Bdnf gene is a downstream target of Nurr1 transcription factor in rat midbrain neurons in vitro.

abstract：:To examine whether the concentration gradient of glutamine (Gln) drives concentrative Na(+)-independent uptake of neutral amino acids (NAA) in mouse cerebral astrocytes, uptake was compared in "Gln-depleted" and "Gln-replete" cultures. Uptake (30 min in Na(+)-free buffer) of histidine, kynurenine, leucine, tyrosine, a...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Brookes N

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beneficial or detrimental role of gap junction communication in the pathophysiology of brain injury is still controversial. We used co-cultures of hippocampal astrocytes and neurons, where we identified homocellular astrocyte-astrocyte and heterocellular astrocyte-neuron coupling by fluorescence recovery after pho...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Zündorf G,Kahlert S,Reiser G

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:P-glycoprotein (P-gp), an adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-binding cassette transporter which acts as a drug efflux pump, is highly expressed at the blood-brain barrier (BBB) where it plays an important role in brain protection. Recently, P-gp has been reported to be located in the caveolae of multidrug-resistant cells. I...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Jodoin J,Demeule M,Fenart L,Cecchelli R,Farmer S,Linton KJ,Higgins CF,Béliveau R

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both adenosine and interleukin-6 (IL-6) have been implicated in the pathophysiology of, e.g., epileptic seizures, traumatic brain injury, and affective disorders. Stimulation of adenosine A2B receptors on astrocytes in vitro leads to the increased synthesis and secretion of IL-6. We investigated whether or not activat...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Vazquez JF,Clement HW,Sommer O,Schulz E,van Calker D

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite considerable efforts to unravel the role of cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) in neuronal functions, the mechanisms by which PrP(C) takes part in the homeostasis of a defined neuronal phenotype remain poorly characterized. By taking advantage of a neuroectodermal cell line (1C11) endowed with the capacity to dif...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Pradines E,Loubet D,Mouillet-Richard S,Manivet P,Launay JM,Kellermann O,Schneider B

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Amino-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzo(beta)thiophen-3-yl 4-chlorophenylmethanone (T62) is a member of a group of allosteric modulators of adenosine A1 receptors tested in animal models of neuropathic pain to increase the efficacy of adenosine. To determine its mechanisms at the level of receptor-G-protein activation, the pr...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Childers SR,Li X,Xiao R,Eisenach JC

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) provides neuroprotection, but its neuroprotective mechanism has not been resolved. We investigated the neuroprotective mechanism of GDNF using primary culture of the rat mesencephalon. Bleomycin sulfate (BLM) and L-buthionine-[S,R]-sulfoximine (BSO) caused apoptosis i...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Sawada H,Ibi M,Kihara T,Urushitani M,Nakanishi M,Akaike A,Shimohama S

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms of injury-induced apoptosis of neurons within the spinal cord are poorly understood. In this study, we show that spinal cord injury (SCI) induces endoplasmic reticulum stress revealed by the activation of an unbalanced unfolded protein response (UPR). Using a weight-drop contusion model of SCI, the UPR ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Penas C,Guzmán MS,Verdú E,Forés J,Navarro X,Casas C

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A distinctive autofluorescence under ultraviolet light has been observed in the cerebral cortex of young ruminants suffering from cerebrocortical necrosis. The fluorescence is intimately connected with structural elements of the brain and cannot be extracted into solvents by normal procedures. The work presented here ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Edwin EE,Jackman R

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immediate acyl chain donor for fatty acid esterification of proteolipid protein (PLP) was identified in an in vitro system. Rat brain total membranes, after removal of crude nuclear and mitochondrial fractions, were incubated with radioactive acyl donors, extracted with chloroform/methanol, and analyzed by sodium ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Bizzozero OA,Lees MB

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The decrease of pyruvate and ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex activities is the main cause of energy and acetyl-CoA deficits in thiamine deficiency-evoked cholinergic encephalopathies. However, disturbances in pathways of acetyl-CoA metabolism leading to appearance of cholinergic deficits remain unknown. Therefore,...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Jankowska-Kulawy A,Bielarczyk H,Pawełczyk T,Wróblewska M,Szutowicz A

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the distribution of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) activity in the laminae of the rat olfactory tubercle. Within its posterior medical portion, the tubercle contains three parallel histological laminae that can be separated by cutting tangential sections from frozen tissue. ChAT was measured in homogenates...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Gordon CR,Krieger NR

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a typical progressive, chronic neurodegenerative disorder with worldwide prevalence. Its clinical manifestation involves the presence of extracellular plaques and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs). NFTs occur in brain tissues as a result of both Aβ agglomeration and Tau phosphory...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Jha NK,Jha SK,Kar R,Nand P,Swati K,Goswami VK

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid bidirectional transport of dopamine beta-hydroxylase (DBH) in adrenergic axons provides a means of analyzing the life cycle of adrenergic storage vesicles. We compared the physical characteristics of DBH-containing particles traveling to or returning from the terminal varicosities of ligated rat sciatic nerv...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Studelska DR,Brimijoin S

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carnitine is known to accumulate in brain, therefore transport of carnitine through the blood-brain barrier was studied in an in vitro system using bovine brain capillary endothelial cells (BBCEC) grown on filter inserts in a co-culture system with glial cells. Long-term exposure of BBCEC to carnitine resulted in a hi...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Berezowski V,Miecz D,Marszałek M,Bröer A,Bröer S,Cecchelli R,Nałecz KA

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-type voltage-dependent calcium channels play a significant role in neurotransmitter release. The alpha1B subunit of the N-type calcium channel functions as the primary subunit that forms the pore and contains the structural motifs that mediate the pharmacological and gating properties of the channel. We report o...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Ghasemzadeh MB,Pierce RC,Kalivas PW

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The N141I missense mutation in presenilin (PS) 2 is tightly linked with a form of autosomal dominant familial Alzheimer's disease (AD) in the Volga German families. We have generated transgenic mouse lines overexpressing human wild-type or mutant PS2 under transcriptional control of the chicken beta-actin promoter. In...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Oyama F,Sawamura N,Kobayashi K,Morishima-Kawashima M,Kuramochi T,Ito M,Tomita T,Maruyama K,Saido TC,Iwatsubo T,Capell A,Walter J,Grünberg J,Ueyama Y,Haass C,Ihara Y

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cannabinoid type 2 (CB2) receptor plays an important role in neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and Alzheimer’s disease and is therefore a very promising target for therapeutic approaches as well as for imaging. Based on the literature, we id...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Mu L,Bieri D,Slavik R,Drandarov K,Müller A,Cermak S,Weber M,Schibli R,Krämer SD,Ametamey SM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last two decades, a number of studies have underlined the importance of lysosomal-based degradative pathways in maintaining the homeostasis of post-mitotic cells, and revealed the remarkable contribution of a functional autophagic machinery in the promotion of longevity. In contrast, defects in the clearance ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Cogo S,Manzoni C,Lewis PA,Greggio E

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(R)-[(N-propargyl-(3R) aminoindan-5-yl) ethyl methyl carbamate] (TV3326) is a novel cholinesterase and brain-selective monoamine oxidase (MAO)-A/-B inhibitor. It was developed for the treatment of dementia co-morbid with extra pyramidal disorders (parkinsonism), and depression. On chronic treatment in mice it attenuat...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Sagi Y,Weinstock M,Youdim MB

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our laboratory demonstrated previously that PGE2-induced modulation of hippocampal synaptic transmission is via a pre-synaptic PGE2 EP2 receptor. However, little is known about whether the EP2 receptor is involved in hippocampal long-term synaptic plasticity and cognitive function. Here we show that long-term potentia...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Yang H,Zhang J,Breyer RM,Chen C

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substrate-induced endocytic trafficking of dopamine transporter (DAT) has been observed, but little is known about the regulation of DAT oligomerization by substrate. The present study investigates the effect on substrates on DAT oligomerization and explores a potential link with the presence of DAT at the cell surfac...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Chen N,Reith ME

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the consequences of transient application of specific stimuli mimicking inflammation to hippocampal tissue on microglia activation and neuronal cell vulnerability to a subsequent excitotoxic insult. Two-week-old organotypic hippocampal slice cultures, from 7-day-old C57BL/6 donor mice, were exposed for...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Bernardino L,Balosso S,Ravizza T,Marchi N,Ku G,Randle JC,Malva JO,Vezzani A

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A vesicular glutamate transporter (VGLUT) is responsible for the accumulation of l-glutamate in synaptic vesicles in glutamatergic neurons. Two isoforms, VGLUT1 and VGLUT2, have been identified, which are complementarily expressed in these neurons. Mammalian pinealocytes, endocrine cells for melatonin, are also glutam...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Morimoto R,Hayashi M,Yatsushiro S,Otsuka M,Yamamoto A,Moriyama Y

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide (PACAP) receptor (PAC1R) is a class B Gprotein-coupled receptor (GPCR) that is widely expressed in the human body and is involved in neuronal differentiation. As class B GPCRs are known to form heterocomplexes with family members, we hypothesized that PAC1R mediates neuro...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Ke R,Lok SIS,Singh K,Chow BKC,Lee LTO

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The murine neuroblastoma N1E-115 cell line possesses a high density of angiotensin II (AngII) receptors that can be solubilized with the zwitterionic detergent 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulfonate. These solubilized binding sites exhibited high affinity for CGP-42112A and not Losartan, indicating ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Siemens IR,Reagan LP,Yee DK,Fluharty SJ

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal separation (MS) is known to affect hippocampal function such as learning and memory, yet the molecular mechanism remains unknown. We hypothesized that these impairments are attributed to abnormities of neural circuit formation by MS, and focused on brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) as key factor becaus...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Ohta KI,Suzuki S,Warita K,Kaji T,Kusaka T,Miki T

更新日期：2017-04-01 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

abstract：:Phospholipids are asymmetrically distributed across the mammalian plasma membrane, with phosphatidylserine (PS) and phosphatidylethanolamine concentrated in the cytoplasmic leaflet of the membrane bilayer and phosphatidylcholine in the exoplasmic leaflet. This asymmetric distribution is dependent on a group of P4 ATPa...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Yang Y,Liu W,Sun K,Jiang L,Zhu X

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) in glia results in significant physiological effects for both the glia and the neighboring neurons; but in many cases, the mGluR subtypes and signal transduction mechanisms mediating these effects have not been determined. In this study, we report that mGluR acti...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Peavy RD,Conn PJ

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00