Phosphodiesterase type 2 and the homeostasis of cyclic GMP in living thalamic neurons.

abstract：:Proteolytic fragmentation of [3H]diisopropylfluorophosphate-labelled catalytic subunits of different molecular forms of acetylcholinesterase demonstrates that all forms extracted from the electric organ from Torpedo marmorata are true acetylcholinesterases. This is supported by immunochemical results showing that the ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Stieger S,Brodbeck U,Witzemann V

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding characteristics of [3H] alpha-dihydropicrotoxinin to the picrotoxinin binding site were investigated in membrane preparations of adult rat forebrain and living cultures of rat cerebral cortex. The binding of [3H]alpha-dihydropicrotoxinin to rat forebrain was decreased by lysing, treating with Triton X-100,...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： White WF,Snodgrass SR,Dichter MA

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the fundamental goals of lipidomics research is to identify the linkage of an individual gene with a given lipidome, thereby revealing the role of that gene in lipid metabolism, transport, and homeostasis. In this study, we have identified four apolipoprotein E (apoE)-induced alterations in the lipidome of mous...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Cheng H,Jiang X,Han X

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mesolimbic system of the brain has been shown to be involved in the reward properties of a number of agents. It is possible that release of monoamines by nicotine in this brain area could be related to the pleasurable aspects related to cigarette smoking. In this investigation, the effect of nicotine on the releas...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Rowell PP,Carr LA,Garner AC

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of choline, homocholine, and 4-hydroxybutyltrimethylammonium by rat brain synaptosomes was measured; the choline uptake mechanism transported homocholine but not hydroxybutyltrimethylammonium, which, in addition, did not block choline accumulation. In cats' superior cervical ganglia, preganglionic ner...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Collier B

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelination, during both normal development and with respect to disorders of myelination, is commonly studied by morphological and/or biochemical techniques that assay as their end-points the extent of myelination. The rate of myelination is potentially a more useful parameter, but it is difficult and time-consuming t...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Muse ED,Jurevics H,Toews AD,Matsushima GK,Morell P

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The alpha-synuclein (Snca) gene is expressed at higher levels in alcohol-naïve, inbred alcohol-preferring (iP) rats than in alcohol-non preferring (iNP) rats. Snca modulates dopamine transmission and the dopamineregic system, which play a role in mediating the rewarding properties of alcohol consumption. Thus, underst...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Liang T,Carr LG

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of [3H]5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT, serotonin) to cerebellar membranes was examined after preincubation of [3H]5-HT in the presence or absence of ascorbate. The tissue preparation was identical in all experiments and consisted of rat cerebellar homogenates in Tris-HCl buffer with 0.1% ascorbate. Cerebellar m...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Peroutka SJ,Ison PJ,Liu DU,Barrett RW

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptic scaffolding molecule (S-SCAM) is a synaptic protein, which harbors five or six PSD-95/Discs large/ZO-1 (PDZ), a guanylate kinase and two WW domains. It interacts with NMDA receptor subunits, neuroligin and beta-catenin, and is involved in the accumulation of neuroligin at excitatory synapses. In this study, w...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Sumita K,Sato Y,Iida J,Kawata A,Hamano M,Hirabayashi S,Ohno K,Peles E,Hata Y

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The irreversible inhibition of the monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity within monoaminergic neurons in the rat brain 24 h after single or repeated administration of (E)-beta-fluoromethylene-m-tyrosine (FMMT, MDL 72394) was examined. The enzyme activity was determined by incubating synaptosome-rich homogenates of hypothal...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Fagervall I,Ross SB

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular protein inclusions in Alzheimer's disease and progressive supranuclear palsy contain UBB+1, a variant ubiquitin. UBB+1 is able block the 26S proteasome in cell lines. Proteasome inhibition by drug action has previously been shown to induce a heat-shock response and render protection against stress. We in...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hope AD,de Silva R,Fischer DF,Hol EM,van Leeuwen FW,Lees AJ

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylone, 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV), and mephedrone are psychoactive ingredients of 'bath salts' and their abuse represents a growing public health care concern. These drugs are cathinone derivatives and are classified chemically as β-ketoamphetamines. Because of their close structural similarity to the a...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Anneken JH,Angoa-Pérez M,Kuhn DM

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The experiments described in this paper were designed to test whether increasing choline availability over normal physiological levels increases acetylcholine synthesis in the cat's superior cervical ganglion. When ganglia were perfused with Krebs solution, an increase in the medium's choline concentration over physio...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： O'Regan S,Collier B

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-talk between cannabinoid CB1 and serotonin 5-HT receptors in rat cerebellar membranes was investigated using radioligand binding. In competition against the CB1 antagonist, [3 H]SR141716A, the agonist, WIN 55,212-2 yielded a biphasic isotherm. The majority of binding was to a high-affinity state that was signifi...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Devlin MG,Christopoulos A

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a sensitive perfusion system we have studied the nicotine-induced release of [3H]dopamine ([( 3H]DA) from striatal synaptosomes. Nicotine-evoked release was concentration dependent with an EC50 of 3.8 microM. The response to 1 microM nicotine was comparable to that to 16 mM K+; 10 microM veratridine evoked a lar...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Rapier C,Lunt GG,Wonnacott S

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of asparagine as precursor for the neurotransmitter aspartate was investigated in rat striatum in vitro. 14C-asparagine incubated with striatal slices is converted to a great extent to 14C-aspartate which is released in a calcium-dependent manner by high KCl. Furthermore, a frontoparietal cortex ablation of t...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Reubi JC,Toggenburger G,Cuénod M

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presynaptic regulation of amino acid release from nerve terminals was investigated using synaptosomes prepared from the rat spinal cord. The basal releases of endogenous glutamate (Glu), aspartate (Asp), and gamma-amino-butyric acid (GABA) were 34.6, 21.5, and 10.0 pmol/min/mg of protein, respectively. Exposure to...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kamisaki Y,Hamada T,Maeda K,Ishimura M,Itoh T

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study potential biochemical correlates of dopamine (DA) and serotonin receptor supersensitivity, rats were lesioned at 3 days after birth with 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA; 67 micrograms in each lateral ventricle; desipramine pretreatment, 20 mg/kg i.p., 1 h) and then sensitized with the DA D1 agonist, SKF 38393 HCl (...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Gong L,Kostrzewa RM,Li C

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of acute and chronic administration of a subconvulsive dose of picrotoxin on t-[35S]butylbicyclophosphorothionate ([3S]TBPS), [3H]muscimol, and [3H]flunitrazepam binding characteristics in various regions and on the convulsant potency of picrotoxin in Sprague-Dawley rats were examined. Acute administration...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Ito Y,Lim DK,Nabeshima T,Ho IK

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress has been shown to play a role in aging and in neurodegenerative disorders. Some of the consequences of oxidative stress are DNA base modifications, lipid peroxidation, and protein modifications such as formation of carbonyls and nitrotyrosine. These events may play a role in apoptosis, another factor ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kaufmann JA,Bickford PC,Taglialatela G

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using nuclear reaction 6Li(n, alpha)3H and dielectric detectors, we have studied the distribution of Li in the brain of adult mice, following Li treatment of the animals. Two strains of animals were used in parallel: "quaking" dysmyelinating mutants and normally myelinated controls. The distribution appeared to be sha...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Heurteaux C,Baumann N,Lachapelle F,Wissocq JC,Thellier M

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agmatine (decarboxylated arginine) was originally identified in the CNS as an imidazoline receptor ligand. Further studies demonstrated that agmatine antagonizes NMDA receptors and inhibits nitric oxide synthase. Intrathecally administered agmatine inhibits opioid tolerance and hyperalgesia evoked by inflammation, ner...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Goracke-Postle CJ,Overland AC,Riedl MS,Stone LS,Fairbanks CA

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies suggest that the chemotactic G protein-coupled receptor formyl-peptide-receptor-like-1 (FPRL1) or the scavenger receptor MARCO (macrophage receptor with collagenous structure) plays an essential role in the inflammatory response of host defense mechanisms and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheime...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Brandenburg LO,Konrad M,Wruck CJ,Koch T,Lucius R,Pufe T

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipocalin-type prostaglandin (PG) D synthase (L-PGDS) is responsible for the production of PGD(2), the main PG in the CNS. PGD(2) is an endogenous sleep inducer, and it is involved in the control of odor and pain responses and body temperature. In addition, PGD synthase transports lipophilic molecules in the subarachn...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： García-Fernández LF,Iñiguez MA,Eguchi N,Fresno M,Urade Y,Muñoz A

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The F3 molecule is a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily anchored to plasma membranes by a glycosylphosphatidylinositol group. In adult mouse cerebellum, F3 is predominantly expressed on a subset of axons, the parallel fibers, and at their synapses. In vitro studies established that it is a plurifunctional molecu...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Olive S,Dubois C,Schachner M,Rougon G

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pretreatment of rats with the excitatory amino acid antagonist 2-amino-7-phosphonoheptanoic acid (2-APH; 0.5 mmol/kg, i.p.) protected against insulin-induced clonic seizures. Complete protection was observed in 38% of the rats and partial protection in an additional 50%. Lesioning of the corticostriatal pathway by fro...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Chapman AG,Engelsen B,Meldrum BS

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenylate cyclase in homogenates of Drosophila melanogaster is heterogeneous with respect to its affinity toward MgATP and its subcellular distribution. Km values for MgATP range, under similar assay conditions, from approximately 10(-5) M to approximately 10(-3) M, depending on the body region and on the subcellular ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Dudai Y,Zvi S

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mediatophore is a presynaptic membrane protein that has been shown to translocate acetylcholine (ACh) under calcium stimulation when reconstituted into artificial membranes. The mediatophore subunit, a 15-kDa proteolipid, presents a very high sequence homology with the N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCCD)-binding ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Sbia M,Diebler MF,Morel N,Israël M

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid and simple chromatographic procedure using HPLC with electrochemical detection is described for simultaneous determination of the substrates from precursor amino acids to metabolites related to synthesis and metabolism of three monoamine neurotransmitters--norepinephrine (NE), dopamine (DA), and 5-hydroxytrypt...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Murai S,Saito H,Masuda Y,Itoh T

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is an autosomal dominant genetic condition caused by dominant loss-of-function mutations of the tumor suppressor gene NF1 that encodes neurofibromin, a negative regulator of RAS activity. Mutation analysis of NF1 located at 17q11.2 has been hampered by the large size of the gene, the hig...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Esposito T,Piluso G,Saracino D,Uccello R,Schettino C,Dato C,Capaldo G,Giugliano T,Varriale B,Paolisso G,Di Iorio G,Melone MA

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00