A new gain-of-function allele in chimpanzee tryptophan hydroxylase 2 and the comparison of its enzyme activity with that in humans and rats.

abstract：:The effect of pineal indoles on fast axoplasmic transport of proteins in the sciatic nerve was examined in rats injected with [3H]leucine in the sixth lumbar dorsal root ganglion. Melatonin (350-1100 nmol) applied locally in the sciatic nerve impaired significantly axonal transport. At a 350-nmol dose all other indole...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Prevedello MR,Ritta MN,Cardinali DP

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, the gene called DAAO was reported to be associated with schizophrenia in the French Canadian populations. Here, we report a result obtained in the study of our large collection of 547 schizophrenia cases and 536 controls in the Chinese population. Six single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were genotyped at ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Liu X,He G,Wang X,Chen Q,Qian X,Lin W,Li D,Gu N,Feng G,He L

更新日期：2004-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The muscarinic receptor antagonist scopolamine significantly increased the number of errors in the working memory task with a three-panel runway setup, when injected bilaterally at 3.2 micrograms/side into the dorsal hippocampus. The increase in working memory errors induced by intrahippocampal 3.2 micrograms/side sco...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ohno M,Kishi A,Watanabe S

更新日期：1996-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparison of the effect of fatigue caused by electrical induction or voluntary contraction on Ia inhibition in human soleus muscle was investigated in fourteen healthy male subjects. The Hoffmann reflex (H reflex) was employed to elucidate the contribution of fatigue induced contraction to the Ia inhibition. A stat...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tsuboi T,Sato T,Egawa K,Miyazaki M

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-tocopherol and its derivatives have been shown to be effective in reducing cerebral ischemia-induced brain damage. However, the effects of other vitamin E isoforms have not been characterized. In the present study, we investigated the effects of six different isoforms of vitamin E on the ischemic brain damage in...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Mishima K,Tanaka T,Pu F,Egashira N,Iwasaki K,Hidaka R,Matsunaga K,Takata J,Karube Y,Fujiwara M

更新日期：2003-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Perception of limb position and motion is abnormal in Parkinson's disease (PD). Despite the fact that the processing of proprioceptive inputs is inherently temporal, most studies have assessed spatial aspects of proprioception in PD patients. Here, we use a recently described method to test whether deficits also exist...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Fiorio M,Stanzani C,Rothwell JC,Bhatia KP,Moretto G,Fiaschi A,Tinazzi M

更新日期：2007-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen was shown to promote neuronal survival against several neurotoxic insults including β-amyloid (Aβ). The proposed mechanism includes the activation of the mitogen activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (Mapk/Erk), phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt pathways and the upregulation of antiap...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Mateos L,Persson T,Katoozi S,Gil-Bea FJ,Cedazo-Minguez A

更新日期：2012-01-11 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：:Displaced ganglion cells were identified in the carp retina by the retrograde axonal transport of horseradish peroxidase injected into the optic tectum. Cells in the ganglion cell layer were all labelled, while in the amacrine cell layer only 1/4000 cells were labelled. Because of such low population, it is unlikely t...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tachibana M

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pentobarbital anesthesia causes about a 10-fold increase in the antinociceptive potency of beta-endorphin microinjected into the periaqueductal gray (PAG) region of the rat brain. The antinociceptive response to PAG morphine was markedly attenuated during anesthesia, but returned as the rats regained consciousness. As...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Smith DJ,Robertson B,Monroe PJ

更新日期：1992-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of antagonists on N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-induced response was investigated in isolated nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS) neurons freshly isolated from the rat using a conventional pathclamp technique. The NMDA-induced inward current consisted of an initial peak followed by a steady-state component. The c...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nakagawa T,Shirasaki T,Tateishi N,Murase K,Akaike N

更新日期：1990-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of long-term effects of dark-rearing on visuo-motor coordination is still controversial. In this study 2 dark-reared (DR) cats were trained, after 5-6 years of recovery, to perform a reaching movement towards a stationary or a moving target. The accuracy, and the reaction and movement times were evaluate...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Fabre-Thorpe M,Levesque F,Gary-Bobo E

更新日期：1990-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Four weeks after lesion of the cortico-striatal pathway, the specific kainic acid binding was reduced by 20% in the neostriatum. It is concluded that the binding sites are most likely not located on cortico-striatal neurons. The displacement of kainic acid by some chemical indicates that the kainic acid binding site i...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Henke H,Cuénod M

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crack is a central nervous system stimulant extracted from the Erythroxylum coca plant. It is considered the most potent and addictive form of cocaine, and its euphoric effects are attained within a few seconds after consumption. Alteration of biological markers of oxidative stress and brain-derived neurotrophic facto...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hirsch GE,Jaskulski M,Hamerski HM,Porto FG,da Silva B,Aita CAM,Kroker K,de Bem Silveira G,Silveira PCL,Santos GT,Klafke JZ,Viecili PRN

更新日期：2018-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental Scrapie in hamster is a simple, reproducible model of prion diseases that occur in humans and animals. Stereotaxic microinoculation (0.5 microliter) of the agent (263 K) into a specific cerebral structure (striatum) in hamster, previously developed in our group, gives the opportunity to further investigat...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Grégoire N,Lebrun F,Fahn L,Salamon G,Nicoli J

更新日期：1993-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we investigated the effects of eye anti-nerve growth factor (NGF)-antibody (ANA) application on the retina, lacrimal gland, and brain cells of aged mice. Mice were treated three times daily for three consecutive weeks with ANA or with pre-immune IgG. Then mice were sacrificed and retina and brain ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Colafrancesco V,Cirulli F,Rossi S,Berry A,Aloe L

更新日期：2009-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Topical application of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) to the ventral surface of the medulla oblongata revealed various cells with axons terminating near this region. Fibers traced from the ventral surface originated in the nucleus of the tractus solitarius and the dorsal nucleus of the vagus, both near the dorsal surfac...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Errington ML,Dashwood MR

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptotic protease activating factor-1 (Apaf-1) is a critical regulator of apoptosis and a crucial part of the apoptosome that is assembled in response to several cellular stresses like hypoxia. We have previously shown that hypoxia results in increased influx of nuclear Ca(2+) and increased expression of nuclear apop...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ashraf QM,Mishra OP,Delivoria-Papadopoulos M

更新日期：2007-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the origin of alpha-synuclein-immunoreactive components in Lewy bodies (LB) in brains of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) using immunohistochemistry and immunoelectron microscopy with anti-alpha-synuclein antibodies and anti-cytoskeleton antibodies. alpha-Synuclein-positive LB light microscopically cons...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Iseki E,Marui W,Sawada H,Uéda K,Kosaka K

更新日期：2000-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of ethanol and cocaine is commonly abused by human addicts which has serious clinical consequences. Here, the effects of separately and concurrently administered ethanol and 'binge' cocaine on kappa opioid receptor (KOR) mRNA in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and nucleus accumbens (NAc) of rats were ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Rosin A,Lindholm S,Franck J,Georgieva J

更新日期：1999-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The perception of visual motion is dependent on a set of occipitotemporal regions that are readily accessible to neuromodulation. The current study tested if paired-pulse Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (ppTMS) could modulate motion perception by stimulating the occipital cortex as participants viewed near-threshold...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Gamboa OL,Brito A,Abzug Z,D'Arbeloff T,Beynel L,Wing EA,Dannhauer M,Palmer H,Hilbig SA,Crowell CA,Liu S,Donaldson R,Cabeza R,Davis SW,Peterchev AV,Sommer MA,Appelbaum LG

更新日期：2020-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Human monocytes and a variety of tissue macrophages, including microglia, were studied immunohistochemically to determine the expression of a novel microglial marker, human glucose transporter 5 (hGLUT5), in these cells. The hGLUT5 was not expressed in most peripheral macrophages in the normal state, but weakly expres...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Sasaki A,Horikoshi Y,Yokoo H,Nakazato Y,Yamaguchi H

更新日期：2003-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The sexual differences and the seasonal variation in the vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) content of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of a desert rodent, the jerboa (Jaculus orientalis) were studied using immunocytochemical techniques. During the period of sexual activity (spring-early summer), the VIP immunoreact...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lakhdar-Ghazal N,Kalsbeek A,Pevet P

更新日期：1992-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A strong link between obesity and dopamine (DA) has been established by studies associating body weight status to variants of genes related to DA signalling. Human and animal studies investigating this relationship have so far focused mainly on the role of DA within the mesolimbic pathway. The aim of this study was to...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Alsiö J,Rask-Andersen M,Chavan RA,Olszewski PK,Levine AS,Fredriksson R,Schiöth HB

更新日期：2014-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to determine differences in neural networks between expert and novice archers during an archery pre-performance routine period (PPR). The experiment was conducted with eight world-class competitor or Olympic medalist archers and eight novices. In the experiment, the task was to s...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kim J,Lee HM,Kim WJ,Park HJ,Kim SW,Moon DH,Woo M,Tennant LK

更新日期：2008-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcranial magnetic stimulation is a non-invasive tool in clinical diagnostics and therapy for physiological and psychological diseases and has an increased application in experimental neurophysiology. Despite this, the mechanisms of magnetic stimulation of the central nervous system remain still unclear. We applied...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Stock M,Kirchner B,Waibler D,Cowley DE,Pfaffl MW,Kuehn R

更新日期：2012-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the hairless (hr) gene of mice result in hair follicle and other epithelial defects. The hr gene is expressed at high levels in the brain where it probably participates in the survival and maintenance of some neuronal populations, but whether it also supports glial populations of the central nervous syste...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： San Jose I,García-Atares N,Pelaez B,Cabo R,Esteban I,Vega JA,Represa J

更新日期：2001-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonic septal neurons were transplanted into the hippocampus of adult rats which had received lateral-ventricular administration of AF64A, a cholinergic neurotoxin, and the effects on hippocampal cholinergic activity were studied. One week after AF64A administration, we injected dissociated septal cell suspension i...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ikegami S,Nihonmatsu I,Hatanaka H,Takei N,Kawamura H

更新日期：1989-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatigue of the lumbar extensor muscles has been associated with a degradation of balance, but the mechanism is not well understood. The ankle plays a major role in upright standing, and loss of proprioceptive acuity at the ankle could contribute to a degradation of balance. Therefore, the first objective of this study...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Pline KM,Madigan ML,Nussbaum MA,Grange RW

更新日期：2005-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease or HIV encephalitis, neuronal DNA fragmentation has been observed at unexpected high frequencies, without definitive evidence for activation of an irreversible apoptotic pathway. The wobbler mouse is a suggested genetic model of neurodegenerative disease. The ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Blondet B,Aït-Ikhlef A,Murawsky M,Rieger F

更新日期：2001-06-15 00:00:00