Modulation of cerebral vascular tone by activated glia: involvement of nitric oxide.

abstract：:Carboxypeptidase E (CPE) functions in the posttranslational processing of bioactive peptides. Like other peptide processing enzymes, CPE is initially produced as a precursor ("proCPE") that undergoes posttranslational processing at a site containing five adjacent Arg residues near the N-terminus and at other sites nea...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Song L,Fricker L

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of acute and chronic administration of buspirone, a serotonin 5-HT1A agonist, on the 5-HT synthesis rates in various rat brain structures were investigated using alpha-[14C]methyl-L-tryptophan (alpha-[14C]MTrp) and an autoradiographic method. In the acute treatment study, buspirone (10 mg/kg) was injected ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Okazawa H,Yamane F,Blier P,Diksic M

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two proteins reggie-1/flotillin-2 and reggie-2/flotillin-1 form microdomains at the plasma membrane and at intracellular compartments where src tyrosine kinases associate with them. Specific GPI-anchored proteins, in particular prion protein and Thy-1, co-cluster with reggie microdomains at the plasma membrane and...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Stuermer CA

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is necessary for the cell-cycle machinery of neurons to be suppressed to promote differentiation and maintenance of their terminally differentiated state. Reactivation of the cell cycle in response to neurotoxic insults leads to neuronal cell death and some cell-cycle-related proteins contribute to the process. p27...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Jaiswal S,Sharma P

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms by which chronic nicotine self-administration augments hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) responses to stress are only partially understood. Nicotine self-administration alters neuropeptide expression in corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) neurons within paraventricular nucleus (PVN) and increases PVN...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Yu G,Chen H,Wu X,Matta SG,Sharp BM

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurofilament proteins (Nf) are a biomarker of disease progression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This study investigated whether there are major differences in expression from in vivo measurements of neurofilament isoforms, from the light chain, NfL (68 kDa), compared with larger proteins, the medium chain (...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Zucchi E,Lu CH,Cho Y,Chang R,Adiutori R,Zubiri I,Ceroni M,Cereda C,Pansarasa O,Greensmith L,Malaspina A,Petzold A

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incorporation of [1-14C]palmitic acid into neutral lipids and phospholipids of rat cerebral cortex was examined in vitro in normal Krebs--Ringer bicarbonate buffer containing 3% (wt/vol) albumin and 0.75 mM palmitic acid. Under standard assay conditions, radioactivity in the triacylglycerol fraction increased rapidly ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Mizobuchi M,Morisaki N,Matsuoka N,Saito Y,Kumagai A

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts of rat tissues were subjected to ultracentrifugation on linear density gradients of sucrose (5-20%) and fractions of these gradients were analyzed for acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity. Most of the AChE activity in extracts of vagus nerve was found to sediment at 10S. However, 16S AChE, previously thought ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Skau KA,Brimijoin S

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of treatment with the anti-convulsant agents, lamotrigine and riluzole were compared with gabapentin in a rat experimental model of neuropathic pain. Rats were treated intraperitoneally, with gabapentin (30, 100 and 300 mg/kg), lamotrigine (2, 10 and 50 mg/kg) or riluzole (6 and 12 mg/kg) prior to, and eve...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Coderre TJ,Kumar N,Lefebvre CD,Yu JS

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts of skeletal muscle contain chromatographically distinct molecules that enhance the cholinergic development of cultured embryonic rat spinal cord neurons. We have recently purified a 20-22 kilodalton anionic polypeptide choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) development factor (CDF) from rat skeletal muscle extracts...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： McManaman J,Crawford F,Clark R,Richker J,Fuller F

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fused in sarcoma (FUS) is a ubiquitously expressed RNA/DNA-binding protein that plays different roles in the cell. FUS pathology has been reported in neurodegenerative diseases amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Mutations in FUS have also been linked to a subset of familial ALS. FUS...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Arenas A,Kuang L,Zhang J,Kingren MS,Zhu H

更新日期：2020-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic trafficking and translation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) transcripts play a key role in mediating synaptic plasticity. Recently, we demonstrated that siRNA-mediated knockdown of translin, an RNA-binding protein, impairs KCl-induced dendritic trafficking of BDNF mRNA in cultured hippocampal neu...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Wu YC,Williamson R,Li Z,Vicario A,Xu J,Kasai M,Chern Y,Tongiorgi E,Baraban JM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CYP46A1 is a neuron-specific cytochrome P450 that plays a pivotal role in maintaining cholesterol homeostasis in the CNS. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying human CYP46A1 expression are still poorly understood, partly because of the lack of a cellular model that expresses high levels of CYP46A1. Our previous...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Milagre I,Nunes MJ,Castro-Caldas M,Moutinho M,Gama MJ,Rodrigues E

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphorylation of microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2) by four different kinases was studied in vitro to determine whether MAP2 is phosphorylated in its tubulin binding region or in the microtubule projection portion. Fragments corresponding to both regions of MAP2 were produced not only by chymotrypsin or try...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hernández MA,Wandosell F,Avila J

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is a developmental disorder caused by the loss of Fragile X Mental Retardation 1 (FMR1) gene function because of a CGG repeat expansion (> 200 repeats) in the gene. The molecular mechanism(s) linking loss of FMR1 function to the molecular pathology and cognitive/behavioral disability remain un...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Wang X,Snape M,Klann E,Stone JG,Singh A,Petersen RB,Castellani RJ,Casadesus G,Smith MA,Zhu X

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptic plasma membranes (SPM) and synaptic junctions (SJ) were isolated from the cortices of rats varying in age between 5 and 28 days. Gel electrophoresis of SPM and SJ indicated a marked increase in the concentration of the "PSD protein" (M. W. 52,000) with development. The biosynthesis of glycoproteins was measur...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Fu SC,Cruz TF,Gurd JW

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vinblastine causes alterations in the subcellular distribution of certain proteins synthesized by telencephalon slices. Proteins in various subcellular fractions were separated according to their molecular weight by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and radioactive proteins were determined by ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： White FP

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymosin beta 4 (Tβ4), a secreted 43 amino acid peptide, promotes oligodendrogenesis, and improves neurological outcome in rat models of neurologic injury. We demonstrated that exogenous Tβ4 treatment up-regulated the expression of the miR-200a in vitro in rat brain progenitor cells and in vivo in the peri-infarct are...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Santra M,Chopp M,Santra S,Nallani A,Vyas S,Zhang ZG,Morris DC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase associated with free cytoplasmic messenger ribonucleoprotein particles (free mRNP particles) carrying messenger RNA has been characterized in rat brain. There were first-order kinetics for NAD with an apparent Km for NAD of 90.5 +/- 0.70 microM and Vmax of 19.7 +/- 2.8 pmol ADP-ribose incor...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Chypre C,Maniez C,Mandel P

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At 0 degrees C, when Na+ was the only cation present in the incubation medium, increasing the Na+ concentration from 3 to 10 mM enhanced the affinity of [3H]1-[2-(++di-phenylmethoxy)ethyl]-4-(3-phenyl-2-propenyl)piperaz ine [( 3H]GBR 12783) for the specific binding site present in rat striatal membranes without affect...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Bonnet JJ,Benmansour S,Vaugeois JM,Costentin J

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well-known that the extracellular concentration of calcium affects neuronal excitability and synaptic transmission. Less is known about the physiological concentration of extracellular calcium in the brain. In electrophysiological brain slice experiments, the artificial cerebrospinal fluid traditionally contains...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Forsberg M,Seth H,Björefeldt A,Lyckenvik T,Andersson M,Wasling P,Zetterberg H,Hanse E

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, the underlying mechanisms and the specific cell types associated with Japanese encephalitis-associated leukocyte trafficking are not understood. Brain microvascular endothelial cells represent a functional barrier and could play key roles in leukocyte central nervous system trafficking. We found that cultur...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Lai CY,Ou YC,Chang CY,Pan HC,Chang CJ,Liao SL,Su HL,Chen CJ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke is the third leading cause of death as dementia is a main symptom of Alzheimer's disease. One of the important mechanisms in the pathogeny of stroke is free radical production during the reperfusion period, therefore the effects of a type of natural antioxidant, i.e. Crataegus flavonoids (CF), on brain ischemic...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Zhang DL,Zhang YT,Yin JJ,Zhao BL

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSC) are involved in the generation of action potentials in neurons. Brevetoxins (PbTx) are potent allosteric enhancers of VGSC function and are associated with the periodic 'red tide' blooms. Using PbTx-2 as a probe, we have characterized the effects of activation of VGSC on Ca(2+) dyn...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Dravid SM,Baden DG,Murray TF

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant comorbidity exists between alcohol and methamphetamine (Meth) abuse but the neurochemical consequences of this co-abuse are unknown. Alcohol and Meth independently and differentially affect glutamatergic transmission but the unique effects of their serial exposure on glutamate signaling in mediating dama...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Blaker AL,Moore ER,Yamamoto BK

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular adenosine in the brain, which modulates various physiological and pathological processes, fluctuates in a complicated manner that reflects the circadian cycle, neuronal activity, metabolism, and disease states. The dynamics of extracellular adenosine in the brain are not fully understood, largely because...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Yamashiro K,Fujii Y,Maekawa S,Morita M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of thyroid hormones (THs) on the expression of actin gene during fetal human brain development and the period of sensitivity to the hormones have been investigated. Developmental profile of actin in the cytoskeletal (CSK) and noncytoskeletal (non-CSK) fractions in the fetal cerebra showed a pronounced rise ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Pal U,Biswas SC,Sarkar PK

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) in vivo was observed noninvasively in rat brain using 19F nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy following an intravenous injection of FDG (400 mg/kg). At 3 h after infusion, four resonances with discrete chemical shifts were resolved. Chemical shift analysis o...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Nakada T,Kwee IL,Conboy CB

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The K+-stimulated efflux of endogenous taurine from primary rat cerebellar astrocyte cultures prepared from 7-9-day-old rats was studied at 16-18 days in vitro using HPLC analysis. Taurine efflux was dose-dependent at K+ concentrations between 10 mM and 80 mM, with an EC50 of approximately 50 mM. Maximum stimulation o...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Philibert RA,Rogers KL,Allen AJ,Dutton GR

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G protein-coupled receptors are important regulators of cellular signaling processes. Within the large family of rhodopsin-like receptors, those binding to biogenic amines form a discrete subgroup. Activation of biogenic amine receptors leads to transient changes of intracellular Ca²⁺-([Ca²⁺](i)) or 3',5'-cyclic adeno...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Balfanz S,Jordan N,Langenstück T,Breuer J,Bergmeier V,Baumann A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00