Some metabolic relationships between biopterin and folate: implications for the "methyl trap hypothesis".

abstract：:Antidepressive drugs offer considerable symptomatic relief in mood disorders and, although commonly discovered by screening with single biological targets, most interact with multiple receptors and signaling pathways. Antidepressants require a treatment regimen of several weeks before clinical efficacy is achieved in ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Kálmán J,Palotás A,Juhász A,Rimanóczy A,Hugyecz M,Kovács Z,Galsi G,Szabó Z,Pákáski M,Fehér LZ,Janka Z,Puskás LG

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incorporation of [gamma-32P]ATP into proteins of rat brain polyribosomes was studied in vitro. The effects of cyclic nucleotides, calcium, hemin, ACTH, GTP, and spermine were examined. The incorporation of phosphate into proteins increased with time and phosphatase activity was very low; thus, the extent of phosph...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Schrama LH,Frankena H,Edwards PM,Schotman P

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression afflicts more than 300 million people worldwide, but there is currently no universally effective drug in clinical practice. In this study, chronic restraint stress (CRS)-induced mice depression model was used to study the antidepressant effects of resveratrol and its mechanism. Our results showed that resve...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Chen JJ,Shen JX,Yu ZH,Pan C,Han F,Zhu XL,Xu H,Xu RT,Wei TY,Lu YP

更新日期：2021-01-03 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：:Parecoxib is a recently described novel COX-2 inhibitor whose functional significance and neuroprotective mechanisms remain elusive. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to investigate whether delayed administration of parecoxib inhibited mitochondria-mediated neuronal apoptosis induced by ischemic reperfusion injury vi...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Ye Z,Wang N,Xia P,Wang E,Yuan Y,Guo Q

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is an important public health problem in neurology, which is not only associated with high mortality but also leading to disability. Yet no satisfactory treatment has been developed. The secondary injury that resulted from a number of self-destructive processes such as neuroinflammation,...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Wei N,Wei Y,Li B,Pang L

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During neural activity, neurotransmitters released at synapses reach neighbouring cells, such as astrocytes. These get excited via numerous mechanisms, including the G protein coupled receptors that regulate the cytosolic concentration of second messengers, such as Ca(2+) and cAMP. The stimulation of these pathways le...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Vardjan N,Zorec R

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of naturally occurring amino acids, their isomers, and synthetic analogs were tested for their ability to inhibit uptake of [3H]glutamate into presynaptic vesicles from bovine cerebral cortex. Strongest inhibition (Ki < 1mM) was observed for trans-1-aminocyclopentane-1,3-dicarboxylic acid (t-ACPD) and erythr...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Winter HC,Ueda T

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ursolic acid (UA) is a plant derived compound which is also a component of the standard human diet. It possesses a wide range of pharmacological properties, i.e., antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and antitumor, which have been used in folk medicine for centuries. Moreover, influence of UA on central nervo...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Nieoczym D,Socała K,Wlaź P

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Axonal regeneration across the site of spinal cord lesion is often aborted in adult mammalian species. The use of DNA vaccine to nullify the inhibitory molecules has been shown to be effective in promoting axonal regeneration in injured spinal cord. The possible molecular mechanisms, however, remain to be elucidated. ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Zhang Y,Hao CG,Hu LQ,Dong J,Wei P,Xu D,Xiao ZC,Wang TH

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress is a long-hypothesized cause of diverse neurological and psychiatric disorders but the pathways by which physiological redox perturbations may detour healthy brain development and aging are unknown. We reported recently (Foley et al., Neurochem Res 39:2030-2039, 2014) that two-electron oxidations, to ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Foley TD,Katchur KM,Gillespie PF

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although nitric oxide (NO) plays key signaling roles in the nervous systems, excess NO leads to cell death. In this study, the involvement of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) and apoptosis signal-regulating kinase-1 (ASK1) in NO-induced cell death was investigated in PC12 cells. NO donor transiently act...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Han OJ,Joe KH,Kim SW,Lee HS,Kwon NS,Baek KJ,Yun HY

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postmortem cerebral neocortical and hippocampal samples were taken from patients who died with dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT) and individuals without diagnoses of neurological or psychiatric disease (control). Nicotinic binding was assayed with 20 nM [3H]acetylcholine [( 3H]ACh) in the presence of atropine, or w...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： London ED,Ball MJ,Waller SB

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress is one of the most important pathological mechanisms in neurodegenerative diseases and ischemia. Recent studies have indicated that the sonic hedgehog (SHH) signaling pathway is involved in these diseases, but the underlying mechanisms remains elusive. Here we report that the SHH pathway was activated...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Dai RL,Zhu SY,Xia YP,Mao L,Mei YW,Yao YF,Xue YM,Hu B

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(E)-2-(1-hydroxyl-4-oxocyclohexyl) ethyl caffeine (HOEC), a naturally caffeic ester isolated from Incarvillea mairei, has been reported to possess anti-inflammatory activity by targeting 5-lipoxygenase. However, its other potential activities have yet to be explored. In this study, we measured antioxidant activity of ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Chen B,Yue R,Yang Y,Zeng H,Chang W,Gao N,Yuan X,Zhang W,Shan L

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Omega-conotoxin GVIA (omega-CTX), as a selective blocker for an N-type Ca2+ channel, has been conveniently used in many molecular biochemical and pharmacological experiments. There has been little elucidation of 125I-omega-CTX binding sites (mainly the 135-kDa band) in the crude membranes from chick brain, although th...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Wada T,Abe J,Minami T,Masuko T,Ichida S

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging data suggests that mitochondrial dysfunction is prominently involved in Alzheimer disease (AD) progression. Sirtuin-3 (Sirt3) is a member of the sirtuin family of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide dependent deacetylases that regulates a variety of mitochondrial functions and suppresses mitochondria-related ph...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Yang W,Zou Y,Zhang M,Zhao N,Tian Q,Gu M,Liu W,Shi R,Lü Y,Yu W

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse isolated vas deferens preincubated with [3-H]noradrenaline was superfused and the effect of alpha 1-adrenoceptor agonists was studied on the release of total radioactivity ([3H]noradrenaline + 3H-metabolites) and [3H]noradrenaline. Reverse phase high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) combined with scintillat...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Vizi ES,Somogyi GT,Harsing LG Jr,Zimanyi I

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of pre-treatment with ENA-713, an acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitor, on changes in pre- and postsynaptic cholinergic indices in gerbil brain following transient ischemia were studied at 4 and 14 days after recirculation. In the ischemic group, hippocampal acetylcholine (ACh) level was significantly red...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Tanaka K,Ogawa N,Mizukawa K,Asanuma M,Kondo Y,Nishibayashi S,Mori A

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that vanilloid receptor type 1 (VR1, or TRPV1) was up-regulated in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) and the spinal dorsal horn after chronic inflammatory pain produced by complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) injection into the plantar of rat hind paw. In the present study, we found that subcutaneous or in...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Luo H,Xu IS,Chen Y,Yang F,Yu L,Li GX,Liu FY,Xing GG,Shi YS,Li T,Han JS,Wan Y

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:These studies were designed to compare the effects of nitric oxide (NO) generating compounds with those of several iron containing compounds which do not generate NO on glutamate receptor function. Stimulation of primary cultures of cerebellar granule cells with N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) or kainate results in the el...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Oh S,McCaslin PP

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potassium-stimulated release of acetylcholine, norepinephrine, serotonin, glutamate, and 4-aminobutyrate from superfused rat cortical slices was studied during hypoxia. A reduction in oxygen tensions from 603 +/- 6 to 22 +/- 2 mm Hg selectively altered the calcium-dependent efflux of these neurotransmitters, but d...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Hirsch JA,Gibson GE

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The particulars regarding the amine precursor therapy for treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders and their neurochemical background are described historically. Furthermore, peculiar or artificial amino acids which are metabolized into the brain amine or their derivatives and promised their clinical application are al...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Nakajima T

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial dysfunction has been proposed to be one of the earliest triggering events in isoflurane-induced neuronal damage. Lidocaine has been demonstrated to attenuate the impairment of cognition in aged rats induced by isoflurane in our previous study. In this study, we hypothesized that lidocaine could attenuate...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Li J,Zhu X,Yang S,Xu H,Guo M,Yao Y,Huang Z,Lin D

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of sepsis associated encephalopathy (SAE) is not yet clear: the blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption has been indicated among the possible causative mechanisms. S100B, a calcium binding protein, originates in the central nervous system but it can be also produced by extra-cerebral sources; it is passi...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Piazza O,Cotena S,De Robertis E,Caranci F,Tufano R

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most studies of Alzheimer's disease (AD) have focused on a single precipitating alteration as the etiological event rather than global changes closely linked to aging. Recent evidence suggests that the most significant of these global changes are metabolic. Here we present data indicating that metabolic rate, nutritio...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Perry G,Nunomura A,Raina AK,Aliev G,Siedlak SL,Harris PL,Casadesus G,Petersen RB,Bligh-Glover W,Balraj E,Petot GJ,Smith MA

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major part of the Ca-activated proteolytic activity in the soluble fraction from rabbit brain could be due to the activity of the neutral thiol-proteases calpain I and II. The activity of calpains exceeded that of the endogenous inhibitor, calpastatin, at all developmental stages studied. The level of calpains incre...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Blomgren K,Karlsson JO

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excitotoxicity has been associated with the loss of medium spiny neurons (MSN) in Huntington's disease (HD). We have previously observed that the content of the glial glutamate transporters, glutamate transporter 1 (GLT-1) and glutamate-aspartate transporter (GLAST), diminishes in R6/2 mice at 14 weeks of age but not ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Estrada-Sánchez AM,Montiel T,Massieu L

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathophysiological mechanism(s) underlying Alzheimer's disease (AD) still remain unclear, and no disease-modifying or prophylactic therapies are currently available. Unraveling the fundamental neuropathogenesis of AD is an important challenge. Several studies on AD have suggested lesions in a number of CNS areas i...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Daulatzai MA

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the following drugs: nimodipine (1 mg/kg b.w., i.p.), 2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid (4 mg/kg b.w., i.p.) and propentofylline (25 mg/kg b.w., i.p.), administered (alone or in combination) at the end of 15 min bilateral ischemia in gerbils were evaluated on mitochondrial superoxide dismutase (SOD), glut...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Stanimirovic DB,Micic DV,Markovic M,Spatz M,Mrsulja BB

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00