Thyroid hormone causes sexually distinct neurochemical and morphological alterations in rat septal-diagonal band neurons.

abstract：:The neurotoxic effect of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) was tested on mice lacking the dopamine (DA) transporter (DAT-/- mice). Striatal tissue DA content and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) mRNA expression were assessed as markers of MPTP neurotoxicity. MPTP (30 mg/kg, s.c., b.i.d.) produc...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Gainetdinov RR,Fumagalli F,Jones SR,Caron MG

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) receptors contain seven putative transmembrane domains and couple via different guanine nucleotide binding proteins to specific effector enzymes. Studies with other receptors identify the second and third intracellular loops or the C-terminus of the receptor as important for selective effect...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Oksenberg D,Havlik S,Peroutka SJ,Ashkenazi A

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of the three major catecholamine-synthesizing enzymes were determined in brain tissue pellets dissected from 500-micrometers thick horizontal sections of rat lower brainstem. The rostrocaudal distributions of the three enzymatic activities were generally not parallel, suggesting differences in the respe...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Chamba G,Denoroy L,Renaud B

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve growth factor (NGF) plays a key role in the differentiation of neurons. In this study, we established three NGF-induced neurite-positive (NIN+) subclones that showed high responsiveness to NGF-induced neurite outgrowth and three NGF-induced neurite-negative (NIN-) subclones that abolished NGF-induced neurite out...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Oe T,Sasayama T,Nagashima T,Muramoto M,Yamazaki T,Morikawa N,Okitsu O,Nishimura S,Aoki T,Katayama Y,Kita Y

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, we discuss the poorly explored role of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) in memory maintenance, and its influence on memory destabilization. After a brief review on CaMKII and memory destabilization, we present critical pieces of evidence suggesting that CaMKII activity increases ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Vigil FA,Giese KP

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular prion protein (PrP(c)) is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored plasma membrane protein whose conformational altered forms (PrP(sc)) are known to cause neurodegenerative diseases in mammals. In order to investigate the intracellular traffic of mammalian PrP(c) in living cells, we have generated a ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Lee KS,Magalhães AC,Zanata SM,Brentani RR,Martins VR,Prado MA

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conversion of the cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) into the abnormal scrapie isoform (PrP(Sc)) is the hallmark of prion diseases, which are fatal and transmissible neurodegenerative disorders. ER-retained anti-prion recombinant single-chain Fv fragments have been proved to be an effective tool for inhibition of PrP(C) ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Filesi I,Cardinale A,Mattei S,Biocca S

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve growth factor (NGF) is a trophic and survival factor for cholinergic neurons, and it induces the expression of several genes that are essential for synthesis and storage of acetylcholine (ACh), specifically choline acetyltransferase, vesicular ACh transporter (VAChT), and choline transporter. We have found previ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Madziar B,Shah S,Brock M,Burke R,Lopez-Coviella I,Nickel AC,Cakal EB,Blusztajn JK,Berse B

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuronal nitric oxide (NO) synthase generates NO from arginine. NO mediates its physiological effects mainly by stimulating the synthesis of cyclic GMP. We have investigated the role of the arginine availability on the NMDA-induced cyclic GMP accumulation in immature rat brain slices. The effect of NMDA was blocke...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Grima G,Cuénod M,Pfeiffer S,Mayer B,Do KQ

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of glutamatergic excitotoxins on intracellular Cl- were investigated in the CA1 pyramidal cell layer of the hippocampal slice. Hippocampal slices from rats (14-19 days old) were loaded with 6-methoxy-N-ethylquinolinium chloride (MEQ), a Cl(-)-sensitive fluorescent probe with a fluorescence intensity that c...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Inglefield JR,Schwartz-Bloom RD

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In invertebrates, the phenolamines, tyramine and octopamine, mediate many functional roles usually associated with the catecholamines, noradrenaline and adrenaline, in vertebrates. The α- and β-adrenergic classes of insect octopamine receptor are better activated by octopamine than tyramine. Similarly, the Tyramine 1 ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Bayliss A,Roselli G,Evans PD

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence indicates that tyrosine phosphorylation may play important roles in retinal photoreceptor rod outer segments (ROS). We investigated the tyrosine phosphorylation of endogenous proteins in isolated bovine ROS. Several proteins with apparent molecular masses of 31, 39, 60, 83, 90, 97, 120, 140, and 180 kD...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Bell MW,Desai N,Guo XX,Ghalayini AJ

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic spinal cord injury has recently been shown to cause a rapid increase in free fatty acids (FFAs) and lipid degradation in cats. The present studies report a more delayed, time-dependent increase in FFAs and a concomitant decrease in phospholipids following traumatic spinal injury in rats. The largest percenta...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Faden AI,Chan PH,Longar S

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A combination of posttranslational modifications contributes to the high heterogeneity of brain tubulin in mammals. In this report, the structures of the detyrosinated carboxy-terminal peptides of alpha-tubulin from newborn and adult mouse brain were compared. The heterogeneity of these carboxy-terminal peptides was o...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Redeker V,Rusconi F,Mary J,Promé D,Rossier J

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substance P and neurokinin A both potentiated N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-induced currents recorded in acutely isolated neurons from the dorsal horn of the rat. To elucidate the mechanism underlying this phenomenon, we measured the effects of tachykinins and glutamate receptor agonists on [Ca2+]i in these cells. Subst...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Rusin KI,Bleakman D,Chard PS,Randic M,Miller RJ

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uptake of glutamate and other acidic amino acids into barnacle single muscle fibres has been characterized. The uptake of glutamate consists of two components, one Na-independent and one Na-dependent. The Na-dependent uptake is saturable (half-maximal at 250 microM external glutamate) and is inhibited by a variety...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Revest PA,Baker PF

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tamoxifen has been found to be neuroprotective in both transient and permanent experimental ischemic stroke. However, it remains unknown whether this agent shows a similar beneficial effect after spinal cord injury (SCI), and what are its underlying mechanisms. In this study, we investigated the efficacy of tamoxifen ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Tian DS,Liu JL,Xie MJ,Zhan Y,Qu WS,Yu ZY,Tang ZP,Pan DJ,Wang W

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroleptics are thought to exert their anti-psychotic effects by counteracting a hyper-dopaminergic transmission. Here, we have examined the dopaminergic status of STOP (stable tubule only polypeptide) null mice, which lack a microtubule-stabilizing protein and which display neuroleptic-sensitive behavioural disorder...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Brun P,Bégou M,Andrieux A,Mouly-Badina L,Clerget M,Schweitzer A,Scarna H,Renaud B,Job D,Suaud-Chagny MF

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some data on the concentration range of response and the concentration for half-response (EC50) of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) for the GABAA receptor are reviewed and compared. An analysis of the 36Cl- flux assay demonstrates that both the EC50 and the slope of a Hill plot depend on the ion influx or efflux assay t...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kardos J,Cash DJ

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglia are the main players of the brain immune response. They act as active sensors that rapidly respond to injurious insults by shifting into different activated states. Elevated levels of unconjugated bilirubin (UCB) induce cell death, immunostimulation and oxidative stress in both neurons and astrocytes. We rec...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Silva SL,Osório C,Vaz AR,Barateiro A,Falcão AS,Silva RF,Brites D

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is a developmental disorder caused by the loss of Fragile X Mental Retardation 1 (FMR1) gene function because of a CGG repeat expansion (> 200 repeats) in the gene. The molecular mechanism(s) linking loss of FMR1 function to the molecular pathology and cognitive/behavioral disability remain un...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Wang X,Snape M,Klann E,Stone JG,Singh A,Petersen RB,Castellani RJ,Casadesus G,Smith MA,Zhu X

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinetic studies on the action of monoamine oxidase (MAO) in the regulation of Na+,K+-ATPase were performed using 3-methoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (MHB), which is an analogue of 3-methoxy-4-hydroxy-phenylacetylaldehyde (product of MAO-catalysed reaction with dopamine as substrate). It was observed that at 2.6 microM MHB...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Mayanil CS,Baquer NZ

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that the intrinsic ability of motor axons to sprout can vary considerably from nerve to nerve with an inverse correlation to axonal length. In this study we asked whether this variation might be associated with differences in one axonal component, neurofilaments, near the site of outgrowth....

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Pestronk A,Watson DF,Yuan CM

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kainate receptors (KARs) have been described as modulators of synaptic transmission at different synapses. However, this role of KARs has not been well characterized in the amygdala. We have explored the effect of kainate receptor activation at the synapse established between fibers originating at medial geniculate nu...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Negrete-Díaz JV,Duque-Feria P,Andrade-Talavera Y,Carrión M,Flores G,Rodríguez-Moreno A

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of angiotensin (Ang) IV, an inhibitor of insulin-regulated aminopeptidase (IRAP), on extracellular dopamine levels in the striatum of freely moving rats was examined using in vivo microdialysis. The Ang IV was administered locally in the striatum through the microdialysis probe. A concentration-dependent (1...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Stragier B,Sarre S,Vanderheyden P,Vauquelin G,Fournié-Zaluski MC,Ebinger G,Michotte Y

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents the initial characterization of transgenic mice with mutations in a primary zinc-binding residue (H80), either alone or with a G93A mutation. H80G;G93A superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) transgenic mice developed paralysis with motor neuron loss, and ubiquitin inclusion-type rather than mitochondrial va...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Son M,Srikanth U,Puttaparthi K,Luther C,Elliott JL

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated rat neurointermediate lobes were incubated in vitro. The release of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylethylamine (dopamine, DA), dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC), homovanillic acid (HVA), and methoxyphenylethanol (MOPET) was determined by HPLC with electrochemical detection. Under resting conditions, the outflow of metabo...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Racké K,Muscholl E

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A glutamate binding protein was purified from bovine brain to apparent homogeneity. The procedure used for the purification of this protein involved extraction of a crude synaptic membrane fraction with Na-cholate, followed by solubilization of the binding protein from the membranes by Triton X-100, and, finally, affi...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Michaelis EK,Chittenden WL,Johnson BE,Galton N,Decedue C

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wallerian degeneration in peripheral nerves occurs after a traumatic insult when the distal nerve part degenerates while peripheral macrophages enter the nerve stump and remove the accruing debris by phagozytosis. We used an experimental model to investigate the effect of either the absence or over-expression of alpha...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Siebert H,Kahle PJ,Kramer ML,Isik T,Schlüter OM,Schulz-Schaeffer WJ,Brück W

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human NMDAR2D subunit was cloned, and the pharmacological properties of receptors resulting from injection of transcripts encoding human NMDAR1A and NMDAR2D subunits in Xenopus oocytes were characterized by profiling NMDA receptor agonists and antagonists. We found that glutamate, NMDA, glycine, and D-serine were ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hess SD,Daggett LP,Deal C,Lu CC,Johnson EC,Veliçelebi G

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00