Triazolam fails to induce sleep in suprachiasmatic nucleus-lesioned rats.

abstract：:Since calcium homeostasis is altered in cultured skin fibroblasts from aged and Alzheimer donors, the present study examined the degradation of spectrin, a substrate of the calcium dependent protease calpain. Spectrin proteolysis was estimated as the percentage of spectrin breakdown products (e.g., 150 + 155 kDa bands...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Peterson C,Vanderklish P,Seubert P,Cotman C,Lynch G

更新日期：1991-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Presenilin-1 (PSEN1) mutations I143T and G384A give rise to severe early onset Alzheimers's disease in two extensively studied Belgian families, AD/A and AD/B. In this study we investigated the influence of the I143T and G384A mutations on PSEN1 proteolytic processing. Hereto we analyzed PSEN1 processing in lymphoblas...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Vanderhoeven I,Cras P,Martin JJ,Van Broeckhoven C,De Jonghe C

更新日期：1999-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure for dissociating viable taste cells from the rodent tongue was described. After the tongue was excised, the foliate and circumvallate papillae from the posterior region were blocked to small pieces and incubated for 2-3 h in a calcium-free salt solution containing the enzyme papain. The pieces were then tr...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Herness MS

更新日期：1989-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with Xp21 muscular dystrophy Becker type showed absence of dystrophin in muscle biopsy tested with 4 antibodies (polyclonal anti-60 kDa, monoclonal against the rod domain, the C-terminus and the N-terminus). DNA analysis did not detect any deletion in one patient and demonstrated deletion of exons 3-7 in ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Mongini T,Palmucci L,Doriguzzi C,Chiadoò-Piat L,Restagno G

更新日期：1992-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine has been implicated in the regulation of rapid eye movement sleep (REMS). In an attempt to understand the mechanism of production of adenosine in relation to REMS it was hypothesized that should it be involved in REMS, the latter's deprivation is likely to affect its synthetic machinery. Hence, male albino r...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Thakkar M,Mallick BN

更新日期：1996-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work from our laboratory has shown that naïve Wistar Audiogenic Rats (WARs), a genetic model of reflex epilepsy in which seizures are induced by high-intensity sound stimulation (120 dB SPL), are seizure-prone to a variety of pro-convulsive stimuli (e.g., transauricular electroshock, pentylenetetrazole and pi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Magalhães LH,Garcia-Cairasco N,Massensini AR,Doretto MC,Moraes MF

更新日期：2004-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) elevation evoked by GABA in an 8-day embryonic chick brainstem slice using a Ca imaging technique with Ca green-1 AM. When small quantities of GABA were pressure-ejected on the surface of the slice, the [Ca2+]i elevation was clearly detected. The GABA-induced [Ca2+]i elevat...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Momose-Sato Y,Kinoshita M,Sato K

更新日期：2007-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Interaction of beta-adrenergic and somatostatinergic systems in the hippocampus has not been investigated fully. We studied the influence of DL-isoproterenol (ISO), a beta-adrenergic agonist and DL-propranolol (PRO), a beta-adrenergic blocking agent, on the somatostatinergic system in the rat hippocampus. The short-(5...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： López-Sañudo S,Arilla E

更新日期：1994-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the effects of dementia on standing postural adaptation during performance of a visual search task. We recruited 16 older adults with dementia and 15 without dementia. Postural sway was assessed by recording medial-lateral (ML) and anterior-posterior (AP) center-of-pressure when standing with a...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Jor'dan AJ,McCarten JR,Rottunda S,Stoffregen TA,Manor B,Wade MG

更新日期：2015-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in extracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]e) evoked by transmitters and transmitter agonists, respectively, and by elevation of bath K+ concentration were recorded in isolated segmental ganglia of the leech Hirudo medicinalis using Ca(2+)-selective microelectrodes. A 1-min bath application of kainate (10 micr...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lohr C,Rose CR,Deitmer JW

更新日期：1996-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic stress has been believed to result in a variety of unusual alterations of the integrity and the functionality in the hippocampus. In this study, we searched for genes responsive to traumatic stress in the mouse hippocampus to elucidate the underlying mechanisms. Adult male mice were subjected to water-immers...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tamaki K,Kamakura M,Nakamichi N,Taniura H,Yoneda Y

更新日期：2008-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined what changes occur in upper-limb bilateral coordination during clapping as the movement frequency requirements were increased to the maximum. Subjects were required to begin the clapping action at approximately 1Hz and gradually increase the movement speed until their maximal frequency was achieved...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Morrison S,Hong SL,Newell KM

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-2 macroglobulin (A2M) is a component of Lewy bodies, a hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD). In 159 PD patients and 190 normal controls, we studied two A2M polymorphisms by the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism method: a five-nucleotide deletion at the 5' splice site of exon 18; ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nicoletti G,Annesi G,Tomaino C,Spadafora P,Pasqua AA,Annesi F,Serra P,Caracciolo M,Messina D,Zappia M,Quattrone A

更新日期：2002-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Opiate withdrawal syndrome is temporally associated with the hyperactivity of locus coeruleus neurons. Previous studies have shown that this hyperactivity, at least in part, results from the activity of excitatory afferents which mainly include the orexinergic neurons of hypothalamus and glutamatergic neurons of parag...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hooshmand B,Azizi H,Javan M,Semnanian S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of intracellular amyloid beta (iAbeta) in Alzheimer's disease (AD) initiation and progression attracts more and more attention in recent years. To address whether iAbeta induces early alterations of electrophysiological properties in cultured human primary neurons, we delivered iAbeta with adeno-virus and mea...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hou JF,Cui J,Yu LC,Zhang Y

更新日期：2009-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the role of nitric oxide (NO) in neuronal cell death in the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-treated rat hippocampal slice culture. Neuronal cell death was induced after a LPS treatment in a rat hippocampal slice. The region and time course of the cell death caused by LPS were different from tho...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lee P,Son D,Lee J,Kim YS,Kim H,Kim SY

更新日期：2003-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The idiopathic scoliosis is characterized by a three-dimensional spinal deformity involving new dynamical strategies to regulate the posture. The aim is to analyze the centre of pressure (CP) behaviour in forward stepping (FS) and lateral stepping (LS) to determine the dynamical consequences of scoliosis. Ten adolesce...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Bruyneel AV,Chavet P,Bollini G,Allard P,Mesure S

更新日期：2008-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The input-output relation of a single neuron stands at the basis of every biologically oriented description of the brain. This report shows that the input-output relation of cultured cortical neurons is non-linearly tuned by the input frequency. Increasing the rate of stimulation results in the appearance of ordered t...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tal D,Jacobson E,Lyakhov V,Marom S

更新日期：2001-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The reversible specific binding of [3H]diazepam was observed by a radioligand method in homogenates of cultured cells of mouse glioblastoma. It was characterized by an equilibrium dissociation constant Kd = 91 +/- 5 nM and the number of maximal binding sites (Bmax) of 1006 +/- 100 fmol/mg protein. The half-saturation ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zlobina GP,Kondakova LI,Khalansky AS

更新日期：1984-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse neuroblastoma x rat glioma hybrid cells (N x G, NG108-15) were used to study the mechanism of Ca(2+)-current (ICa) inhibition by 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT). 5-HT caused a dose-dependent decrease of ICa which was abolished by ICS 205-930 (10)(-8) M) while 2-methyl-5-HT was an agonist. Intracellular infusion of GD...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Eckert R,Utz J,Trautwein W

更新日期：1993-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The 22Na+ efflux stimulated by selected agonists of the 4 excitatory amino acid receptors, previously detected in the striatum, has been studied on 22Na+-preloaded slices prepared from 10 major areas of the rat brain. All brain areas were found to be sensitive, albeit to varying extents, to excitatory amino acids. The...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Luini A,Goldberg O,Teichberg VI

更新日期：1983-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Caffeine is a widely consumed substance that elicits psychomotor stimulant effects and also displays addictive properties. In order to assess the effect of caffeine on striatal neuropeptide mRNA expression, male rats were injected (i.p.) with caffeine at 20, 40 or 80 mg/kg of body weight twice daily for 9 consecutive ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Datta U,Noailles PA,Kraft M,Zhang Y,Angulo JA

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) mediates cell-cell signalling in the brain and stimulates cyclic GMP (cGMP) production in target cells. We have used NADPH-diaphorase (reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-diaphorase) histochemistry to identify NO-producing neurones and cGMP immunohistochemistry to locate the targets o...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Southam E,Morris R,Garthwaite J

更新日期：1992-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The representation of time, space and numbers are strictly linked in the primate's cognitive system. Here we show that merely looking at number symbols biases a temporal judgment on their duration depending upon the number's magnitude. In a first experiment, a group of healthy subjects was submitted to a time estimati...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Oliveri M,Vicario CM,Salerno S,Koch G,Turriziani P,Mangano R,Chillemi G,Caltagirone C

更新日期：2008-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to determine whether the postsynaptic inhibition of motoneurons that occurs following the pontine microinjection of carbachol in the decerebrate cat is due to the activity of Renshaw cells. Thirty-two out of 37 Renshaw cells (86%) were spontaneously active prior to the administration o...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Morales FR,Engelhardt JK,Pereda AE,Yamuy J,Chase MH

更新日期：1988-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a comprehensive analysis of the change in event-related potential (ERP) due to task difficulty during a visual oddball task. Specifically, we investigated the inter-subject difference in difficulty-related change of ERP patterns using single-trial ERP analysis focusing on P300 and P2 components. ERPs were r...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kim KH,Kim JH,Yoon J,Jung KY

更新日期：2008-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The slow Wallerian degeneration protein (WldS), a fusion protein containing amino-terminal E4B and full-length nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase 1 (Nmnat1), delays axon degeneration caused by physical damages, toxins and genetic mutations which result in patients being diagnosed with neurodegenerative di...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Watanabe M,Tsukiyama T,Hatakeyama S

更新日期：2007-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used in situ hybridization with biotinylated oligonucleotide (antisense) probes and streptavidin-biotinylated alkaline phosphatase method to detect the amount of amyloid beta-protein mRNA in the paraffin-embedded and formalin-fixed brain samples of patients affected by Alzheimer's disease and those of non-affe...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Syrjänen S,Heinonen O,Miettinen R,Paljärvi L,Syrjänen K,Riekkinen P

更新日期：1991-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Tapentadol is a dual action molecule with mu opioid agonist and norepinephrine (NE) reuptake blocking activity that has recently been introduced for the treatment of moderate to severe pain. The effects of intraperitoneal (i.p.) morphine (10mg/kg), tapentadol (10 or 30 mg/kg) or duloxetine (30 mg/kg), a norepinephrine...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Meske DS,Xie JY,Oyarzo J,Badghisi H,Ossipov MH,Porreca F

更新日期：2014-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative receptor autoradiography was used to study dopamine (DA) receptors in dorsal striatum and its projection regions in brains from individuals dying with Huntington's disease (HD) and controls. Heterogeneous loss of both D1 and D2 receptors was present in the striatum of early and late stage HD brains. The d...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Richfield EK,O'Brien CF,Eskin T,Shoulson I

更新日期：1991-10-28 00:00:00