,Nishimura M

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Converging lines of evidence suggest that progressive accumulation of the amyloid beta-protein (A beta) plays a central role in the genesis of Alzheimer's disease, but it was long assumed that A beta had to be assembled into extracellular amyloid fibrils to exert its cytotoxic effects. Over the past decade, data have ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Walsh DM,Selkoe DJ

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite considerable efforts to unravel the role of cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) in neuronal functions, the mechanisms by which PrP(C) takes part in the homeostasis of a defined neuronal phenotype remain poorly characterized. By taking advantage of a neuroectodermal cell line (1C11) endowed with the capacity to dif...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Pradines E,Loubet D,Mouillet-Richard S,Manivet P,Launay JM,Kellermann O,Schneider B

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S), a gasotransmitter, induces neuronal differentiation characterized by neuritogenesis and functional up-regulation of high voltage-activated Ca(2+) channels, via activation of T-type Ca(2+) channels in NG108-15 cells. We thus analyzed signaling mechanisms for the H(2)S-evoked neuronal different...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Tarui T,Fukami K,Nagasawa K,Yoshida S,Sekiguchi F,Kawabata A

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen and nitrogen species have emerged as predominant effectors of neurodegeneration. We demonstrated that expression of the fully active G93A Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase mutant in neuroblastoma cells is associated with an increased level of oxidatively modified proteins, in terms of carbonylated residues. A...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Aquilano K,Rotilio G,Ciriolo MR

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caspase cleavage of amyloid precursor protein (APP) has been reported to be important in amyloid beta protein (Aβ)-mediated neurotoxicity. However, the underlying mechanisms are not clearly understood. In this study, we explored the effect of caspase cleavage of APP on tau phosphorylation in relation to Aβ. We found t...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Park SS,Jung HJ,Kim YJ,Park TK,Kim C,Choi H,Mook-Jung IH,Koo EH,Park SA

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local cerebral glucose utilization (LCGU) was measured, using the quantitative autoradiographic [14C]2-deoxy-D-glucose method, in 56 brain regions of 3-month-old, awake Fischer-344 rats, after intraperitoneal administration of sulpiride (SULP) 100 mg/kg. SULP, an "atypical" neuroleptic, is a selective antagonist of D2...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Pizzolato G,Soncrant TT,Larson DM,Rapoport SI

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specific binding of [3H]imipramine to mouse brain membranes in an assay containing 120 mM NaCl and 5 mM KCl was similar in regional distribution and pharmacological specificity to that reported previously in rat and human brain. However, the absence of ions decreased the density of the specific binding of [3H]imip...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Severson JA,Woodward JJ,Wilcox RE

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence based on the ability to accumulate [3H]noradrenaline by a mechanism sensitive to desmethylimipramine suggests that there is a period of hyperinnervation of the cerebellum by noradrenergic fibres around the beginning of the second postnatal week. Different developmental profiles for specific noradrenaline upta...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Waddington G,Banks P

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mitochondrial fraction, purified from pig brain, was found to contain associated polypeptides with the same electrophoretic migration and isoelectric points as the alpha- and beta-tubulin subunits present in brain microtubules. When analyzed by Western blotting these polypeptides reacted specifically with purified t...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hargreaves AJ,Avila J

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00