Subunit composition and quantitative importance of GABA(A) receptor subtypes in the cerebellum of mouse and rat.

abstract：:Parameters affecting the binding of [3H]glycine to membrane fractions isolated from the cerebral cortex, midbrain, cerebellum, medulla oblongata, and spinal cord of the rat were investigated in a Na+-free medium. A [3H]glycine binding assay was established in which the binding was specific, saturable, pH-sensitive, an...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kishimoto H,Simon JR,Aprison MH

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N alpha-Acyl amino acid releasing enzyme (NAARE), an enzyme cleaving acetylMet-Ala at the Met-Ala bond was purified from rat brain cytosol to apparent homogeneity by salt precipitation, gel filtration, and several steps of ion exchange. Levels of NAARE exceeded acylase measured with acetylmethionine in all brain regio...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Marks N,Lo ES,Stern F,Danho W

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We applied a differential display PCR technique to isolate molecules that are area-specific in expression in the primate neocortex, and found that growth/differentiation factor 7 (GDF7), a member of the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)/transforming growth factor (TGF) beta super-family, is preferentially expressed in ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Watakabe A,Fujita H,Hayashi M,Yamamori T

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of morphine on serotonin (5-HT) and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) in the CNS of unanesthetized rats was investigated by microdialysis. Morphine was administered either subcutaneously, by local perfusion into the diencephalon, or by intraraphe microinjection. Systemic administration of morphine resulte...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Tao R,Auerbach SB

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mu-opioid receptor agonists have a preferential effect on nociception in adults but their analgesic effect is less selective in neonates. Here we presented our finding that the mu-opioid receptor agonists had no effect on high voltage-activated Ca(2+) channels (HVACCs) in adult dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons t...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Wu ZZ,Cai YQ,Pan HL

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progress has been made in Guillain-Barré syndrome, a post-infectious autoimmune neuropathy, especially on identifying Campylobacter jejuni genes responsible for the development and determinant of clinical features. C. jejuni strains carrying a sialyltransferase gene (cst-II), which is essential for the biosynthesis of...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Yuki N

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anti-diabetic drug and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPARγ) agonist, rosiglitazone, alters astrocyte activation; however, its mechanism remains less-known. We hypothesized participation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), known to control astrocyte reactivity. We first detected that ros...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kushwaha R,Mishra J,Gupta AP,Gupta K,Vishwakarma J,Chattopadhyay N,Gayen JR,Kamthan M,Bandyopadhyay S

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular concentrations of amino acids in the hippocampal CA1 field and striatum of conscious freely moving rats were monitored simultaneously by in vivo brain microdialysis using HPLC with electrochemical detection. Under basal conditions, aspartate, glutamate, glutamine, glycine, taurine, and alanine were d...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Shibanoki S,Kogure M,Sugahara M,Ishikawa K

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excitotoxicity mediated by alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid (AMPA) receptors has been proposed to play a major role in the selective death of motor neurons in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and motor neurons are more vulnerable to AMPA receptor-mediated excitotoxicity than are o...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Sun H,Kawahara Y,Ito K,Kanazawa I,Kwak S

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid and simple chromatographic procedure using HPLC with electrochemical detection is described for simultaneous determination of the substrates from precursor amino acids to metabolites related to synthesis and metabolism of three monoamine neurotransmitters--norepinephrine (NE), dopamine (DA), and 5-hydroxytrypt...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Murai S,Saito H,Masuda Y,Itoh T

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GM1 ganglioside binding to the crude mitochondrial fraction of rat brain and its effect on (Na+, K+)-ATPase were studied, the following results being obtained: (a) the binding process followed a biphasic kinetics with a break at 50 nM-GM1; GM1 at concentrations below the break was stably associated, while over the bre...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Leon A,Facci L,Toffano G,Sonnino S,Tettamanti G

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we report the cloning of two cDNAs, Snf2h and Snf2l, encoding the murine members of the Imitation Switch (ISWI) family of chromatin remodeling proteins. To gain insight into their function we examined the spatial and temporal expression patterns of Snf2h and Snf2l during development. In the brain, Snf2h is preval...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Lazzaro MA,Picketts DJ

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modulation by adenosine analogues and endogenous adenosine of the electrically evoked release of [3H]acetylcholine ([3H]ACh) was compared in subslices of the three areas of the rat hippocampus (CA1, CA3, and dentate gyrus). The mixed A1/A2 agonist 2-chloroadenosine (CADO; 2-10 microM) inhibited, in a concentration...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Cunha RA,Milusheva E,Vizi ES,Ribeiro JA,Sebastião AM

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was made of the actions of the excitant neurotoxin, kainic acid, on the uptake and the release of D-[2,3-3H]aspartate (D-ASP) in slices of guinea pig cerebral neocortex and striatum. The slices took up D-ASP, reaching concentrations of the amino acid in the tissue which were 14-23 times that in the medium. Sub...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Potashner SJ,Gerard D

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compelling evidence indicates that type 2 diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance (IR), and metabolic syndrome are often accompanied by cognitive impairment. However, the mechanistic link between these metabolic abnormalities and CNS dysfunction requires further investigations. Here, we evaluated whether adipose tissue ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Sallam HS,Tumurbaatar B,Zhang WR,Tuvdendorj D,Chandalia M,Tempia F,Laezza F,Taglialatela G,Abate N

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exogenous phospholipases have been used extensively as tools to study the role of membrane lipids in receptor mechanisms. We used in vitro quantitative autoradiography to evaluate the effect of phospholipase A2 (PLA2) on N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and non-NMDA glutamate receptors in rat brain. PLA2 pretreatment induc...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Catania MV,Hollingsworth Z,Penney JB,Young AB

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Summary During hypoxia, ATP was released from type I (glomus) cells in the carotid bodies. We studied the action of ATP on the intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) of type I cells dissociated from rat carotid bodies using a Ca(2+) imaging technique. ATP did not affect the resting [Ca(2+)](i) but strongly s...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Xu J,Xu F,Tse FW,Tse A

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyrosine hydroxylase (TOH), the rate-limiting enzyme in catecholamine biosynthesis, is regulated by phosphorylation. Activation of histaminergic H1 receptors on cultured bovine adrenal chromaffin cells stimulated a rapid increase in TOH phosphorylation (within 5 s) that was sustained for at least 5 min. The initial in...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Bunn SJ,Sim AT,Herd LM,Austin LM,Dunkley PR

更新日期：1995-03-01 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：:Two monoclonal antibodies that recognize Alzheimer's neurofibrillary tangles (ANTs), AD10 and AB18, have been characterized by immunoblotting against human and calf spinal cord neurofilament (NF) and calf brain microtubule preparations. Both antibodies bind to the 200-kilodalton (kd) (NF-H) and 160-kd (NF-M) but not t...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Ksiezak-Reding H,Yen SH

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptinotoxin-h (LPTx), a neurotoxin (otherwise designated beta-leptinotarsin-h) known to stimulate the release of neurotransmitters from synapses, was purified from the hemolymph of the potato beetle, Leptinotarsa haldemani, by a simplification of the procedure originally developed by Crosland et al. [Biochemistry 23,...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Madeddu L,Pozzan T,Robello M,Rolandi R,Hsiao TH,Meldolesi J

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extralysosomal proteolysis by multicatalytic complexes such as the 26S proteasome produces large amounts of peptides in the cytosol, mitochondria and nuclei of eukaryotic cells, and there is increasing evidence that the resulting free intracellular peptides can modulate specific protein interactions. The demonstration...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Ferro ES,Hyslop S,Camargo AC

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For more than three decades, the venom of the black widow spider and its principal active components, latrotoxins, have been used to induce release of neurotransmitters and hormones and to study the mechanisms of exocytosis. Given the complex nature of alpha--latrotoxin (alpha-LTX) actions, this research has been cont...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Silva JP,Suckling J,Ushkaryov Y

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an n-3 fatty acid, is rapidly deposited during the period of rapid brain development. The influence of n-3 fatty acid deficiency on learning performance in adult rats over two generations was investigated. Rats were fed either an n-3 fatty acid-adequate (n-3 Adq) or -deficient (n-3 Def) die...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Moriguchi T,Greiner RS,Salem N Jr

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood-based tests for the differential diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are under intensive investigation and have shown promising results with regard to Abeta40 and Abeta42 peptide species in incipient AD. Moreover, plasma Abeta40 was suggested as an independent cerebrovascular risk factor candidate. These consi...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Bibl M,Esselmann H,Mollenhauer B,Weniger G,Welge V,Liess M,Lewczuk P,Otto M,Schulz JB,Trenkwalder C,Kornhuber J,Wiltfang J

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sympathetic denervation of the iris muscle produces increases in both the breakdown of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) and in muscle contraction in response to norepinephrine (NE). To shed more light on the biochemical basis underlying this supersensitivity we investigated: the effects of NE on PIP2 break...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Akhtar RA,Abdel-Latif AA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide (PACAP) receptor (PAC1R) is a class B Gprotein-coupled receptor (GPCR) that is widely expressed in the human body and is involved in neuronal differentiation. As class B GPCRs are known to form heterocomplexes with family members, we hypothesized that PAC1R mediates neuro...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Ke R,Lok SIS,Singh K,Chow BKC,Lee LTO

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the receptor mechanisms by which vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) and related peptides exert their effects on tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) gene expression. VIP, secretin, and peptide histidine isoleucine (PHI) each produced increases in TH gene expression, as measured by increases in TH mRNA levels...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Wessels-Reiker M,Basiboina R,Howlett AC,Strong R

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular protein inclusions in Alzheimer's disease and progressive supranuclear palsy contain UBB+1, a variant ubiquitin. UBB+1 is able block the 26S proteasome in cell lines. Proteasome inhibition by drug action has previously been shown to induce a heat-shock response and render protection against stress. We in...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hope AD,de Silva R,Fischer DF,Hol EM,van Leeuwen FW,Lees AJ

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated changes in the extracellular levels of acetylcholine (ACh) following local application of serotonergic agents to the dorsal hippocampus of freely moving rats by means of perfusion using a microdialysis technique. Perfusion of serotonin (5-HT; 10 microM, for 30 min at a rate of 3 microliters/min), disso...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Izumi J,Washizuka M,Miura N,Hiraga Y,Ikeda Y

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00