Microglial cells and peritoneal macrophages release activin A upon stimulation with Toll-like receptor agonists.

abstract：:The Chronic Constriction Injury of the Infraorbital Nerve (CCI-ION) is a well-established model to study facial sensory changes related to trigeminal neuropathic pain. CCI-ION induces heat hypersensitivity that resolves within 2-3 weeks and a delayed mechanical hypersensitivity that emerges during the second week post...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nones CFM,Claudino RF,Ferreira LEN,Dos Reis RC,King T,Chichorro JG

更新日期：2017-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Cuneo-thalamic projection cells in the rat were identified after injection of horseradish peroxidase into the contralateral thalamic nucleus ventralis posterolateralis. By light microscopy, labelled cells were 16-20 microm in diameter, round or oval in shape, distributed throughout the cuneate nucleus and concentrated...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tan CK,Lieberman AR

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the effect of wnt-3a on motor nerve function and its specific molecular mechanisms after spinal cord injury (SCI). This study demonstrates that the downregulated expression levels of caspases-3, caspases-9 and chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (CSPG) proteins and number of proportion of transferas...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Gao K,Niu J,Dang X

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabotropic glutamate receptors are selectively activated by 1S,3R-1-aminocyclopentane-1,3-dicarboxylic acid (1S,3R-ACPD). [3H]Glutamate binding sites in rat brain membranes were characterized in the presence of (RS)-alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA), kainate, and N-methyl-D-aspartate (N...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Schoepp DD,True RA

更新日期：1992-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) on long-term potentiation (LTP) was studied in the hippocampal slice preparation of the rat. Field excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) were recorded and evoked in the stratum radiatum of the CA1. Both the low frequency EPSP and LTP of the EPSP were significantly increased by...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lee WL,Anwyl R,Rowan M

更新日期：1986-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of glutamate, glutamate receptor agonists and substances that affect glutamate responses were studied, using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique, on neurons isolated from adult rat dorsal root ganglia. In current-clamp, glutamate (100 microM) or the excitatory amino acid receptor agonist N-methyl-D-aspart...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lovinger DM,Weight FF

更新日期：1988-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-transcriptional control of gene expression by microRNAs provides an important regulatory system within neurons, allowing co-ordinate and fine-tuned expression of plasticity-related proteins. Indeed, specific microRNAs have been shown to be regulated by synaptic activity in the dentate gyrus, and contribute to the...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ryan B,Williams JM

更新日期：2019-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A mini-symposium (chaired by L. Chal, Australia, P. Lembeck, Austria, J. Szolcsányi, Hungary and M. Zimmermann, F.R.G.) was held in Bad Nauheim, F.R.G. on June 29, 1990, under the sponsorship of the European Neuropeptide Club, which focussed on recent advances of research on sensory peptides and mechanism of action of...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Maggi CA,Pierau FK

更新日期：1991-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:For the fast and accurate cognition of external information, the human brain seems to integrate information from multi-sensory modalities. We used positron emission tomography (PET) to identify the brain areas related to auditory-visual speech perception. We measured the regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) of young, n...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kawase T,Yamaguchi K,Ogawa T,Suzuki K,Suzuki M,Itoh M,Kobayashi T,Fujii T

更新日期：2005-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of microiontophoretic application of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) on the neuronal firing rate of the medial vestibular nucleus (MVN) were studied in anaesthetized rats. Ninety-three % of the units modified their background activity following 5-HT iontophoresis, enhancements of the firing rate being recorded ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Licata F,Li Volsi G,Maugeri G,Santangelo F

更新日期：1993-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Early onset generalized dystonia is a dominantly inherited movement disorder caused by neuronal dysfunction without an apparent loss of neurons. The same single mutation (GAG deletion) causes most cases and results in loss of a glutamic acid (E) in the carboxy terminal region of torsinA (Delta302/303). To model the ne...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kock N,Allchorne AJ,Sena-Esteves M,Woolf CJ,Breakefield XO

更新日期：2006-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Converging evidence demonstrates an important role for gangliosides in brain function and neurodegenerative diseases. Exogenous GM1 is broadly neuroprotective, including in rodent, feline, and primate models of Parkinson's disease, and has shown positive effects in clinical trials. We and others have shown that inhibi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Dhanushkodi A,Xue Y,Roguski EE,Ding Y,Matta SG,Heck D,Fan GH,McDonald MP

更新日期：2019-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Metamorphosis in the fly (Musca domestica) involves extensive lysis, neurogenesis and reorganization of neural tissue. Despite this, two experiments are reported which show aspects of larval memory persist into the adult form. Experimental larvae were reared in sawdust scented with aversive odours (mint or geraniol). ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ray S

更新日期：1999-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of capsaicin was studied on non-cholinergic inhibitory postsynaptic currents (IPSC). The experiments were performed on an identified snail neurone using the single electrode voltage-clamp technique. The IPSC decayed with a bi-exponential time course. Capsaicin (200 microM) reversibly blocked both components...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Erdélyi L,Such G

更新日期：1984-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12h sleep deprivation enhances the expression of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) 1A receptors in rat hippocampus that recedes with 48h sleep recovery. The depressant effect of applied 5-HT on the field excitatory postsynaptic potentials recorded in the CA1 area, is also enhanced in hippocampi of SD rats. Following a 24 o...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Azizi H,Hwang J,Suen V,Kang NZ,Somvanshi R,Tadavarty R,Kumar U,Sastry BR

更新日期：2017-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the neuropeptide, substance P, on the transport of D-[(3)H]aspartate into rat striatal synaptosomes was studied. Almost 90% of the total transport of D-[(3)H]aspartate was sodium-dependent and the maximum rate (V(max)) of this transport was increased by 34% of control by 2.5 nM substance P (EC(50)=0.52 n...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Healy J,Downes A,McBean GJ

更新日期：2000-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The study examined whether the generation of the forward propulsive force (PF) during gait initiation resulted mainly from the electromyogram activity of stance ankle plantar flexor muscles (APF) which 'push' on the ground as is generally claimed in the literature. Six unilateral above-knee amputees performed a specif...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Michel V,Do MC

更新日期：2002-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain-related evoked potentials (PREP) is an established electrophysiological method to evaluate the signal transmission of electrically stimulated A-delta fibres. Although prerequisite for its clinical use, test-retest-reliability and side-to-side differences of bilateral stimulation in healthy subjects have not been ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Özgül ÖS,Maier C,Enax-Krumova EK,Vollert J,Fischer M,Tegenthoff M,Höffken O

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Cortical cells in primary culture contain active proteolytic enzymes capable of cleaving nociceptin/orphanin FQ (N/OFQ) and dynorphins to shorter, bioactive fragments. Cells were divided into subpopulations (neurons, astrocytes and oligodendrocytes), and the metabolic pathways in particular populations of the cells we...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Suder P,Bogusiewicz A,Rolka K,Laidler P,Kotlinska J,Silberring J

更新日期：2003-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The pattern and distribution of the cortical projections from intermediate parts of the cholinergic basal magnocellular nucleus were studied by anterogradely transported Phaseolus vulgaris-leucoagglutinin. This immunocytochemical tracing technique reveals the detailed morphology and distribution of efferents from this...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Luiten PG,Spencer DG Jr,Traber J,Gaykema RP

更新日期：1985-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:To study in vivo phosphorylation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptors and the recruitment of protein kinase C isoforms during acute hypoxia, dorsocaudal brainstem lysates were harvested from conscious rats exposed to either room air or hypoxia (10% O2 for 5 and 15 min). Increased phosphorylation of the N...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Simakajornboon N,Gozal E,Gozal YM,Gozal D

更新日期：2000-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Preconditioning increases the neurons' resistance to subsequent hypoxia. An in vitro study was conducted to explore kinetic aspects of hypoxic preconditioning. Hippocampal slices were exposed to one single or repeated episodes of oxygen and glucose deprivation (OGD). The interval between OGD episodes varied between 30...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Brödemann R,Peters B,Höllt V,Becker A

更新日期：2014-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Gabaculine, a conformationally restricted analogue of GABA, is (i) a moderately potent inhibitor (IC(50) 69 muM) of the sodium-dependent uptake of GABA in rat brain slices, (ii) ineffective at 100 muM as an inhibitor of the sodium-independent binding of GABA to membranes from rat brain, (iii) a relatively weak inhibit...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Allan RD,Johnston GA,Twitchin B

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ifenprodil, a non-competitive NMDA-receptor antagonist, has been shown to exhibit marked cytoprotective activities in animal models for focal ischemia and Parkinson's disease. To test the hypothesis that the cytoprotective effect is due to the release of neurotrophic factors (NTFs), we examined the effects of ifenprod...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Toyomoto M,Inoue S,Ohta K,Kuno S,Ohta M,Hayashi K,Ikeda K

更新日期：2005-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the presence of beta-amyloid (Abeta) protein deposits in the brain and increased Abeta (1-42) peptide production is thought to be one of the early events in the pathogenesis of AD that leads to progressive neurodegenerative processes and dementia. Using cDNA subtraction and...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Heese K,Nagai Y,Sawada T

更新日期：2000-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied anxiety-like behavior in the elevated plus-maze (EPM) tests in male Lewis rats on days 2 and 4 of adjuvant arthritis (AA). In plasma we analyzed C-reactive protein (CRP), albumin, ACTH, corticosterone, in the hippocampus the mRNA expression of interleukin-1β (IL-1β), interleukin-6 (IL-6), corticotrophin rel...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Skurlova M,Stofkova A,Jurcovicova J

更新日期：2011-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The chitinase 3-like 1 (CHI3L1) gene, a cellular survival factor against several environmental and psychosocial stresses, has been sown to be more highly expressed in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex of patients with schizophrenia than unaffected individuals. We recently reported a significant association between...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yamamori H,Hashimoto R,Ohi K,Yasuda Y,Fukumoto M,Kasahara E,Sekiyama A,Umeda-Yano S,Okada T,Iwase M,Kazui H,Ito A,Takeda M

更新日期：2012-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of sex, postmortem delay and aging on alpha 2-adrenoceptor binding was studied in tissue sections from several representative regions of the human brain from 21 subjects using [3H]UK-14304 as a ligand. Sex and postmortem delay did not influence the density of alpha 2-receptors. Aging resulted in clear decre...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Pascual J,del Arco C,González AM,Díaz A,del Olmo E,Pazos A

更新日期：1991-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The displaced retinal ganglion cells in normal rats and rats with left eye enucleated at birth were studied using the fluorescent dye Fast blue as neuronal marker. The dye was introduced to the right optic tract of the rats 7 days before perfusion. Frozen coronal sections of the brains and retinal whole-mounts from al...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Liu ZH,Jen LS

更新日期：1986-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural cell adhesion molecules (NCAMs) are members of the immunoglobulin superfamily and are involved in synaptic rearrangements in the mature brain. There are three major NCAM forms: NCAM 180, NCAM 140 and NCAM 120. Several studies report that NCAMs play a central role in memory. In the present study we investigated ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Baydas G,Nedzvetsky VS,Nerush PA,Kirichenko SV,Demchenko HM,Reiter RJ

更新日期：2002-06-28 00:00:00