Male rats require testosterone to develop contralateral digastric muscle activity in response to noxious stimulation of the temporomandibular joint.

abstract：:We assessed whether tolerance develops to the antinociceptive effect of intrathecal (i.t.) orphanin FQ, the endogenous ligand of the orphan opioid-like receptor, and whether there is a cross-tolerance between the antinociceptive effect of i.t. orphanin FQ and the mu opioid receptor agonist morphine. Orphanin FQ admini...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hao JX,Wiesenfeld-Hallin Z,Xu XJ

更新日期：1997-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Both backward masking and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) are capable of hindering perception of a visual target. To study the relationship between these two methods we applied TMS over the occipital pole in combination with the visual backward masking technique shine-through. The recently discovered weak shin...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kammer T,Scharnowski F,Herzog MH

更新日期：2003-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Arterial pressure (AP) is known to fluctuate during parabolic-flight-induced gravitational changes in human subjects, increasing during hypergravity and decreasing during microgravity. In this study, we examined whether the vestibular system participates in the AP response to the gravitational changes induced by parab...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Iwata C,Abe C,Tanaka K,Morita H

更新日期：2011-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Using in vivo voltammetric detection of nitric oxide (NO) a previous study demonstrated an increased NO release at the lumbar dorsal horn level of the spinal cord by peripheral inflammatory processes in decerebrated-spinalized rats. This study concerns the effects of acute peripheral stimulations. Gentle non-noxious o...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Rivot JP,Montagne-Clavel J,Besson JM

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noradrenaline (NA)- and neuropeptide Y (NPY)-containing cell bodies were found to occur in high numbers (>75% of all cells were positive) in the human superior cervical ganglion and distributed homogeneously throughout the ganglion and showed colocalisation. A few cell bodies were VIP-immunoreactive (-ir) (less than 5...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tajti J,Möller S,Uddman R,Bodi I,Edvinsson L

更新日期：1999-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) system has been implicated in the susceptibility to develop alcohol dependence and in determining electroencephalogram (EEG) beta activity. The role of the GABA receptor alpha-2 gene (GABRA2) in human alcohol dependence was determined in a genetic and electrophysiological study. The ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lydall GJ,Saini J,Ruparelia K,Montagnese S,McQuillin A,Guerrini I,Rao H,Reynolds G,Ball D,Smith I,Thomson AD,Morgan MY,Gurling HM

更新日期：2011-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technique was used to examine the changes of the expression of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) receptors in the rat lumbar dorsal root ganglion (DRG) following subcutaneous bee venom (BV) injection into the plantar surface of the unilateral hindpaw. In the DRG ip...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Liu XY,Wu SX,Wang YY,Wang W,Zhou L,Li YQ

更新日期：2005-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently showed that the RNA regulator, HuR, is translocated to the cytoplasm in astrocytes in the acute phase of spinal cord injury (SCI), consistent with its activation. HuR positively modulates expression of many pro-inflammatory factors, including IL-1β, TNF-α, and MMP-12, which are present at high levels in th...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kwan T,Floyd CL,Patel J,Mohaimany-Aponte A,King PH

更新日期：2017-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The trembler mouse suffers from a dominantly inherited mutation of the peripheral myelin protein 22 (PMP22) gene which results in an abnormal myelination of its peripheral nervous system. The recent identification of two different PMP22 mRNA differing in their 5' non-translated region led us to monitor their respectiv...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Garbay B,Boiron-Sargueil F,Cassagne C

更新日期：1995-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of cortisol on 22 tuberoinfundibular (TI) neurons in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus were examined in urethane-anesthetized rats. Iontophoretically applied cortisol excited 10 (45%) of 22 TI-neurons tested, whereas the cortisol inhibited 4 (31%) of 13 neurons in the periventricular hypoth...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kasai M,Kannan H,Ueta Y,Osaka T,Inenaga K,Yamashita H

更新日期：1988-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that glycine binding sites on presynaptic NMDA receptors (NMDA-Rs) can tonically regulate glutamate release in the rat visual cortex. In the present study, we investigated the subunit composition of these presynaptic NMDA-Rs. We recorded miniature a-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropioni...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Li YH,Han TZ,Meng K

更新日期：2008-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In the brains of male zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata), the nuclei that direct song learning and production are larger than the corresponding regions in females, who do not sing. The dimorphism in Area X of the medial striatum (MSt), an area important for song learning, is even more dramatic in that it is identifia...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Bailey DJ,Wade J

更新日期：2006-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression is one of the most prevalent challenges of mental conditions. Yet its exact etiology has not been clear. Chronic stress increases the production of cytokines, which can lead to depression. Hepcidin, an iron modulator, is involved in the inflammation process as well as iron homeostasis. This study was design...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Farajdokht F,Soleimani M,Mehrpouya S,Barati M,Nahavandi A

更新日期：2015-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotine and smoking have long been proved to play an important role in cognition and memory in the hippocampus. This effect is closely related to the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic system. Previous research has focused on functional and pharmacological aspects of nicotine's modulation activity. In this study, th...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Li SP,Park MS,Bahk JY,Kim MO

更新日期：2002-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Some investigations have shown that the glutamate receptors play a critical role in cognitive processes such as learning and anxiety. OBJECTIVES:The possible involvement of the cholinergic system of the dorsal hippocampus in the anxiolytic-like response induced by MK-801, NMDA receptor antagonist, was invest...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zarrindast MR,Nasehi M,Piri M,Heidari N

更新日期：2011-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to investigate the presence and distribution of nerve cell bodies and small ganglia in the stroma of human submandibular gland. A retrospective immunohistochemical study in 13 human submandibular glands, fixed in neutral buffered formalin and embedded in paraffin wax, was undertaken. Six...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tosios KI,Nikolakis M,Prigkos AC,Diamanti S,Sklavounou A

更新日期：2010-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein(a) [apo(a)] is a highly polymorphic glycoprotein which has been suggested to play a role in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Plasma lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] levels and the differential expression of apo(a) isoforms were analyzed in 73 sporadic AD patients compared with 73 age- and gender-matched healthy controls...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Emanuele E,Peros E,Tomaino C,Feudatari E,Bernardi L,Binetti G,Maletta R,D'Angelo A,Montagna L,Bruni AC,Geroldi D

更新日期：2004-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular localisation of benzodiazepine receptors was studied. Kainic acid induced neuronal lesions (2 x 0.25-2 x 2 micrograms; 2-26 days in rat cerebellum decreased specific binding of [3H]flunitrazepam down to 35% of controls. Specific binding of [3H]flunitrazepam was also decreased (to 80% of controls) in the c...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Braestrup C,Nielsen M,Biggio G,Squires RF

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in rapid and significant oxidative stress. We have previously demonstrated that polyethylene glycol (PEG) repairs neuronal membrane and inhibits lipid peroxidation in an in vitro model of SCI. In this study we tested the effects of PEG on oxidative stress in guinea pigs after SCI. Oxid...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Luo J,Shi R

更新日期：2004-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular and extracellular recordings were obtained from layers II-III of slices of adult rat neocortex maintained in vitro. Excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) and epileptiform discharges (paroxysmal depolarizing shifts, PDSs) were evoked in the presence of bicuculline methiodide. Responses were monitored...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Burke JP,Hablitz JJ

更新日期：1994-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We assess in mice, the electrophysiological criteria developed in humans and rats in vivo for unmyelinated (C) fibre differentiation into sub-classes, derived from the activity-induced latency increase ("slowing") in response to electrical stimulation during 6 min at 0.25 Hz followed by 3 min at 2 Hz. Fibres are consi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hoffmann T,De Col R,Messlinger K,Reeh PW,Weidner C

更新日期：2015-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of choline acetyltransferase (CAT) proximal to and nerve growth factor (NGF) distal to the intraneural site of tetrodotoxin (TTX) or batrachotoxin (BTX) injection in vivo was used to monitor orthograde and retrograde axonal transport. Orthograde axonal transport was blocked by BTX for up to 7-10 days ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Boegman RJ,Riopelle RJ

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restoration of autophagy represents a potential therapeutic target for neurodegenerative disorders, but factors that regulate autophagic flux are largely unknown. When deprived of trophic factors, cultured Purkinje neurons die by an autophagy associated cell death mechanism. The accumulation of autophagic vesicles and...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Bains M,Zaegel V,Mize-Berge J,Heidenreich KA

更新日期：2011-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Conflicting inputs from visual and vestibular afferents produce motion sickness and postural instability. However, the relationship of visual and vestibular inputs to each other remains obscure. In this study, we examined the development of subjective sickness- and balance-related symptoms and objective equilibrium at...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Akiduki H,Nishiike S,Watanabe H,Matsuoka K,Kubo T,Takeda N

更新日期：2003-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the psychopharmacological profile of blonanserin, a novel antipsychotic, we examined its effect on the methamphetamine-induced disruption of latent inhibition (LI) and the neural activation related to this effect in rats. To evaluate the LI, we used a conditioned emotional response in which a tone (conditio...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kuramashi A,Abe H,Koganemaru G,Matsuo H,Ikeda T,Ebihara K,Funahashi H,Takeda R,Nishimori T,Ishida Y

更新日期：2013-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the mRNA expression of the various complement components in cultured mouse microglia and astrocytes by the reverse transcription and polymerase chain reaction. C1q, C2, C3, and C4 mRNAs were detected in microglial cultures. C3 and C4 mRNAs were found in astrocyte cultures. Microglia showed enhanced exp...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Haga S,Aizawa T,Ishii T,Ikeda K

更新日期：1996-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are widely used in regeneration and repair of various tissues and organs, and whether MSC-conditioned medium (MSC-CM) has protective effects in postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) remains largely unknown. We aimed to assess the therapeutic effect and explore the mechanisms...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Jiang Y,Gao H,Yuan H,Xu H,Tian M,Du G,Xie W

更新日期：2019-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The magnetic cell sorter (MACS) technique was applied to isolate retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) for culture. RGCs were labeled retrogradely with 1.1'-dioctadecyl-3,3,3',3'-tetramethylindocarbocyanine perchlorate (Dil). Subsequently retinal cell suspensions were incubated with biotinylated anti-rat Thy-1 antibody and MA...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Shoge K,Mishima HK,Mukai S,Shinya M,Ishihara K,Kanno M,Sasa M

更新日期：1999-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied electrophysiologically the actions of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and related pharmacological agents on fish retinal horizontal cells by recording intracellularly from isolated retinae perfused with Ringer containing the various drugs. We show that although GABA usually hyperpolarizes the membrane p...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hankins MW,Ruddock KH

更新日期：1984-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathological features of Alzheimer's disease include deposition of amyloid-beta (Abeta) containing plaques and increases in the expression of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) enzymes. Chemical inhibition of CDKs prevents the neurotoxicity of the Abeta peptide. The activity of these kinases requires the binding of a c...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Milton NG

更新日期：2002-04-05 00:00:00