The role of Bax-inhibiting peptide in retinal ganglion cell apoptosis after optic nerve transection.

abstract：:In the present study, the origin of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) to the dorsal horn in the rat lumbar spinal cord is investigated. CGRP immunoreactivity is examined following multiple unilateral and bilateral dorsal rhizotomies and isolated cord preparations (spinal cords are isolated by transecting the cord...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Chung K,Lee WT,Carlton SM

更新日期：1988-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurotrophins are a family of growth factor primarily acting in the nervous system, throughout two categories of membrane receptors on the basis of their high (Trk receptors) or low (p75NTR) affinity. Both neurotrophins and Trk receptors are phylogenetically conserved and are expressed not only in the central and peri...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Abbate F,Guerrera MC,Montalbano G,Levanti MB,Germanà GP,Navarra M,Laurà R,Vega JA,Ciriaco E,Germanà A

更新日期：2014-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The chronic administration of phencyclidine-HCl (PCP-HCl), 10 mg/kg, for 6-7 days resulted in a significant increase in the striatal methionine-enkephalin level, although acute administration induced no change of methionine-enkephalin level in this area. The methionine-enkephalin levels in other areas investigated, i....

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nabeshima T,Hiramatsu M,Amano M,Furukawa H,Kameyama T

更新日期：1983-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic food restriction increases exploratory behavior, cognitive function, and the rewarding effects of abused drugs. Recently, striatal neuroadaptations that may be involved in these effects were observed. Specifically, D-1 dopamine (DA) receptor agonist challenge produced stronger activation of extracellular signa...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Pan Y,Siregar E,Carr KD

更新日期：2006-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Differences between neural processing underling day and night vision occur at initial transduction steps. However, comparison of a visual task performance in photopic versus scotopic situations has an intrinsic problem: ambient light levels directly affect the contrast between stimuli and background. By using a simple...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kihara AH,Tsurumaki AM,Ribeiro-do-Valle LE

更新日期：2006-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of methamphetamine (MAP) administration on neurotensin-like immunoreactivity (NTLI) were investigated in the rat brain. A single administration of MAP induced dose-dependent and reversible increases in NTLI in the caudate-putamen, limbic forebrain and midbrain. NTLI in the caudate-putamen, limbic forebrain...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Wachi M,Okuda M,Togashi S,Miyashita O,Wakahoi T

更新日期：1987-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular choline-dependency of acetylcholine (ACh) synthesis was examined in rat hippocampal slices. In the presence of hemicholinium-3 (HC-3, 5 microM), extracellular choline-dependent ACh synthesis appeared to consist of two different components. The first component (saturated at up to 50 microM choline) was de...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Suzuki T,Kashima Y,Kawashima K

更新日期：1989-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Purkinje cell degeneration (pcd) mutant mice lose cerebellar Purkinje cells. It was found that pcd mice, contrary to normal mice, did not alternate spontaneously at any of 3 inter-trial intervals (15 s, 3 or 6 min). Deficits in spontaneous alternation are typical of animals with brain damage in areas important in spat...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lalonde R,Manseau M,Botez MI

更新日期：1987-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of NMDA receptors to neuronal hyperexcitability following in vitro ethanol withdrawal was examined using afterdischarges (ADs) in rat dentate gyrus as a model system. ADs were evoked by high frequency stimuli and blocked by N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists. Ethanol (75 mM) inhibited AD...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Morrisett RA

更新日期：1994-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormalities of cortical representational maps and their plasticity have been described in dystonia. A common polymorphism for BDNF has been associated with abnormal cortical plasticity, and thus might contribute to pathogenesis of dystonia in some subjects. As a first step towards this suggestion, the current study ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Cramer SC,Sampat A,Haske-Palomino M,Nguyen S,Procaccio V,Hermanowicz N

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The psychophysiological basis of problem size effect in the arithmetical processing of additions and subtractions was studied with event-related brain potentials (ERP). Subjects were presented sequences of seven numbers, and ERPs elicited to the sixth number were analyzed. Two variables were manipulated: operation typ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Núñez-Peña MI,Honrubia-Serrano ML,Escera C

更新日期：2005-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The central projections of axotomized fibers were assessed to investigate how well these matched the modality of the reinnervated receptor. Our results using intrafiber injection of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) and cord dorsum potentials evoked by intracellular stimulation of single afferents indicate that regeneratin...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Koerber HR,Seymour AW,Mendell LM

更新日期：1989-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is highly prevalent in children and adolescents and both environmental and genetic factors play major roles. Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are postulated to contribute to the development of the infant brain and an imbalance in these may increase the risk of ADHD. I...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Bartl J,Walitza S,Grünblatt E

更新日期：2014-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In brainstem slices of guinea pigs perfused with artificial cerebro-spinal fluid (ACSF), the discharge of all the spontaneously active neurons of the medial vestibular nucleus (MVN) is regular. It has been reported that prolonged exposure to a low Ca(2+) medium could induce these neurons to fire bursts of spikes. In t...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ris L,Godaux E

更新日期：2001-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Afferent fibers ending in nerve-end neuromas generate spontaneous impulse discharge which has been implicated as a cause of paraesthesias and pain following peripheral nerve injury in man. We now show in rats that the anticonvulsant drug phenytoin (PT), applied systemically or topically onto desheathed neuromas, suppr...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yaari Y,Devor M

更新日期：1985-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic exposure of cultured canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells to ethanol (10-400 mM) for 1-5 days resulted in significant concentration-dependent elevation in resting intracellular free calcium ([Ca2+]i) levels. Preincubation of these cultured vascular cells with inhibitors of protein kinase C (PKC), staur...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zheng T,Li W,Zhang A,Altura BT,Altura BM

更新日期：1998-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Proton-induced Na+ currents (INa(H] were measured in precursor cells from chick dorsal root ganglia with whole-cell patch-clamp recording. Precursor cells were isolated using the method of Rohrer et al. (EMBO. J., 4 (1985) 1709-1714) and fast pH changes were applied with a technique developed by Davies et al. (J. Phys...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Gottmann K,Dietzel ID,Lux HD,Ruedel C

更新日期：1989-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymerase chain reaction was utilized to determine which of six cloned phospholipase A2 (PLA2) messenger RNAs (mRNAs), encoding four distinct low molecular weight forms of secretory PLA2 (PLA2-IB, PLA2-IIA, PLA2-IIC and PLA2-V), a calcium-dependent high molecular weight PLA2 (PLA2-IV, cPLA2) and a calcium-indepen...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Molloy GY,Rattray M,Williams RJ

更新日期：1998-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (CNQX), a specific non-N-methyl-D-aspartate (non-NMDA) receptor antagonist, on NMDA-independent epileptiform activity induced by Mg2(+)-free medium was studied in rat basolateral amygdala (BLA) neurons using intracellular recording techniques. Twenty to 30 min after s...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Gean PW

更新日期：1990-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term adrenalectomy results in loss of neurones in the hippocampal formation of the adult rat. The effects of long-term adrenalectomy on spatial learning and exploratory behaviour in adrenalectomized (ADX), adrenalectomized normal weight gain (ADXNW), sham operated and naive control male Sprague-Dawley rats were i...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Islam A,Henriksson B,Mohammed A,Winblad B,Adem A

更新日期：1995-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Vanilloid receptors are activated by capsaicin, the pungent ingredient in hot pepper. They are also specifically and competitively inhibited by capsazepine (CPZ). To determine whether CPZ is specific to vanilloid receptors, its effects were tested on the currents evoked by nicotine in rat trigeminal ganglia. We found ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Liu L,Simon SA

更新日期：1997-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the coadministration of lidocaine with propranolol interferes with the metabolic profile (pharmacokinetics), its pharmacodynamics is still unclear. In this report, we investigate whether propranolol can potentiate the effect of lidocaine. Rats received spinal anesthesia with lidocaine co-injected with propran...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Chen YW,Chu CC,Chen YC,Hung CH,Li YT,Wang JJ

更新日期：2011-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetylcholine (Ach) has been considered a major neurotransmitter in the inner ear efferent nerve endings. A bioassay analysis has shown that the electrical stimulation of the crossed olivocochlear bundle increased the Ach-like activity in the perilymph. Applying in vivo microdialysis techniques and high-performance li...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hoya N,Ogawa K,Inoue Y,Takiguchi Y,Kanzaki J

更新日期：2001-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to understand the change of superoxide dismutase (SOD) in tumor cells by hypoxia and hypoxia-normoxia exposure, the present study performed an in vitro investigation using rat glioma cell line in culture. Hypoxia was induced by an incubation with nitrogen gas for 15 h followed the normoxia exposure with ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Chang CK,Tsai CY,Lin LS,Jou SB,Liao SS,Cheng JT

更新日期：1997-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Localized moderate cooling (+10 degrees C) of the anterior and ventral part of the raphe dorsalis induced cortical synchronization and ponto-geniculo-occipital (PGO) waves followed sometimes by paradoxical sleep. Cooling the region of the raphe magnus produced cortical arousal. After depletion of brain 5-hydroxytrypta...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Cespuglio R,Walker E,Gomez ME,Musolino R

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The taiep rat is a myelin mutant whose immobility episodes (IEs) can be caused by gripping them by the tail. Electroencephalographic recordings during IEs show a rapid-eye movement sleep-like pattern, similar to narcolepsy-cataplexy in canines. Systemic administration of alpha(2)-adrenoceptor agonists and the alpha(1)...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Eguibar JR,Cortés Mdel C,Lara-Lozano M

更新日期：2010-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that P7 rat pups injected with the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) blocker MK801 displayed robust apoptotic injury within hours after injection. Further studies from our lab suggest that loss of calcium cannot be compensated for when vulnerable neurons lack calcium buffering capabilities...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Turner CP,Debenedetto D,Liu C

更新日期：2009-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain is the most characteristic feature of sickle cell disease (SCD). Patients with SCD live with unpredictable, recurrent episodes of acute painful crisis, as well as chronic unremitting pain throughout their lifetime. While most of the research and medical efforts have focused on treating vaso-occlusion crisis and a...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： He Y,Wang ZJ

更新日期：2019-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed at investigating how a specific instruction concerning gaze orientation, which involved active head motion, could influence the performance of human subjects in a self-controlled whole-body rotation task in the dark. Subjects were seated on a mobile robotic chair that they controlled using a jo...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Siegler I,Israël I

更新日期：2002-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Edaravone, an electron spin trapper with radical scavenging activity, has been shown to be effective in reducing infarct volume in humans following ischemic stroke. However, concerns of edaravone-induced renal toxicity have limited its clinical adoption. Previous work has demonstrated that edaravone produced significa...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Connell BJ,Saleh MC,Kucukkaya I,Abd-El-Aziz AS,Khan BV,Saleh TM

更新日期：2014-02-21 00:00:00