Injection of a cholinergic agonist in the dorsolateral pontine tegmentum of cats affects the posturokinetic responses to cortical stimulation.

abstract：AIMS:To test the hypothesis that uridine 5'-triphosphate (UTP) had a protective effect on cerebral ischemia reperfusion (IR) injury in rats. METHODS:Ischemia was induced by intraluminal suture of middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). UTP solution was delivered through an indwelling tail venous catheter via microinf...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tian ML,Zou Z,Yuan HB,Wang CC,Zhu QF,Xu HT,Gao X,Shi XY

更新日期：2009-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic polymorphisms in chemokine receptor and their natural ligand genes have been shown to modify the disease progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Human macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha (MIP-1alpha) is a chemotactic cytokine which plays a considerable role in AD pathogenesis, but its genetic contribution...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Li K,Dai D,Yao L,Gu X,Luan K,Tian W,Zhao Y,Wang B

更新日期：2008-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We have prepared dissociated cell cultures from adult rat optic nerve. After 48 h in culture cells of both fibroblastic and process-bearing morphology could be recognised. Using indirect immunofluroescence and cell-type specific markers it was possible to unambiguously identify astrocytes and oligodendrocytes in cultu...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kennedy PG,Lisak RP

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous study of brain activation in normal subjects during a phonological (Phonemes) task and a lexical semantic (Words) task using positron-emission tomography [3] is complemented by new data after a method for image realignment was applied [17]. The pattern of cerebral blood flow increases associated with Words ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Démonet JF,Price C,Wise R,Frackowiak RS

更新日期：1994-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesized that neuropeptides released from the peripheral terminals of primary afferents play an important role in mechanical hyperalgesia after peripheral nerve injury. Nerve injury was performed on rats with lumbar 5 spinal nerve lesion (L5 SNL), which was preceded by L5 dorsal rhizotomy (L5 DR) to avoid the p...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Jang JH,Nam TS,Paik KS,Leem JW

更新日期：2004-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was performed to explore the role of galanin in nociceptive modulation in anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) of rats with acute inflammation, and the changes in galanin and galanin receptor 2 (Gal R2) expressions in rats with acute inflammation. Intra-ACC injection of galanin induced antinociception in ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zhang ML,Fu FH,Yu LC

更新日期：2017-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports have suggested that variants in the sortilin-related receptor gene (SORL1) increase the risk of late onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) in Northern European, Hispanic, African-American and Isreali-Arab populations. SORL1 directs trafficking of amyloid precursor protein (APP) and under-expression of SORL1 ma...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lee JH,Chulikavit M,Pang D,Zigman WB,Silverman W,Schupf N

更新日期：2007-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:With the use of an antiserum against human apelin-36, apelin-immunoreactivity (irAP) was detected in neurons and cell processes of the supraoptic nucleus (SO), paraventricular nucleus (PVH), accessory neurosecretory nuclei (Acc) and suprachiasmatic nucleus. Strongly labeled cells/processes were noted in the internal l...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Brailoiu GC,Dun SL,Yang J,Ohsawa M,Chang JK,Dun NJ

更新日期：2002-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the dorsal hippocampus in the different stages of blocking was examined in a taste aversion learning task. Blocking is a learning effect in which one previously conditioned element of a compound makes the conditioning of the added element difficult. An effective blocking procedure with one trial in each st...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Gallo M,Cándido A

更新日期：1995-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mounting evidence supports the association between a polymorphism in the serotonin transporter gene promoter region (5-HTTLPR) and suicidal behaviour. Recently, a novel variant of the 5-HTTLPR L allele was identified. The previously unknown L(G) allele produced similar levels of gene expression to the S allele and mig...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hung CF,Lung FW,Chen CH,O'Nions E,Hung TH,Chong MY,Wu CK,Wen JK,Lin PY

更新日期：2011-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen tension is critical for proliferation of human and murine midbrain-derived neural precursor cells (mNPCs). Lack of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF1α) impairs midbrain dopaminergic neurogenesis which could be rescued by vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) via VEGFR-2 signaling. Here, we conditionally inac...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hermann A,Loewenbrück KF,Boldt Ä,Fiedler C,Maisel M,Kalucka J,Schwarz J,Breier G,Storch A

更新日期：2013-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the psychopharmacological profile of blonanserin, a novel antipsychotic, we examined its effect on the methamphetamine-induced disruption of latent inhibition (LI) and the neural activation related to this effect in rats. To evaluate the LI, we used a conditioned emotional response in which a tone (conditio...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kuramashi A,Abe H,Koganemaru G,Matsuo H,Ikeda T,Ebihara K,Funahashi H,Takeda R,Nishimori T,Ishida Y

更新日期：2013-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The study investigated the effects of metabolic syndrome on urinary bladder nerve-growth factor (NGF) and p75(NTR) expression in fructose-fed obese rats. Age-matched male Wistar rats were divided into four groups; group I: normal control rats; group II: 6-week fructose-fed rats (FR); group III: 9-week FR; and group IV...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Cheng JT,Tong YC

更新日期：2008-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:After spinal cord injury (SCI), a complex cascade of pathophysiological processes rapidly damages the nervous tissue. The initial damage spreads to the surrounding tissue by different mechanisms, including oxidative stress. We have recently reported that the induction of metallothionein (MT) protein is an endogenous r...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Arellano-Ruiz S,Rios C,Salgado-Ceballos H,Méndez-Armenta M,Del Valle-Mondragón L,Nava-Ruiz C,Altagracia-Martínez M,Díaz-Ruiz A

更新日期：2012-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose uptake is increased during motoneuron regeneration. Since this glucose is probably used as an energy source for axonal regeneration we postulated that hypoglycemia might interfere with motoneuron regeneration. In order to partially test this hypothesis we attempted to induce moderate hypoglycemia by fasting ra...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Singer PA,Mehler S

更新日期：1983-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence demonstrated that lesion-induced central nervous system changes are at least partly mediated by the action of the gaseous transmitter nitric oxide (NO). We investigated the hypothesis that the frequency of peripheral C-fibre stimulation determines the number of neurones in the dorsal horn that can be v...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hoheisel U,Kaske A,Reinert A,Mense S

更新日期：1997-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Bis(7)-tacrine [bis(7)-tetrahydroaminacrine] acts as an AChE inhibitor and also exerts modulatory effects on many ligand-gated ion channels and voltage-gated Ca(2+) and K(+) channels. It has been reported previously that tacrine and some other AChE inhibitors suppressed I(K(A)) in central and peripheral neurons. The p...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nie H,Yu WJ,Li XY,Yuan CH,Pang YP,Li CY,Han YF,Li ZW

更新日期：2007-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Tau is a neuronal microtubule-associated protein found predominantly in axons. Hyperphosphorylation of tau reduces the stability of microtubules, which may be a pathogenic mechanism in Alzheimer's disease. To understand the different effects between tau and glycogen synthase kinase 3beta (GSK-3beta) phosphorylated tau...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Sang H,Lu Z,Li Y,Ru B,Wang W,Chen J

更新日期：2001-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of NMDA receptors to neuronal hyperexcitability following in vitro ethanol withdrawal was examined using afterdischarges (ADs) in rat dentate gyrus as a model system. ADs were evoked by high frequency stimuli and blocked by N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists. Ethanol (75 mM) inhibited AD...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Morrisett RA

更新日期：1994-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement is implicated in the pathogenesis of inflammatory disorders of the central nervous system (CNS), like multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, and trauma. The anaphylatoxins C3a and C5a are thought to be the major contributors to complement-mediated inflammation in the CNS, likely mediating their effects vi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Boos L,Szalai AJ,Barnum SR

更新日期：2005-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Freshwater clams are a popular health food in Asia and are traditionally used to prevent hepatic inflammation. Freshwater clam extract (FCE) inhibits inflammatory responses in activated macrophages by reducing the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase and nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hsieh CC,Lin MS,Hua KF,Chen WJ,Lin CC

更新日期：2017-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth/differentiation factor-5 (GDF-5), a member of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) superfamily, has been shown to protect rat dopaminergic neurons against insult both in embryonic neuronal culture and in Parkinson's disease models. However, whether GDF-5 exerts neuroprotective effects in hippocampal neur...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zhao Y,Zhang M,Liu H,Wang J

更新日期：2017-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the ultrastructural relationships established by the nigrostriatal dopaminergic and the corticostriatal afferent fibers with neuropeptide Y (NPY)-containing neurons in the rat striatum. By means of dual immunolabeling procedures using peroxidase conjugated F(ab) fragments and 125I-labeled protein A...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Vuillet J,Kerkerian L,Kachidian P,Bosler O,Nieoullon A

更新日期：1989-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardiovascular effects of intracerebroventricularly administered thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) were studied in anesthetized rats in the presence of serotonin (5-HT) depletion induced by pretreatments with p-chloroamphetamine (PCA) or p-chlorophenylalanine (PCPA). After PCA the reduction of the whole brain 5-...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nurminen ML,Paakkari I,Seppälä T

更新日期：1991-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular localisation of benzodiazepine receptors was studied. Kainic acid induced neuronal lesions (2 x 0.25-2 x 2 micrograms; 2-26 days in rat cerebellum decreased specific binding of [3H]flunitrazepam down to 35% of controls. Specific binding of [3H]flunitrazepam was also decreased (to 80% of controls) in the c...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Braestrup C,Nielsen M,Biggio G,Squires RF

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined age effects on Movement related potentials (MRPs) in 13 young (mean age = 29.3 years) and 13 old (mean age = 67.2 years) normal adults in right, left and bimanual self-paced button press conditions. Both the groups generated a slowly rising readiness potential (RP) at about 1000 ms, a negative shift (NS') ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Singh J,Knight RT,Woods DL,Beckley DJ,Clayworth C

更新日期：1990-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Two antidystrophin antibodies against different fragments of dystrophin were used to detect this polypeptide in monkey and human brains. Dystrophin was revealed by immunoperoxidase amplified with the biotin/avidin system and by immunoblotting. A dystrophin-like immunoreactivity was uniformly expressed in several brain...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Huard J,Côté PY,Parent A,Bouchard JP,Tremblay JP

更新日期：1992-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The pattern of projection of the ventrobasal thalamic complex (VB) upon the neocortical barrel field of normal and reeler mutant mice was determined by orthograde degeneration experiments and by Timm's histochemical method. In both reeler and normal mice the thalamic terminals are concentrated at the midcortical zone ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Caviness VS Jr,Frost DO,Hayes NL

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression is one of the most prevalent challenges of mental conditions. Yet its exact etiology has not been clear. Chronic stress increases the production of cytokines, which can lead to depression. Hepcidin, an iron modulator, is involved in the inflammation process as well as iron homeostasis. This study was design...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Farajdokht F,Soleimani M,Mehrpouya S,Barati M,Nahavandi A

更新日期：2015-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the mRNA level of Fyn, a neurodevelopmental molecule, expression had been reported to be increased in postmortem schizophrenic prefrontal cortex and showed a strong correlation with age of disease onset, we investigated whether the three polymorphisms of the Fyn gene on genomic DNA (-93A/G, IVS10+37T/C and Ex12+...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ohnuma T,Shibata N,Matsubara Y,Sato S,Yamashina M,Arai H

更新日期：2003-05-29 00:00:00