(4S)-4-amino-5,6-heptadienoic acid (MDL 72483): a potent anticonvulsant GABA-T inhibitor.

abstract：:Neonatal hypoxia/ischemia (HI) is the most common cause of developmental neurological, cognitive and behavioral deficits in children, with hyperoxia (HHI) treatment being a clinical therapy for newborn resuscitation. Although cerebral edema is a common outcome after HI, the mechanisms leading to excessive fluid accumu...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Ferrari DC,Nesic O,Perez-Polo JR

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of the role of taurine in the genesis of epilepsy the effects of metrazol-induced convulsions on the uptake and distribution of taurine in the brain were measured. In vivo we found no significant uptake of taurine in the mouse brain; in rabbit brain in most areas significant taurine uptake was found. The ph...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Battistin L,Varotto M,Tezzon F,Pistollato L

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several amine oxidases are involved in the metabolism of the natural polyamines putrescine, spermidine, and spermine, and play a role in the regulation of intracellular concentrations, and the elimination of these amines. Since the products of the amine oxidase-catalyzed reactions -- hydrogen peroxide and aminoaldehyd...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Seiler N

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to synthetic myelin basic protein peptide S82 (TTHYG-SLPQKAQGHRPQDEG) did not react with synthetic peptide S8 (GSLPQKAQGHRPQDENG) and only partially so with synthetic peptide S79 (AQGHRPQDEG); however, the antibodies did react to a considerable extent with an equimolar mixture of S8 and S79. Since the anti-...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Day ED,Hashim GA

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the influence of light and darkness on brain pyroglutamyl-peptidase I (pGluPI) activity, four experimental groups of rats were compared at the same time-point (10.00 h). Two groups were designed with a standard 12-12 h light-dark cycle: In group A, the lights were on from 7.00 h to 19.00 h, and the experim...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Ramírez M,Arechaga G,Martínez JM,Prieto I,Ramírez-Expósito MJ,Sánchez B,Alba F

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of theophylline (2.5--100 mg/kg p.o.) on cyclic 3',5'-adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and cyclic 3',5'-guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) in brain of Sprague-Dawley rats (0.5--3.0 hr after administration of theophylline) was investigated. It was found that theophylline increases cAMP and cGMP levels when admi...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Stefanovich V

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The changes in both the levels of some free amino acids and their metabolism in the rat brain during the first 24 hr of postnatal life were studied. The content of glutamic acid decreased for the first 2 hr; it remained at the lowest level for the next 4 hr, when it began to increase. The content of alanine decreased ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Noguchi T,Nomura M,Tsukada Y

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous study conducted in this laboratory revealed a decrease in total cholinesterase (total ChE) in the cerebral cortex, hippocampus and striatum in aged rats (24 months) of various strains, as compared with young animals (3 months). The purpose of the present experiments was to extend the study to other brain ar...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Meneguz A,Bisso GM,Michalek H

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insoluble fraction of ox-brain, which had previously been shown to have a non-linear affinity for Na+ and K+, was prepared. Acetylcholine (1 x 10(-8) mol/l and 1 x 10(-7) mol/l) reduced the affinity of the fraction for Na+ and K+ to zero, while at 1 x 10(-6) mol/l, the affinity for the cations was almost as high a...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Ahmed N,Hillman H

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial division inhibitor 1 (Mdivi-1) is the most effective pharmacological inhibitor of mitochondrial fission. Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a common and serious trauma, which lacks efficient treatment. This study aimed to detect the role of Mdivi-1 in neuronal injury and its underlying mechanism after acute SCI...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Li G,Jia Z,Cao Y,Wang Y,Li H,Zhang Z,Bi J,Lv G,Fan Z

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Populations of enriched glial precursor cells and astrocytes isolated from primary cultures of newborn rat brain were used to study the synthesis of sulfated glycoproteins. Both cell types incorporated [3H]glucosamine and [35S]sulfate into carbohydrate side chains of proteoglycans and glycoproteins. The rate of incorp...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Bhat NR,Brunngraber EG

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder of dopaminergic, noradrenergic, and serotonergic systems, in which dopamine, noradrenaline, and serotonin levels are depleted and lead to the development of motor and non-motor symptoms such as tremor, bradykinesia, weight changes, fatigue, depression, and visua...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Parambi DGT,Saleem U,Shah MA,Anwar F,Ahmad B,Manzar A,Itzaz A,Harilal S,Uddin MS,Kim H,Mathew B

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence is presented that multiple forms of cyclic nucleotide phophodiesterase (PDE) activity chromatographically separated from the soluble fraction of bovine hypothalamus are co-eluted with multiple forms of 5'-nucleotidase (5'N) activity. The enzymes could not be resolved from each other by anion-exchange chromato...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Galoyan AA,Gurvitz BYa,Sharova NP

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we investigated the effects of pioglitazone (PGZ) in the hippocampal CA1 region of low- or high-fat diet (LFD or HFD) fed gerbils after transient forebrain ischemia. After 8 weeks of LFD or HFD feeding, PGZ (30 mg/kg) was intraperitoneally administered to the gerbils, following which ischemia was...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Moon SM,Choi GM,Yoo DY,Jung HY,Yim HS,Kim DW,Hwang IK,Cho BM,Chang IB,Cho SM,Won MH

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice infected with the Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis virus showed a significant decrease in the GABA content of cerebral hemispheres. Activity of the enzyme which synthetizes GABA, glutamate decarboxylase, is also reduced in whole cerebral hemispheres, neostriatum, and frontal cortex of infected animals, as comp...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Bonilla E,Ryder E,Ryder S

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolism of triacylglycerol (TAG) in developing brain has been examined. TAG is a relatively minor fraction of brain lipid in both suckling and adult rats and cannot be accounted for as entrapped blood. When glycerol tri[1-14C]oleate and [2-3H]glycerol trioleate were simultaneously injected intracerebrally into suck...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Cook HW

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy is a disorder of the brain characterized by an enduring predisposition to generate epileptic seizures. The glycolytic inhibitor 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) has been reported to exert antiepileptic effects by upregulating KATP subunits (kir6.1 and kir6.2). We evaluated whether 2-DG exhibits anti-seizure effect by...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Long Y,Zhuang K,Ji Z,Han Y,Fei Y,Zheng W,Song Z,Yang H

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kainic acid-induced seizures produced early (2 hr) generalized edema and later (24 and 48 hr) necrotic edema in temporal cortex and hippocampus as measured by specific gravity changes. Mannitol given during the seizure partially protected against the early edema and prevented the necrotic edema indicating early edema ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Nelson SR,Olson JP

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aimed to directly measure in vivo superoxide radical (O*2) a direct indicator of oxidative stress, in the brain of rats with experimentally induced obstructive jaundice by employing a new quantitative ultrasensitive fluorescent assay requiring minimum sample. O*2 anion is specific for dihydroethidine (DHE) a...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Konstantinou D,Mavrakis A,Grintzalis K,Papapostolou I,Assimakopoulos SF,Chroni E,Georgiou C

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary auditory cortex is subject to the modulation of numerous neurotransmitters including norepinephrine (NE), which has been shown to decrease cellular excitability by yet unclear mechanisms. We investigated the possibility that NE directly affects excitatory glutamatergic synapses. We found that bath applicat...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Dinh L,Nguyen T,Salgado H,Atzori M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A phosphoinositide-linked peptide response in cultured rat astrocytes was studied by measuring the accumulation of [3H]inositol phosphates in the presence of lithium. Cultures derived from cortex, cerebellum and spinal cord each showed a unique pattern or degree of stimulation to a panel of neuropeptides. Cortical and...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Cholewinski AJ,Hanley MR,Wilkin GP

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to investigate the effects of preincubation of hippocampus homogenates in the presence of homocysteine or methionine on Na+, K+-ATPase and Mg2+-ATPase activities in synaptic membranes of rats. Homocysteine significantly inhibited Na+, K+-ATPase activity, whereas methionine had no...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Streck EL,Zugno AI,Tagliari B,Franzon R,Wannmacher CM,Wajner M,Wyse AT

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amyloid peptide (Abeta) deposited in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is generated by beta- and gamma-secretase processing of a larger integral membrane protein precursor (APP). Intramembrane processing of APP by gamma-secretase also yields an intracellular fragment, CTFgamma (a.k.a. AICD), which is highly conserved and i...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Venugopal C,Pappolla MA,Sambamurti K

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-Methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and L-glutamate activate membrane receptors that produce substantial permeation of Na+, K+ and Ca2+ through the neuronal membrane. These ionic fluxes are intimately linked to processes that regulate neuronal survival, growth and differentiation. Intracellular free Ca2+ concentrations are th...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Michaelis EK,Michaelis ML

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ferulago angulata (Apiaceae) is a shrub indigenous to western Iran, Turkey and Iraq. In traditional medicine, F. angulata is recommended for treating digestive pains, hemorrhoids, snake bite, ulcers and as sedative. In the present study, the effects of inhaled F. angulata essential oil (1 and 3%, daily, for 21 days) o...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Hritcu L,Bagci E,Aydin E,Mihasan M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bilateral lesion of the nucleus basalis with ibotenic acid infusions in young and aged rats results in the degeneration of cholinergic neurons which innervate the cortex. As expected, high-affinity uptake of choline was decreased in the frontal cortex subsequent to the lesion. Twenty one days after surgery there was a...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Gomeza J,Aragón C,Giménez C

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the main pathological symptoms of early diabetic retinal neuropathy is retina neuronal apoptosis. In the present work we investigated the effects of indoleamine hormone melatonin, a powerful free radical scavenger, on streptozotocin-induced retina neuronal cell apoptosis in high blood glucose rat. After melaton...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Li X,Zhang M,Tang W

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:28-O-caffeoyl betulin (B-CA) has been demonstrated to reduce the cerebral infarct volume caused by transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) injury. B-CA is a novel derivative of naturally occurring caffeoyl triterpene with little information associated with its pharmacological target(s). To date no data is av...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Liu X,Ruan Z,Shao XC,Feng HX,Wu L,Wang W,Wang HM,Mu HY,Zhang RJ,Zhao WM,Zhang HY,Zhang NX

更新日期：2021-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(A)-RNA prepared from the brains of 30-day-old male rats has been shown to direct the synthesis of neuron-specific enolase (NSE) in a cell-free system derived from rabbit reticulocytes. The newly synthesized polypeptides were immunoprecipitated and analyzed on SDS-polyacrylamide slab gels. Autoradiography indicate...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Walker WA,Zomzely-Neurath C

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MAO inhibitor phenelzine (PLZ) at a dose of 25 mg/kg does not affect the behavior of rats. In contrast, the equivalent dose of a deuterated analog (alpha, alpha, beta, beta-tetradeutero-PLZ, d4PLZ) elicits a biphasic behavioral syndrome in rats. In an attempt to correlate changes in cerebral monoamines with behavi...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Dewar KM,Dyck LE,Durden DA,Boulton AA

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00