The C-type lectin CD209b is expressed on microglia and it mediates the uptake of capsular polysaccharides of Streptococcus pneumoniae.

abstract：:The mechanism of action of the 'geste antagonistique', or sensory trick, used by patients with dystonic blepharospasm (BSP) to transiently diminish their symptoms is presently unknown. In this paper we examined the effects induced by a sensory trick consisting of finger contact with the face on the electrically induce...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Gómez-Wong E,Martí MJ,Cossu G,Fabregat N,Tolosa ES,Valls-Solé J

更新日期：1998-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma is the most common astrocytic brain tumor in humans. Current therapies for this malignancy are mostly ineffective. Photodynamic therapy (PDT), an exciting treatment strategy based on activation of a photosensitizer, has not yet been extensively explored for treating glioblastoma. We used 5-aminolevulinic ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Karmakar S,Banik NL,Patel SJ,Ray SK

更新日期：2007-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Tris-HCl is the most commonly used buffer in studies of radioligand binding to sigma receptors, with concentrations as high as 50 or 100 mM often used. We report here that these concentrations of Tris substantially inhibit (+)-[3H]SKF-10,047 binding to sigma receptors. The well-established inhibitory effect of Tris-HC...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： McCann DJ,Su TP

更新日期：1992-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatostatin (SRIF) release from fetal rat cortical cells was stimulated by exposure to 10(-5) M N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) (250 +/- 20% of basal at 96 h). A similar but much less potent effect was seen with kainate (KA) but not with quisqualate (Q) which inhibited SRIF release (KA 150 +/- 13%, Q 65 +/- 18% of basal ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ham J,Rickards C,Scanlon M

更新日期：1991-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Conditioned environmental stimuli are known to be important determinants of drug seeking behavior. c-Fos, the protein product of the protooncogene c-Fos, is expressed in neurons when there are drug-associated cue-induced drug-seeking behaviour. Therefore, its expression could serve as a marker of regional neuronal act...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zhang F,Zhou W,Liu H,Zhu H,Tang S,Lai M,Yang G

更新日期：2005-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of cortisol on 22 tuberoinfundibular (TI) neurons in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus were examined in urethane-anesthetized rats. Iontophoretically applied cortisol excited 10 (45%) of 22 TI-neurons tested, whereas the cortisol inhibited 4 (31%) of 13 neurons in the periventricular hypoth...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kasai M,Kannan H,Ueta Y,Osaka T,Inenaga K,Yamashita H

更新日期：1988-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Very recent studies in adult gerbils and rats have shown that exposure to sublethal ischemia can confer neuroprotection from subsequent lethal ischemic episodes. To determine if a similar phenomenon can be elicited during the perinatal period, we have developed a preconditioning regimen that involves exposure to normo...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Gidday JM,Fitzgibbons JC,Shah AR,Park TS

更新日期：1994-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:N-(2-chloroethyl)-N-ethyl-2-bromobenzylamine (DSP-4) has a selective degenerative effect on noradrenergic fibers originating from locus coeruleus (LC) neurons. In the present study, we studied its effect on vigilance states and brain temperature by continuous recordings for periods of 1-5 days and 2-4 weeks following ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： González MM,Debilly G,Valatx JL

更新日期：1998-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The insular cortex (IC) contributes to nociceptive information processing. IC neurons express opioid receptors, including the mu (MOR), kappa (KOR), and delta (DOR) subtypes. Opioidergic agonists suppress excitatory synaptic transmission in the cerebral cortex. In addition, morphine injection into the IC reduces respo...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yokota E,Koyanagi Y,Nakamura H,Horinuki E,Oi Y,Kobayashi M

更新日期：2016-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed whether the use of an "anchor system" benefited older adults who performed a tandem walking task. Additionally, we tested the effects of practice with the anchor system during walking on trunk stability, in the frontal plane, of older adults. Forty-four older adults were randomly assigned to three ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Costa AA,Manciopi PA,Mauerberg-deCastro E,Moraes R

更新日期：2015-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Outcome following traumatic brain injury (TBI) is in large part determined by the combined action of multiple processes. In order to better understand the response of the central nervous system to injury, we utilized an antibody array to simultaneously screen 507 proteins for altered expression in the injured hippocam...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Redell JB,Dash PK

更新日期：2007-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-stage model of sustained neural activity in the prefrontal cortex is proposed in order to simulate feature binding and capacity limits in visual working memory. In the first stage, object features are stored in parallel network layers without explicit conjunctions. A second stage binds features into integrated o...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Domijan D

更新日期：2003-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported previously that administration of 1-oleoyl-2-docosahexaenoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphorylcholine (ODHPC), a kind of phosphatidylcholine, enhanced discriminatory shock avoidance learning in rats. Since long-term potentiation (LTP) of the hippocampus has been suggested to be a physiological substrate of some form...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Izaki Y,Hashimoto M,Arita J

更新日期：1999-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Age dependent EEG signatures were detected in the EEG of 71 neonates of 28-100 weeks of conceptional age (CA). Using the new method presented, neonates were automatically classified in three age groups (28-35 weeks CA), (36-40 weeks CA) and (41-100 weeks CA). Analysis was performed employing relative distance function...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Holthausen K,Breidbach O,Scheidt B,Frenzel J

更新日期：1999-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin II-sensitive neurons in the brain of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR-sp) and of Wistar Kyoto rats (WKY) treated with the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor Captopril were investigated for possible differences at receptor sites. Furthermore, the concentrations of angiotensinogen and renin were mea...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Felix D,Schelling P

更新日期：1982-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a growing interest for using quantitative EEG and LORETA current source density in clinical and research settings. Importantly, if these indices are to be employed in clinical settings then the reliability of these measures is of great concern. Neuroguide (Applied Neurosciences) is sophisticated software deve...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Cannon RL,Baldwin DR,Shaw TL,Diloreto DJ,Phillips SM,Scruggs AM,Riehl TC

更新日期：2012-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the neuronal mechanism of a conditioned taste-aversion (CTA) learning in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis, we examined the synaptic connection between the neuron 1 medial (N1M) cell and the cerebral giant cell (CGC), the former is an interneuron in central pattern generator for the feeding response and the la...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kojima S,Nanakamura H,Nagayama S,Fujito Y,Ito E

更新日期：1997-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the hypothesis that intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) administration of leptin would increase mean arterial pressure (MAP) in ad libitum (AL) fed and food deprived (FD) normotensive rats. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were chronically instrumented with a guide cannula directed at the lateral ventricle and a caroti...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Casto RM,VanNess JM,Overton JM

更新日期：1998-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) system has been implicated in the susceptibility to develop alcohol dependence and in determining electroencephalogram (EEG) beta activity. The role of the GABA receptor alpha-2 gene (GABRA2) in human alcohol dependence was determined in a genetic and electrophysiological study. The ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lydall GJ,Saini J,Ruparelia K,Montagnese S,McQuillin A,Guerrini I,Rao H,Reynolds G,Ball D,Smith I,Thomson AD,Morgan MY,Gurling HM

更新日期：2011-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Older adults have difficulties in binding information in long-term memory (e.g. objects with colours). The effect of age on visual short-term memory (VSTM) binding is less well understood. Recent evidence has suggested that older adults' VSTM for colours bound to shapes or for locations bound in configural representat...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Parra MA,Abrahams S,Logie RH,Sala SD

更新日期：2009-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examined effects of high altitude exposure, which leads to development of hypoxia, on epiplexus cells associated with the choroid plexus in adult rats. At 2-5 h following exposure, epiplexus cells expressing inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) were commonly observed. Increased expression of comple...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Wang D,Kaur C

更新日期：2000-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to determine potential associations between the brain damage induced by hypoxic-ischemic (HI) insult and spatial learning impairment in an eight-arm radial maze task. We first determined the pathological outcomes after 2, 5, 9, and 17 weeks of recovery following the HI insult. The result...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Mishima K,Ikeda T,Aoo N,Takai N,Takahashi S,Egashira N,Ikenoue T,Iwasaki K,Fujiwara M

更新日期：2005-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In an isolated preparation which consists of the buccal ganglia and the salivary nerve of Helix lucorum, neuron B2 can be identified by simultaneously recording the soma spike intracellularly and the axon spike extracellularly from the peripheral salivary nerve. The convulsant drug pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) eliminates t...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Maratou E,Theophilidis G

更新日期：1999-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The dopamine transporter (DAT1) gene has been implicated in the pathogenesis of many neuropsychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia. The present study aimed to investigate association of the DAT1 gene polymorphisms with schizophrenia in a Han Chinese population. Two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the D...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zheng C,Shen Y,Xu Q

更新日期：2012-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Voltage-gated Na+ currents were recorded from anatomically identified postganglionic muscular sympathetic neurons without and with ATP and GTP in the intracellular solution. The main findings of the study were that cells without ATP and GTP in the intracellular solution express a higher amplitude and greater density o...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Rola R,Szulczyk P

更新日期：2004-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The present experiment investigated cortical responses of native Italian subjects during reading of short sentences including semantic or morphosyntactic violations. Given the specificity of the Italian language in which the sequencing of words is relatively more free than in English or other languages, we investigate...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Angrilli A,Penolazzi B,Vespignani F,De Vincenzi M,Job R,Ciccarelli L,Palomba D,Stegagno L

更新日期：2002-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species and inflammatory signaling have been identified as pivotal pathophysiological factors contributing to epileptogenesis. Considering the development of combined anti-inflammatory and antioxidant treatment strategies with antiepileptogenic potential, a characterization of the time course of microg...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Rettenbeck ML,von Rüden EL,Bienas S,Carlson R,Stein VM,Tipold A,Potschka H

更新日期：2015-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Ferumoxytol is an ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide (USPIO) nanoparticle that is FDA-approved as an intravenous iron replacement therapy for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease. Ferumoxytol has also been used as a contrast agent for cerebral blood volume mapping by mag...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Doyle KP,Quach LN,Arceuil HE,Buckwalter MS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The perception of global coherent motion perception in complex motion patterns containing different direction vectors was investigated. Random dot kinematograms (RDK), plaids and fragmented plaid pattern were presented in which direction vectors of the moving elements were varied. In order to elicit coherent motion pe...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Niedeggen M,Wist ER

更新日期：1998-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurocalcin, a newly discovered calcium-binding protein belonging to the recoverin-like superfamily, was detected immunohistochemically in tufted cells from the rat olfactory bulb. More precisely, only periglomerular tufted cells and some tufted cells from the external plexiform layer were expressing neurocalcin. West...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Bastianelli E,Okazaki K,Hidaka H,Pochet R

更新日期：1993-10-29 00:00:00