Abstract：
:Crested Ducks (CR) occasionally show intracranial fat bodies. Additionally, behavioral abnormalities such as motor incoordination can be observed. Here, it is shown that a behavioral test helps to identify CR that have a problematical fat body. The ducks were put on their backs, and the time required for them to stand up was measured. Ten CR exhibited suboptimal motor coordination. The appropriateness of this test has been proved in a special breeding program. To investigate the influence of fat bodies on brain composition, an allometrical comparison of 26 CR brains with those of three uncrested duck breeds was done. The fat bodies of CR varied from 0.3% to 41% of total brain volume, but two CR did not show a fat body. CR with motor incoordination show significantly larger fat bodies and require significantly more time in the test than "normal" CR. Total brain volume was significantly larger in CR, but brain volume minus fat body was significantly smaller compared to reference breeds. Cerebellum, apical hyperpallium, tegmentum and olfactory bulb are significantly reduced in CR. Obviously the behavioral deficits cannot be explained by the existence of a fat body, but they could be explained by functionally suboptimal cerebella and tegmenta. Fat body size seems to be a decisive factor. The relationship between fat body and reduced structures is discussed. By breeding with test-selected ducks the hatching rate increased and the number of ducklings with malformations or motor incoordination decreased.
journal_name
Brain Res Bulljournal_title
Brain research bulletinauthors
Cnotka J,Tiemann I,Frahm HD,Rehkämper Gdoi
10.1016/j.brainresbull.2008.03.009subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-06-15 00:00:00pages
324-8issue
3eissn
0361-9230issn
1873-2747pii
S0361-9230(08)00140-8journal_volume
76pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:The role of calmodulin (CaM) in organelle motility (fast axonal transport) in the axoplasm of the squid giant axon was evaluated directly using video-enhanced microscopy. Addition of 6 microM CaM to extruded squid axoplasm produced a 2.6-fold increase in the number of organelles moving per minute per unit area of axop...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0361-9230(94)00256-8
更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The aim of this magnetic resonance imaging study was to find a geometrical characterization of the deeper part of the corpus callosum. Its shape was studied in 12 middle-aged persons free of white matter pathology. Profiles of curvatures were measured showing that this surface was close to a minimal one, especially at...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0361-9230(97)00113-5
更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This investigation assessed the relative reliability of the human auditory evoked potential (AEP) amplitude-intensity and latency-intensity functions. Averaged AEP waveforms to 10 levels of stimulus magnitude were obtained from bipolar recordings. Variability and slope of group functions were constant, as indicated by...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0361-9230(80)90195-1
更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A growing body of evidence has pointed to the NMDA receptor antagonists as a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of major depression. The present study was aimed to evaluate behavioural and molecular effects of the acute and chronic treatment with memantine and imipramine in rats. To this aim, rats were acu...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.brainresbull.2009.11.013
更新日期：2010-04-05 00:00:00
abstract：:Nine healthy subjects standing upright, initiated small, medium and large (S, M and L conditions, respectively) forward movements of their right (Rt) arm together with backward movements of their left (Lt) arm. They also performed medium-size movements while holding a 3 kg dumbbell in each hand (D condition). Movement...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.brainresbull.2005.05.015
更新日期：2005-09-30 00:00:00
abstract：:Polymerase chain reaction assays are a powerful tool for detecting the presence of infectious genomes in the cerebrospinal fluid. Positive results always mean a current or pending infection of the central nervous system. Subacute (>7 days) or chronic infections induce an intrathecal humoral immune response and the app...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0361-9230(03)00093-5
更新日期：2003-08-15 00:00:00
abstract：:To determine whether or not prolactin, as well as ACTH, was involved in the control of adrenal weight and steroid release, lesions in the median eminence which had previously resulted in impaired steroid release and atrophy of the adrenal were placed in animals in which the plasma prolactin was allowed to rise as a re...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0361-9230(87)90066-9
更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:After injecting a mixture of tritiated amino acids into various regions of the frontal cortices of cats, autoradiograms of the mesodiencephalic junctional region were processed. When the injections were placed in the lateral part of the motor area of the hand or arm regions, silver grains were manifested in the nucleu...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0361-9230(83)90149-1
更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:It has been suggested that the primary motor cortex plays a substantial role in the neural circuitry that controls swallowing. Although its role in the voluntary oral phase of swallowing is undisputed, its precise role in motor control of the more reflexive, pharyngeal phase of swallowing is unclear. The contribution ...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.brainresbull.2010.11.006
更新日期：2011-01-15 00:00:00
abstract：:We previously reported that a low threshold action of norepinephrine (NE) on the cerebellar circuitry is expressed as an amplification of the inhibitory action of gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) on Purkinje cell activity. Here we examined the effects of locus coeruleus (LC) stimulation on "off-beam" inhibitions of Purk...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0361-9230(83)90211-3
更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Previous studies have shown that cognitive deficits precede the classical motor symptoms seen in Parkinson's disease (PD) and that physical exercise may exert beneficial effects on PD. We have recently verified that the monoamine-depleting drug reserpine - at doses that do not modify motor function - impairs memory pr...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.brainresbull.2009.05.005
更新日期：2009-08-14 00:00:00
abstract：:Space motion sickness (SMS) and spatial orientation and motion perception disturbances occur in 70-80% of astronauts. People select "rest frames" to create the subjective sense of spatial orientation. In microgravity, the astronaut's rest frame may be based on visual scene polarity cues and on the internal head and bo...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0361-9230(98)00096-3
更新日期：1998-11-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Abundance of muscle spindles is most likely related to gradual recruitment and functional specialization of motor units, as well as to their fundamental role in reflex intermuscular interaction and cooperation with other sensory systems. Spindle afferents per se usually convey ambiguous kinesthetic information to the ...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 评论,杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.12.002
更新日期：2008-03-28 00:00:00
abstract：:Trans-2, 4-dimethoxystibene (S3) is a synthetic stilbenes. In the present study, S3 was investigated to assess its neuroprotective effect against the toxicity induced by Abeta(25-35) in hypercholesterolemic rats. Rats were fed with hypercholesterolemic chow for six weeks, and then received a single intracerebroventric...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.brainresbull.2010.04.016
更新日期：2010-07-30 00:00:00
abstract：:The organization of projection neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA), and in adjacent parts of the raphe nuclei medial to it (the central and rostral linear, and interfascicular nuclei), the mammillary body (the supramammillary region and the tuberomammillary nucleus), and the substantia nigra have been examined...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0361-9230(82)90145-9
更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Early developmental abnormalities affecting mesocortical dopamine (DA) neurons may result in later functional deficits that play a role in the emergence of psychiatric illness in adolescence/early adulthood. Little is known about the functional maturation of these neurons under either normal or abnormal conditions. In...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.brainresbull.2009.01.012
更新日期：2009-04-29 00:00:00
abstract：:A combination of immunocytochemical, electrophysiological and pharmacological techniques were employed to study the properties of neurons within the supramammillary (SUM) complex of the rat. The SUM region contains a small, but dense, population of tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive neurons. Following injection of th...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0361-9230(88)90060-3
更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:It is generally assumed that the primary response of the rat flash evoked potential (FEP) is activated by a retino-geniculate path, and that the secondary response reflects input to the cortex by way of the superior colliculus (SC) or other brainstem structures. In the present study, male Long-Evans rats were implante...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0361-9230(86)90037-7
更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The effects of two indirect (dexfenfluramine and fluoxetine) and one direct (RU 24969) serotonergic agonists on diet selection over a 12-hr period were examined. Rats were habituated to eat, during the dark period, from two isoenergetic diets that differed in carbohydrate and protein content. Drugs were injected intra...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0361-9230(90)90130-r
更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Extracellular recordings were obtained in anaesthetized rats from single neurons located in various structures around the rostral end of the third ventricle, known to harbour integrative neurons sensing deficiencies in and originating corrective responses for water-electrolyte balance. Once arginine vasopressin (AVP) ...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0361-9230(88)90097-4
更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Previous cytoarchitectural and electron micrographic studies have indicated that the gustatory zone of the nucleus of the solitary tract (NST) may contain local circuit neurons. It is known that neurons of the caudal "visceroceptive" NST contain GABA, glutamic acid decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.15), and GABA-transaminase (G...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0361-9230(88)90202-x
更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We have previously identified the neurotransmitter vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) in nerve fibers of the immature rat ovary and showed that it stimulates steroid release by a mechanism involving increased synthesis of the components of the cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme complex. The present experiments we...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0361-9230(89)90077-4
更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The anterograde spread of herpesvirus in the visual system subsequent to retinitis has been observed clinically. We compared the ability of two well-studied Herpes simplex virus (HSV) strains to be transported in the anterograde direction in the hamster visual system: strain McIntyre, representing HSV-1, and strain 18...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0361-9230(92)90038-y
更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In experimental studies on peripheral nerve repair, the possibility to objectively compare original and post-operative innervation is of decisive importance for the selection of the proper nerve-reconstruction strategy. Herewith we report serious drawbacks encountered with the standard method of pre- and post-operativ...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type：
doi：10.1016/s0361-9230(00)00411-1
更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Methoxetamine (MXE) is a novel psychoactive compound (NPS) that emerged in 2010 as a substitute for the dissociative anaesthetic ketamine. MXE has a reputation of carrying a lower risk of harm than ketamine, however a number of deaths have been reported. Currently very little is known about the psychopharmacological e...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.brainresbull.2016.05.002
更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the ring dove was demonstrated by the presence of labeled retinal processes. Horseradish peroxidase or tritiated proline were injected into the vitreous of the eye and were transported in an anterograde manner to label the SCN. After identifying the retinorecipient are...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0361-9230(83)90040-0
更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Extracellular recordings were made from 467 anti-dromically identified neurosecretory neurons and 148 non-neurosecretory neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus of hemispherectomized cats under pentobarbital anesthesia. Stimulation of the dorsal, median, and pontine raphe nuclei excited 31%, 26%, an...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0361-9230(92)90105-7
更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In the present study, we showed for the first time the localization of ZNT7 immunoreactivity in the mouse dorsal root ganglion (DRG) by means of immunohistochemistry and confocal laser scanning microscopy. Our results revealed that ZNT7 immunoreactivity was abundantly expressed in the nerve cells of the mouse DRG. Str...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.06.022
更新日期：2007-09-28 00:00:00
abstract：:Motor neurons are endowed with intrinsic and conditional membrane properties that may shape the final motor output. In the first half of this paper we present data on the contribution of I(h), a hyperpolarization-activated inward cation current, to phase-transition in motor neurons during rhythmic firing. Motor neuron...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0361-9230(00)00398-1
更新日期：2000-11-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Systemically administered human recombinant erythropoietin (EPO) may have the potential to reduce the cognitive and behavioural symptoms of mechanical brain injury. In a series of studies we address this possibility. Previously, we studied the effects of EPO given to fimbria-fornix transected rats at the moment of inj...
journal_title：Brain research bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.brainresbull.2008.05.005
更新日期：2008-09-05 00:00:00
