Some certainty for the "zone of uncertainty"? Exploring the function of the zona incerta.

abstract：:In the ascending auditory pathway, the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus (IC) receives and integrates excitatory and inhibitory inputs from many bilateral lower auditory nuclei, intrinsic projections within the IC, contralateral IC through the commissure of the IC and from the auditory cortex. All these presy...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Wang H,Shen S,Zheng T,Bi L,Li B,Wang X,Yang Y,Jen PH

更新日期：2018-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP/Izm) develop severe hypertension, and more than 95% of them die of cerebral stroke. Hypoxic stimulation followed by oxygen reperfusion induces neuronal damage in both normotensive Wistar Kyoto/Izm (WKY/Izm) and SHRSP/Izm rats, and the percentage of neurons that under...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Yamagata K,Tagami M,Yamori Y

更新日期：2010-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Mast cells are known for their participation in immediate and, more recently, delayed hypersensitivity reactions. They have been found in the meninges and certain brain areas where they are strictly perivascular, in close apposition to neurons, and they are activated by direct nerve stimulation or by neuropeptides. In...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Theoharides TC,Dimitriadou V,Letourneau R,Rozniecki JJ,Vliagoftis H,Boucher W

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of altering extracellular pH on late Na+ currents were investigated in large dorsal root ganglion neurons from rats (100-300 g), using patch-clamp techniques. The late current amplitude was steeply dependent upon pH over a range which included normal physiological values: raising the pH from 7.3 to 8.3 app...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Baker MD,Bostock H

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in cellular activity in the subthalamic nucleus are a cardinal feature of Parkinson's disease and occur in rodents after lesions of the nigrostriatal pathway, a model of Parkinson's disease. GABA-ergic neurons from the globus pallidus provide a major input to the subthalamic nucleus. Previous electrophysiologi...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Mehta A,Menalled L,Chesselet MF

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the pattern of axonal projections of single corticothalamic neurons from the rat primary visual cortex. Microiontophoretic injections of biocytin were made in cortical laminae V and VI to label small pools of corticothalamic cells and their intrathalamic axonal projections. After a survival per...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Bourassa J,Deschênes M

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synaptic strength between primary afferent Adelta-fibers, many of which convey pain-related information, and second order neurons in the spinal dorsal horn can be depressed for prolonged periods of time in a use- and N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-dependent fashion. Here, we have used a transverse spinal cord slice...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Chen J,Sandkühler J

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the roles of nicotinic and muscarinic receptors in the acetylcholine-evoked secretion of catecholamine from guinea-pig chromaffin cells. Isolated guinea-pig chromaffin cells secrete catecholamine in response to acetylcholine, nicotine, and a variety of muscarinic agonists. Optimal concentrations of ace...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Role LW,Perlman RL

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allowing a resident hamster a single "priming" attack on a conspecific induces a transient aggressive arousal as indicated by a reduction in the latency and increase in the probability of attack on a second intruder presented within the next 30 min. We present two lines of evidence identifying the corticomedial amygda...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Potegal M,Ferris CF,Hebert M,Meyerhoff J,Skaredoff L

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of mice to the anesthetic gas nitrous oxide (N(2)O) produces a marked antinociceptive effect. Protein kinase C is a key regulatory enzyme that may be targeted by general anesthetics. However, a relationship between N(2)O-induced antinociception and protein kinase C has yet to be established. The present study...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Ishikawa M,Matsushita Y,Abe K,Utsunomiya I,Hoshi K,Quock RM,Taguchi K

更新日期：2006-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to observe the fine details of intracellularly stained neurons in brain slices the slices must be cleared of opaque matter. This clearing process involves dehydration of the slice, which typically results in significant shrinkage of the cleared tissue. However, how this shrinkage affects neuronal morphology h...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Grace AA,Llinás R

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease is characterized by a selective loss of particular cell populations. Several recent lines of evidence suggest that beta-amyloid protein directly contributes to the disease's progression and is likely responsible for the observed pattern of neuronal death. We have previously dem...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Pike CJ,Cotman CW

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory events in the space around us trigger specific motor patterns directed toward or away from the spatial location of the sensory source. Spatially-defined sensorimotor associations are well-known in the visual domain but less so for the auditory modality. In particular no spatially-directed audio-motor associati...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Cattaneo L,Barchiesi G

更新日期：2015-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) is a socially monogamous rodent species that forms pair bonds after mating. Recent data have shown that amphetamine (AMPH) is rewarding to prairie voles as it induces conditioned place preferences. Further, repeated treatment with AMPH impairs social bonding in adult prairie vol...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Fukushiro DF,Olivera A,Liu Y,Wang Z

更新日期：2015-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to other rhythmic tasks such as running, the preferred movement rate in cycling does not minimize energy consumption. It is possible that neurophysiological mechanisms contribute to the choice of cadence, however this phenomenon is not well understood. Eleven participants cycled at a fixed workload of 125 ...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Sidhu SK,Lauber B

更新日期：2020-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Agrin is a multi-domain protein best known for its essential function during formation of the neuromuscular junction. Alternative mRNA splicing at sites named y and z in the C-terminal part of agrin regulates its interaction with a receptor complex consisting of the agrin-binding low-density lipoprotein receptor-relat...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Handara G,Kröger S

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cranial parasympathetic outflow is mediated through the sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG). The present study was performed to examine the expression of the parasympathetic signaling transmitters and their receptors in human and rat SPG. Indirect immunofluorescence technique was used for the demonstration of vasoactive int...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Csati A,Tajti J,Kuris A,Tuka B,Edvinsson L,Warfvinge K

更新日期：2012-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychostimulants change the function of cortico-basal ganglia circuits. Some of these effects are mediated by altered gene regulation in projection neurons of the striatum which participate in these circuits. Psychostimulant-induced changes in gene expression in these neurons are a consequence of excessive stimulation...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Yano M,Beverley JA,Steiner H

更新日期：2006-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultures of 11 day old chick embryo pectoral muscle were used to study the effects of direct electrical stimulation and neurochemicals such as acetylcholine, acetyl-beta-methylcholine, tetrodotoxin, and d-tubocurarine on the acetylcholinesterase levels of muscle. The results suggest that excitation-contraction is an i...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Walker CR,Wilson BW

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigations of local field potentials of the subthalamic nucleus of patients with Parkinson's disease have provided evidence for pathologically exaggerated oscillatory beta-band activity (13-30 Hz) which is amenable to physiological modulation by, e.g., voluntary movement. Previous functional magnetic resonance ima...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Florin E,Dafsari HS,Reck C,Barbe MT,Pauls KA,Maarouf M,Sturm V,Fink GR,Timmermann L

更新日期：2013-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the intrathecal administration of the catecholaminergic neurotoxin 6-hydroxydopamine, or of hemisection of the spinal cord at the Cl level, on the density of alpha 2-adrenoceptors and on the norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin content in the cat lumbar spinal enlargement was determined 2, 7 or 21 day...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Howe JR,Yaksh TL,Tyce GM

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies in rats and mice have shown several sex-dependent functional and structural differences in the hippocampal region, a brain structure playing a key role in learning and memory. The aim of the present study was to establish whether sex differences exist prior to puberty in the stereological parameters of the den...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Severi S,Guidi S,Ciani E,Bartesaghi R

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Co-localization of neurotensin and cholecystokinin in tyrosine hydroxylase-containing neurons in the nucleus tractus solitarius of the rat was demonstrated by immunocytochemistry with fluorescent double-staining combined with the peroxidase-antiperoxidase method. Co-localization of neurotensin/tyrosine hydroxylase or ...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Kawai Y,Takagi H,Tohyama M

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melatonin, an indoleamine hormone secreted into circulation at night primarily by the brain's pineal gland, has been shown to have a wide variety of actions on the development and physiology of neurons in the CNS. Acting via two G-protein-coupled membrane receptors (MT1 and MT2), melatonin modulates neurogenesis, syna...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： O'Neal-Moffitt G,Pilli J,Kumar SS,Olcese J

更新日期：2014-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of atrial natriuretic factor-like immunoreactivity in the central nervous system of the frog Rana ridibunda was investigated by indirect immunofluorescence and the immunogold technique, using an antiserum generated in rabbits against synthetic atrial natriuretic factor (Arg 101-Tyr 126). A stereotaxic...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Netchitailo P,Feuilloley M,Pelletier G,Leboulenger F,Cantin M,Gutkowska J,Vaudry H

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The difference in visual object recognition by males and females suggests a sex-specific function in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). In the present study, we performed an in vivo microdialysis study in three groups of rats (males, diestrous females, and proestrous females) to examine the potential sex difference ...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Takase K,Kimura F,Yagami T,Mitsushima D

更新日期：2009-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats were trained in a specially designed apparatus to detect brief, unpredictable visual stimuli presented to either side of the head. In one condition, rats reported the detection of the visual stimulus by removing their heads from a central location and responding in one of two adjacent side-holes where the visual ...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Carli M,Jones GH,Robbins TW

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous cerebral cortical cell lines have been developed from two patients, an 11-month-old with unilateral megalencephaly and a seven-year-old with Rasmussen's encephalitis, designated HCN-1 and HCN-2, respectively. The two cell lines stain for neuronal markers such as neurofilament and neuron-specific enolase but...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Ronnett GV,Hester LD,Nye JS,Snyder SH

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The senses of hearing and balance in vertebrates are transduced by hair cells in the inner ear. Hair cells from a wide variety of organisms have been described electrophysiologically but this is the first report of the application of these techniques to the genetically tractable zebrafish model system. Auditory and ve...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Haden M,Einarsson R,Yazejian B

更新日期：2013-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:High densities of mRNAs for three rhythm-related genes, rPeriod1 (rPer1), rPer2, and rClock, which share high homology in Drosophila and mice, were found in the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). The SCN, however, is not the only brain region that expresses these genes. To understand the distributions and pos...

journal_title：Neuroscience

authors： Shieh KR

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00