An event-related fMRI study on risk taking by healthy individuals of high or low impulsiveness.

abstract：:The febrile responses induced by i.v. administrations of staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) was mimicked by direct injection of SEA into the organum vasculosum laminae terminalis (OVLT) in unanesthetized rabbits. Compared with the febrile responses induced by i.v. injection of SEA, the OVLT route of injection required...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Huang WT,Lin MT,Won SJ

更新日期：1997-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The magnocellular neurones of the supraoptic nucleus (SON) and paraventricular nucleus release neuropeptide from their axon terminals and also from their dendrites. In the axon terminals, swellings known as Herring bodies are responsible for the degradation of aged, unreleased large dense-cored vesicles (LDCVs) by lys...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Monteiro O,Wiegand UK,Ludwig M

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agonist-induced turnover or release of inositolphosphates (IP) was studied in the dorsal and the ventral hippocampus 24 h, 1 month, and 3 months after the last electrical stimulus of kindled rats. A significant increase in acetylcholine (ACh)-stimulated IP turnover was observed in dorsal, but not ventral, hippocampus ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zhang WQ,Tandon P,Sobotka TJ,Hong JS,Tilson HA

更新日期：1990-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms underlying aggregate formation in age-related neurodegenerative diseases remain not well understood. Here we investigated whether dual-specificity tyrosine-(Y)-phosphorylation-regulated kinase 1A (Dyrk1A) is involved in the formation of regulator of calcineurin 1 (RCAN1) aggregates. We show that RCAN1 s...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Song WJ,Song EA,Choi SH,Baik HH,Jin BK,Kim JH,Chung SH

更新日期：2013-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:To light illumination retinal amacrine cells respond with graded depolarization accompanied by a spike discharge. It has been assumed that the graded depolarization is produced solely by the excitatory synaptic inputs from bipolar cells. Here we demonstrate that a tetrodotoxin (TTX)-sensitive persistent current also c...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Watanabe S,Satoh H,Koizumi A,Takayanagi T,Kaneko A

更新日期：2000-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of chronic arthritic pain upon the levels of mRNA encoding prodynorphin (mRNADYN) in the spinal cord of rats was evaluated by use of the RNA blot technique. Rats were rendered arthritic by inoculation of the tail-base with a suspension of Mycobacterium butyricum. Three weeks post inoculation, levels of m...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Höllt V,Haarmann I,Millan MJ,Herz A

更新日期：1987-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment with acamprosate, a compound used for relapse prevention treatment of alcoholism, was recently shown to be associated with increased plasma concentration of beta-endorphin in rats selectively bred for high alcohol preference. The aim of our study was to prove this result in a comparative clinical study with ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kiefer F,Jahn H,Otte C,Nakovics H,Wiedemann K

更新日期：2006-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Fyn-kinase is expressed widely in the entire brain, including the cerebellum. Fyn-kinase-deficient mice are known to exhibit hypersensitivity to ethanol. To evaluate the cerebellar functions of Fyn-kinase, we examined the dynamic characteristics of the horizontal optokinetic response (HOKR) and vestibulo-ocular reflex...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kitazawa H,Katoh A,Yagi T,Nagao S

更新日期：2000-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The pineal product melatonin that acts on specific melatonin receptors has been implicated in pathobiological mechanisms of neuropsychiatric disorders including Alzheimer's disease. We used mice lacking melatonin MT(2) receptors (MT(2) knockouts) to investigate the role of these receptors in synaptic plasticity and le...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Larson J,Jessen RE,Uz T,Arslan AD,Kurtuncu M,Imbesi M,Manev H

更新日期：2006-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The discrete distribution and pharmacological characteristics of melatonin binding sites in the bovine hippocampus were determined. Autoradiography revealed the presence of melatonin binding sites in the stratum lacunosum-molecularis of the hippocampus (CA1), stratum molecularis of the subiculum and in the enthorhinal...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nonno R,Lucini V,Stankov B,Fraschini F

更新日期：1995-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Removal of glutamate from the synaptic cleft by astroglial glutamine synthase (GS) is a crucial step in the regulation of glutamate turnover and metabolism, thus participating in endogenous neuroprotective processes occurring within brain tissues. Here we investigated on the effect of inflammatory cytokines on GS acti...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Muscoli C,Visalli V,Colica C,Nisticò R,Palma E,Costa N,Rotiroti D,Nisticò G,Mollace V

更新日期：2005-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The critical period for observing a developmentally regulated form of synaptic plasticity in the visual cortex of young rats normally ends at about postnatal day 30. This developmentally regulated form of in vitro long-term potentiation (LTP) can be reliably induced in layers II-III by aiming high frequency, theta bur...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Shaffery JP,Lopez J,Bissette G,Roffwarg HP

更新日期：2006-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the cortico-muscular coherence in a patient with posturally induced cortically originating negative myoclonus. We recorded simultaneously 50 channels EEG and EMG from quadriceps and biceps femoris muscles of the left upper leg. Three experimental conditions were investigated with the patient in a seate...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kristeva R,Popa T,Chakarov V,Hummel S

更新日期：2004-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) is a minor CNS myelin-specific protein that is an important candidate autoantigen in multiple sclerosis. We now report that MOG mRNA transcripts are present in the peripheral nervous system of rodents and primates at levels approximately ten-fold lower than in brain as dem...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Pagany M,Jagodic M,Schubart A,Pham-Dinh D,Bachelin C,Baron van Evercooren A,Lachapelle F,Olsson T,Linington C

更新日期：2003-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Application of strychnine sulfate (10-50 mu M) to the anterior hindlimb enlargement of the turtle spinal cord increased the amplitude of the ipsilateral fictive flexion reflex and revealed a contralateral (crossed) fictive flexion reflex response to cutaneous stimulation of the foot. Strychnine abolished the crossed i...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Currie SN,Lee S

更新日期：1996-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Using collision tests of orthodromically and antidromically generated spikes, we studied the axonal pathways, axonal projection levels, and soma location of anterior semicircular canal (AC) nerve-activated vestibulospinal neurons in decerebrate cats. AC nerve-activated vestibulospinal neurons (n=74) were mainly locate...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kitajima N,Sugita-Kitajima A,Bai R,Sasaki M,Sato H,Imagawa M,Kawamoto E,Suzuki M,Uchino Y

更新日期：2006-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A culture of peripheral nerve cells enriched in Schwann cells was obtained from sciatic nerve in normal and demyelinating trembler mutant. These cells incorporated and metabolized a non-physiological trans fatty acid (elaidic aid) as well as the physiological cis isomer (oleic acid). Both acids were incorporated simil...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Bourre JM,Boutry JM,Masson M,Hauw JJ

更新日期：1982-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In homogenates of rat hippocampus and striatum, but not substantia nigra, somatostatin (SRIF) inhibits forskolin-activated adenylate cyclase in nanomolar concentrations. However, SRIF can also stimulate adenylate cyclase in micromolar concentrations in homogenates of rat hippocampus and substantia nigra. The SRIF octa...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Markstein R,Stöckli KA,Reubi JC

更新日期：1989-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Although rats often show an upright standing behavior the cardiovascular response during the behavior has not yet been fully clarified. In this study we quantified the activity of upright standing behavior in rats using infrared beam detectors and measured cardiovascular variables during the behavior. Rats demonstrate...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Waki H,Katahira K,Yamasaki M,Katsuda S,Shimizu T,Maeda M

更新日期：2009-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of bifemelane hydrochloride (BFH) on the induction of heat shock protein (HSP) 70 and heat shock cognate protein (HSC) 70 mRNAs after transient global ischemia in gerbil brain was investigated by in situ hybridization using cloned cDNA probes selective for each mRNA species. Following 3.5 min of ischemia, H...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Aoki M,Abe K,Liu XH,Lee TH,Kato H,Kogure K

更新日期：1993-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Hippocampal norepinephrine (NE) is secreted by neurons projecting from the locus coeruleus (LC) to the hippocampus; LC nicotinic receptors (NAchRs) are involved in the effects of systemic nicotine on this pathway. To clarify the NAchR subtypes, NAchR antagonists, termed alpha-conotoxins, were microinjected into the LC...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Fu Y,Matta SG,McIntosh JM,Sharp BM

更新日期：1999-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Cationic liposomes are commonly used to introduce foreign genes to the target cells. However, the methods are not applicable to several types of cells such as neuronal cells. We introduced the luciferase gene to the neuronal pheochromocytoma-12 (PC12) cells by cationic liposomes with a cationic cholesterol derivative ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Noguchi A,Hirashima N,Furuno T,Nakanishi M

更新日期：2002-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal nAChRs are pentameric transmembrane proteins which function as ligand-gated ion channels and are composed of multiple alpha and beta subunits. Nine neuronal nAChR alpha subunit genes (alpha2-alpha10) and three nAChR beta subunit genes (beta2-beta4) have been identified. nAChR subtypes are heteromers, composed...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Danthi S,Boyd RT

更新日期：2006-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A predominant form of the GABAA/benzodiazepine receptor-Cl- channel complex is believed to consist of three different 48-55 kDa subunits (alpha, beta, gamma) with unknown stoichiometry. Plasmids containing the rat GABAA receptor cDNAs coding for alpha 1, beta 2, and gamma 2 were co-transfected, along with a plasmid en...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hamilton BJ,Lennon DJ,Im HK,Im WB,Seeburg PH,Carter DB

更新日期：1993-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Seizures are relatively common in the first weeks of life and can have lasting effects on brain development due to glutamate excitotoxicity. The excitatory amino acid transporter 2 (EAAT2) is responsible for the majority of glutamate uptake in the brain and mice with this gene deleted die from seizures. Therefore, we ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lauriat TL,Schmeidler J,McInnes LA

更新日期：2007-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the hypothesis that the distribution of the pathology in variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) represents haematogenous spread of the disease, we studied the spatial correlation between the vacuolation, prion protein (PrP) deposits, and the blood vessel profiles in the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, dentate ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Armstrong RA,Cairns NJ,Ironside JW,Lantos PL

更新日期：2003-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that orexin neuropeptides contribute to morphine-induced physical dependence. The locus coeruleus (LC), which receives a dense extra-hypothalamic orexinergic projection, is a key brain region implicated in the expression of somatic signs of morphine withdrawal syndrome. The aim of the present study i...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Azizi H,Mirnajafi-Zadeh J,Rohampour K,Semnanian S

更新日期：2010-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the consequences of a progressive damage to the muscular system on the organization of anticipatory postural adjustments (APA) in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). We used a bimanual load-lifting task requiring the stabilization of the forearm position despite its voluntary or imposed un...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Jover M,Schmitz C,Bosdure E,Chabrol B,Assaiante C

更新日期：2006-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP is an important extracellular messenger in the CNS. In the hippocampus, a brain structure relevant for learning and memory processes, it acts both as a modulator and as a mediator of synaptic transmission, with implications for synaptic plasticity phenomena. Recent evidence suggests that ATP modulates activity-dep...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： da Silva BM,de Mendonça A,Ribeiro JA

更新日期：2005-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior motor skill learning (original learning; OL) with one hand (original hand; OH) can affect relearning of the same skill (transfer learning; TL) with the opposite hand (transferred hand; TH). This phenomenon is known as intermanual transfer of learning. We explored specialization of brain activation underlying too...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Obayashi S,Suhara T,Kawabe K,Okauchi T,Maeda J,Nagai Y,Iriki A

更新日期：2003-03-20 00:00:00