The purine nucleosides adenosine and guanosine delay axonal degeneration in vitro.

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：:The possibilities of interference by glycerophosphoryl ethanolamine (GPE) in the estimation of taurine levels in cerebral cortex, midbrain, cerebellum, medullapons, and spinal cord of developing human fetal brain regions were eliminated by hydrolyzing tissue extracts with 6 M HCl. Cysteic acid thus produced was separa...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Datta SC

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors play important roles in numerous cognitive processes as well as in several debilitating central nervous system (CNS) disorders. In order to fully elucidate the diverse roles of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in CNS function and dysfunction, a detailed knowledge of their cellular an...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Moser N,Mechawar N,Jones I,Gochberg-Sarver A,Orr-Urtreger A,Plomann M,Salas R,Molles B,Marubio L,Roth U,Maskos U,Winzer-Serhan U,Bourgeois JP,Le Sourd AM,De Biasi M,Schröder H,Lindstrom J,Maelicke A,Changeux JP,Weve

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PC12D cells, a new subline of conventional PC12 cells, respond not only to nerve growth factor but also to cyclic AMP by extending their neurites. These cells are flat in shape and are similar in appearance to PC12 cells that have been treated with nerve growth factor for a few days. In both cell lines, we have charac...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Katoh-Semba R,Oohira A,Sano M,Watanabe K,Kitajima S,Kashiwamata S

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetic properties of soluble tyrosine hydroxylase from rat striatum and the activation of the enzyme by the polyanion heparin were assessed as a function of the monovalent cations K+, Na+, tetramethylammonium (TMA+), and Tris. Substitution of K+ or Na+ for TMA+ or Tris can alter the kinetic properties of tyrosine...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kuczenski R

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transporters of the solute carrier 6 (SLC6) family mediate the reuptake of neurotransmitters such as dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin, GABA, and glycine. SLC6 family members are 12 transmembrane helix-spanning proteins that operate using the transmembrane sodium gradient for transport. These transporters assume var...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Jayaraman K,Das AK,Luethi D,Szöllősi D,Schütz GJ,Reith MEA,Sitte HH,Stockner T

更新日期：2020-08-07 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：:The present study aimed to examine the proteins involved in the methamphetamine (MA)-induced nigrostriatal dopaminergic toxicity. Infusion of anisomycin into striatum and substantia nigra both abolished the MA-induced striatal dopamine (DA) and dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) depletions, indicating a critical role ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Liao PC,Kuo YM,Hsu HC,Cherng CG,Yu L

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report we demonstrate that a defective herpes simplex virus type one (HSV-1) vector can express enzymatically active tyrosine hydroxylase in cultured striatal cells that are thereby converted into L-DOPA-producing cells. A human tyrosine hydroxylase cDNA (form II) was inserted into an HSV-1 vector (pHSVth) and...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Geller AI,During MJ,Oh YJ,Freese A,O'Malley K

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tyrosine kinase receptors for the neurotrophins (Trk) are a family of transmembrane receptors that regulate the differentiation and survival of different neuronal populations. Neurotrophin binding to Trk leads to the activation of several signalling pathways including a rapid, but moderate, increase in intracellul...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Llovera M,de Pablo Y,Egea J,Encinas M,Peiró S,Martín-Zanca D,Rocamora N,Comella JX

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) associated with infection and activation of mononuclear phagocytes (MP) in the brain, occur late in disease. Infected/activated MP initiate neuroinflammation activating glial cells and ultimately disrupting neuronal function. Astrocytes se...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Fields J,Gardner-Mercer J,Borgmann K,Clark I,Ghorpade A

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that phorbol esters and lithium each stimulate the secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) by the anterior pituitary tumor cell line AtT20/D16-16. Pretreatment with either lithium or phorbol ester desensitizes the cells to subsequent stimulation by phorbol ester. An early consequenc...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Zatz M,Mahan LC,Reisine T

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) administration of angiotensin IV (Ang IV) or Leu-Val-Val-haemorphin 7 (LVV-H7) improves memory performance in normal rats and reverses memory deficits in rat models for cognitive impairment. These memory effects were believed to be mediated via the putative 'AT4 receptor'. However, thi...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： De Bundel D,Demaegdt H,Lahoutte T,Caveliers V,Kersemans K,Ceulemans AG,Vauquelin G,Clinckers R,Vanderheyden P,Michotte Y,Smolders I

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study used an ethanol antagonist, increased atmospheric pressure, to test the hypothesis that ethanol acts on multiple sites in glycine receptors (GlyRs). The effects of 12 times normal atmospheric pressure of helium-oxygen gas (pressure) on ethanol-induced potentiation of GlyR function in Xenopus oocytes ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Davies DL,Crawford DK,Trudell JR,Mihic SJ,Alkana RL

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on glial cultures have demonstrated that fetal bovine serum contains a factor that induces bipotential glial precursors known as oligodendrocyte-type 2 astrocyte (O-2A) progenitors to become type 2 astroglia rather than oligodendroglia. The goal of this research project was to characterize and purify this fact...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Levison SW,McCarthy KD

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parameters affecting the binding of [3H]glycine to membrane fractions isolated from the cerebral cortex, midbrain, cerebellum, medulla oblongata, and spinal cord of the rat were investigated in a Na+-free medium. A [3H]glycine binding assay was established in which the binding was specific, saturable, pH-sensitive, an...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kishimoto H,Simon JR,Aprison MH

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[3H]Quipazine was used to label binding sites in rat brain membranes that display characteristics of a 5-hydroxytryptamine3 (5-HT3) receptor. The radioligand binds with high affinity (KD, 1.2 +/- 0.1 nM) to a saturable population of sites (Bmax, 3.0 +/- 0.4 pmol/g of tissue) that are differentially located in the brai...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Milburn CM,Peroutka SJ

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural progenitor cells isolated from the embryonic cerebral cortex are well known to differentiate into neurons and glial cells, but recent reports have demonstrated differentiation into smooth muscle cells (SMCs) under the influence of fetal bovine serum. In this study, we report that agonists for G protein-coupled ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Morishita R,Nagata K,Ito H,Ueda H,Asano M,Shinohara H,Kato K,Asano T

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) plays a significant role in several mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, addiction and anxiety. Previous studies on PFC glutamate-mediated function have used techniques that raise questions on the neuronal versus astrocytic origin of glutamate. The present studies used en...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hascup ER,Hascup KN,Stephens M,Pomerleau F,Huettl P,Gratton A,Gerhardt GA

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex differences were investigated in cholinergic neurons of the septal-diagonal band region of adult rats subjected to neonatal treatment with 3,3',5-triiodo-L-thyronine (T3). Neonatal hyperthyroidism resulted in a 44% increase in specific activity of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT; EC 2.3.1.6) in adult male rat sept...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Westlind-Danielsson A,Gould E,McEwen BS

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The survival and functional maintenance of vertebrate neurons depends on the availability of specific neurotrophic factors. We studied the influence of neurotrophic support on responses of dopaminergic neurons to 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine, a neurotoxin known to damage the nigrostriatal dopaminergic ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hirata Y,Kiuchi K

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that the [3H]saxitoxin binding site of the sodium channel is expressed independently of the [125I]scorpion toxin binding site in chick muscle cultures and in rat brain. In the present work, we studied the development of the sodium channel protein during chemically induced differentiation of N1...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Baumgold J,Spector I

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) provides neuroprotection, but its neuroprotective mechanism has not been resolved. We investigated the neuroprotective mechanism of GDNF using primary culture of the rat mesencephalon. Bleomycin sulfate (BLM) and L-buthionine-[S,R]-sulfoximine (BSO) caused apoptosis i...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Sawada H,Ibi M,Kihara T,Urushitani M,Nakanishi M,Akaike A,Shimohama S

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal regulation of brain glycogen metabolism is believed to underlie insulin-induced hypoglycaemia, which may be serious or fatal in diabetic patients on insulin therapy. A key regulator of glycogen levels is glycogen targeted protein phosphatase 1 (PP1), which dephosphorylates and activates glycogen synthase (GS)...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kelsall IR,Voss M,Munro S,Cuthbertson DJ,Cohen PT

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because ATP is degraded to adenosine, its effect could be mediated by both P1 and P2 receptors. Hence, the actions of an ATP analogue, resistant to enzymatic breakdown (alpha, beta-methylene ATP), were studied on the resting and electrically evoked release of radioactivity from longitudinal muscle strips of guinea pig...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Sperlagh B,Vizi ES

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presynaptic regulation of amino acid release from nerve terminals was investigated using synaptosomes prepared from the rat spinal cord. The basal releases of endogenous glutamate (Glu), aspartate (Asp), and gamma-amino-butyric acid (GABA) were 34.6, 21.5, and 10.0 pmol/min/mg of protein, respectively. Exposure to...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kamisaki Y,Hamada T,Maeda K,Ishimura M,Itoh T

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo microdialysis in C57BL/6J (B6) mouse was used to test the hypothesis that activating adenosine A(2A) receptors in the pontine reticular formation (PRF) increases acetylcholine (ACh) release and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Eight concentrations of the adenosine A(2A) receptor agonist 2-p-(2-carboxyethyl)phen...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Coleman CG,Baghdoyan HA,Lydic R

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermorphin and its Hyp6 analogue are opiate-like heptapeptides originally discovered in frog skin and characterized by the presence of a D-Ala2 residue in their sequence. They were assayed for their capacity to compete with [3H]Leu-enkephalin for binding to opioid receptors in membranes of neuroblastoma x glioma hybri...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Glaser T,Hübner K,de Castiglione R,Hamprecht B

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinal ganglion cells transmit the visual signal from the retina to the brain. We have previously shown that the activator protein 2 (AP-2)δ (TFAP2D) transcription factor is expressed in one third of ganglion cells in developing retina suggesting a specialized role for these AP-2δ-expressing cells. Here, we address t...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Li X,Monckton EA,Godbout R

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A non-invasive (13)C magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) technique is described for the determination of the N-acetyl-L-aspartate (NAA) synthesis rate, V(NAA), in the human brain in vivo. In controls, the mean V(NAA) was 9.2 +/- 3.9 nmol/min/g. In Canavan disease, where [NAA] is increased (p < 0.001) and [aspartate]...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Moreno A,Ross BD,Blüml S

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00