Case-control study of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) genetic variability in Alzheimer's disease.

abstract：:Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) metabolism in NIH:N mouse cerebral cortex and spinal cord was studied with high pressure liquid chromatography. Degradation of added TRH was significantly (P less than 0.001) slower in the spinal cord (2.19 +/- 0.46%/min) than in the cerebral cortex (7.54 +/- 0.31%/min). Bacitracin,...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Schwartz TM,Turner JG,Brooks BR

更新日期：1986-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase (PMCA) pumps play a critical role in the maintenance of calcium (Ca2+) homeostasis, crucial for optimal neuronal function and cell survival. Loss of Ca2+ homeostasis is a key precursor in neuronal dysfunction associated with brain aging and in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disor...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zaidi A,Adewale M,McLean L,Ramlow P

更新日期：2018-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A new dipole tracing method, based on a realistic head model, was used to determine dipole locations and vector moments of interictal convexity sharp waves recorded (with conventional EEG technique) from the right fronto-temporal region in a patient with partial complex seizures. When the dipole locations in the head ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Homma S,Nakajima Y,Musha T,Okamoto Y,Hagbarth KE,Blom S,Flink R

更新日期：1990-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Social psychological studies have shown that an experience of threat such as an encounter with death-related stimuli and social exclusion results in tuning toward positive emotional information. Neuroimaging studies have also begun to uncover the neural basis of threat coping, and in this literature, the activity of t...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yanagisawa K,Kashima ES,Moriya H,Masui K,Furutani K,Nomura M,Yoshida H,Ura M

更新日期：2013-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cisplatin, oxaliplatin, paclitaxel, vincristine and bortezomib are some of the most effective drugs successfully employed (alone or in combinations) as first-line treatment for common cancers. However they often caused severe peripheral neurotoxicity and neuropathic pain. Structural deficits in Dorsal Root Ganglia and...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Carozzi VA,Canta A,Chiorazzi A

更新日期：2015-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effect of cabergoline on superoxide anion production by rat microglial cells using a 2-methyl-6-(p-methoxyphenyl)-3,7-dihydroimidazo[1, 2-a]pyrazin-3-one-dependent chemiluminescence assay. Cabergoline dose-dependently inhibited superoxide anion production by microglial cells stimulated with phorbol my...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yoshida T,Tanaka M,Suzuki Y,Sohmiya M,Okamoto K

更新日期：2002-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to measure the average anterior commissure (AC) volume of normal subjects in their 20s or 40s and to determine the effects of gender and age on AC volume. Magnetic resonance brain images were obtained for 93 people in their 20s (46 men, 47 women) and 87 in their 40s (36 men, 51 women). To...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Choi MH,Kim JH,Yeon HW,Choi JS,Park JY,Jun JH,Lee BY,Kim HJ,Tack GR,Chung SC

更新日期：2011-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research in social neuroscience proposes a link between mirror neuron system (MNS) and social cognition. The MNS has been proposed to be the neural mechanism underlying action recognition and intention understanding and more broadly social cognition. Pre-motor MNS has been suggested to modulate the motor cortex...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Puzzo I,Cooper NR,Vetter P,Russo R,Fitzgerald PB

更新日期：2009-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic polymorphism of human bleomycin hydrolase (hBH) has been reported to be associated with the risk of sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD). The regional and cellular distribution of mRNA encoding hBH in the brain from controls and patients with AD was examined using in situ hybridization. A hybridization signal, in...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Malherbe P,Faull RL,Richards JG

更新日期：2000-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide S (NPS) is a recently discovered peptide shown to be involved in regulating arousal and anxiety. NPS receptor (NPSR) mRNA is expressed significantly in the major input and output regions of hippocampal formation, which are critical in the modulation of learning and memory. However, the role of NPS/NPSR sy...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Han RW,Yin XQ,Chang M,Peng YL,Li W,Wang R

更新日期：2009-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural specificity of alpha-PMTX, a novel peptide toxin derived from wasp venom has been studied on the neuromuscular synapse in the walking leg of the lobster. alpha-PMTX is known to induce repetitive action potentials in the presynaptic axon due to sodium channel inactivation. We synthesized 29 analogs of al...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Konno K,Hisada M,Naoki H,Itagaki Y,Yasuhara T,Nakata Y,Miwa A,Kawai N

更新日期：2000-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) may involve many target organs with relevant variability among affected individuals. We performed a multi-organ assessment tapping nervous system, skeletal muscle and cardiovascular system in thirty-nine individuals be...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ragno M,Pianese L,Cacchiò G,Manca A,Scarcella M,Silvestri S,Di Marzio F,Caiazzo AR,Silvaggio F,Tasca G,Mirabella M,Trojano L

更新日期：2012-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane currents of cultured human monocytes and rat microglia were recorded with the whole-cell patch clamp technique. Freshly isolated monocytes or resting (proliferating) microglia express only inwardly rectifying K+ channels. However, incubation in teflon bags leads to the expression of additional, outwardly rect...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nörenberg W,Appel K,Bauer J,Gebicke-Haerter PJ,Illes P

更新日期：1993-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with unilateral (n = 14) and bilateral (n = 4) herniorrhaphy participated in this study. With bilateral herniorrhaphy, at the end of the surgery, the wound was infiltrated with a solution of bupivacaine 0.5% and ketamine 0.3% on one side and a solution of bupivacaine 0.5% only, on the other. With unilateral h...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tverskoy M,Oren M,Vaskovich M,Dashkovsky I,Kissin I

更新日期：1996-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated corticospinal excitability during positive (execution) and negative (suppression) imageries for the right and left upper and lower limbs. In the Positive Imagery tasks, sixteen subjects were instructed to repeatedly imagine rotation of the index finger of the right or left hand, or the ankle of the rig...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yokota H,Mizuguchi N,Kakigi R,Nakata H

更新日期：2018-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Melatonin modulates adult hippocampal neurogenesis in adult mice. Also, plasma melatonin levels and new neuron formation decline during aging probably causing cognitive alterations. In this study, we analyzed the impact of exogenous supplementation with melatonin in three key events of hippocampal neurogenesis during ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ramírez-Rodríguez G,Vega-Rivera NM,Benítez-King G,Castro-García M,Ortíz-López L

更新日期：2012-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Imaging and lesion studies suggest that the cerebellum is involved in the self-generation of timed motor responses. Using repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), we studied the effects of transient disruption of the lateral or medial cerebellum on a paced-finger-tapping task (PFT). Results show greater va...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Théoret H,Haque J,Pascual-Leone A

更新日期：2001-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been indicated that Src family protein tyrosine kinases (SrcPTKs) potentiate N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor function by phosphorylating NR2A subunits and that postsynaptic density protein 95 (PSD-95) facilitates this regulation. In this paper, we define the role of SrcPTKs in delayed neuronal damage follo...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hou XY,Liu Y,Zhang GY

更新日期：2007-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hippocampal volumetry has been proposed to aid in the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and to monitor progression of the disease. While this is believed to be as a result of hippocampal neuron loss, this association has not been firmly established and loss of other tissue elements may be responsible for the...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kril JJ,Hodges J,Halliday G

更新日期：2004-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Diabetic neuropathic pain (DNP) is one of the most common and severe complications in patients with diabetes. This study aimed to investigate serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels in patients with DNP and to evaluate the association between BDNF and disease severity. METHODS:A total of 143 T2...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Wang Z,Li H

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of monokines and CNS-derived colony-stimulating factors (CSF) on the growth of microglia has been studied in mixed glial primary cultures stemming from mouse embryos. We observed that spontaneous growth of microglial cells in the presence of astrocytes is blocked by adding anti-colony-stimulating factor ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Théry C,Mallat M

更新日期：1993-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenetic mechanisms leading to progressive neurodegeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) have not been fully elucidated. One possible factor responsible for the selective motor neuron loss in the motor cortex, brain stem and spinal cord is glutamate-induced excitotoxicity particularly mediated via a...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Petri S,Krampfl K,Hashemi F,Schmalbach S,Grothe C,Hori A,Dengler R,Bufler J

更新日期：2004-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain content of leucine-enkephalin and methionine-enkephalin changes independently during kindling of the amygdala. Both peptides were measured after 4, 8, 15 and 21 days of stimulation. Leu-enkephalin showed a progressive increase during the kindling: the results on the 4th day did not differ significantly from the ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Vindrola O,Briones R,Asai M,Fernández-Guardiola A

更新日期：1981-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The projections of neurons, in and around the A1 noradrenergic cell group of the caudal ventrolateral medulla (VLM), to nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS) were studied in the cat using the anterograde transport of Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin (PHA-L). PHA-L was micro-iontophoresed into the region of the A1 nora...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Roder S,Ciriello J

更新日期：1992-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease is correlated with neuronal degeneration and loss of neuronal precursors in different parts of the brain. It has been found disturbance in the homeostasis neural stem cells (NSCs) can cause neurodegeneration. Morphine, an analgesic agent, can disrupt the dynamic and normal state of NSCs. However, m...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Salarinasab S,Nourazarian A,Nikanfar M,Abdyazdani N,Kazemi M,Feizy N,Rahbarghazi R

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) exerts neuroprotective effects under hypoxic or ischemic conditions. To explore whether mTOR participates in neuroprotective signaling through regulation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and neuronal apoptosis in developing rat ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Chen H,Xiong T,Qu Y,Zhao F,Ferriero D,Mu D

更新日期：2012-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Freshwater clams are a popular health food in Asia and are traditionally used to prevent hepatic inflammation. Freshwater clam extract (FCE) inhibits inflammatory responses in activated macrophages by reducing the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase and nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hsieh CC,Lin MS,Hua KF,Chen WJ,Lin CC

更新日期：2017-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Circadian firing rhythms of cultured rat suprachiasmatic nucleus were measured simultaneously from 4-8 neurons by using a multi-electrode dish and neuronal interactions were examined by a cross-correlation analysis of spontaneous action potentials. Functional connections were detected in the neuron pairs showing synch...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Honma S,Shirakawa T,Nakamura W,Honma K

更新日期：2000-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Myenteric neurons which innervate the mucosa of the guinea-pig ileum were characterized by combining retrograde transport of DiI in vitro with immunohistochemistry. Of DiI-labelled myenteric neurons, 43% were immunoreactive for calbindin and substance P, 25% were immunoreactive for calbindin alone, and 18% were immuno...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Song ZM,Brookes SJ,Costa M

更新日期：1991-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the R(-) and S(+) isomers of 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) and its N-methyl analog 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) on [3H]inositol monophosphate accumulation was studied in cells expressing either 5-HT2A or 5-HT2C receptors. The isomers of MDA produced a concentration dependent increase in...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nash JF,Roth BL,Brodkin JD,Nichols DE,Gudelsky GA

更新日期：1994-08-15 00:00:00