NPD1 induction of retinal pigment epithelial cell survival involves PI3K/Akt phosphorylation signaling.

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia that progressively disrupts neurocognitive function, which has neither cure nor effective treatment. Hypercholesterolemia might be involved in brain alterations that could evolve into AD. The present study aims to evaluate the potential of omega-3, Co-enzyme...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Ibrahim Fouad G

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regional and developmental changes in metabolite concentrations were measured by 1H NMR spectroscopy and HPLC of perchloric acid extracts from rat brain and eye. The highest concentrations of N-acetylaspartate were found in grey matter as opposed to white matter with concentration increasing with age from neonate to a...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Florian CL,Williams SR,Bhakoo KK,Noble MD

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mortality of patients with malignant gliomas remains high despite the advancement in multi-modal therapy including surgery, radio- and chemotherapy. Glioma stem cells (GSCs), sharing some characteristics with normal neural stem cells (NSCs), contribute to the cellular origin for primary gliomas and the recurrence ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Zhang S,Luo X,Wan F,Lei T

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disturbance in cholesterol homeostasis appears to be an important factor in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders. The aim of the present study was to investigate sterol regulatory element binding protein (SREBP) levels in the nuclear extracts of human neuroblastoma cells and the possible interaction of beta...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Kelicen P,Cincioğlu M,Hizli F,Nordberg A

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiretroviral protease inhibitors are a class of important drugs that are used for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus infections. Among those compounds, ritonavir is applied frequently in combination with other antiretroviral protease inhibitors, as it has been reported to boost their therapeutic efficienc...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Arend C,Brandmann M,Dringen R

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discrete populations of anti-S49 antibodies were found in the antisera of Lewis rats recovered from S49-induced experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE). A potent inducer of EAE in Lewis rats, S49 is a synthetic peptide representing residues 69-84 of bovine myelin basic protein but with deletions at Gly-77 and Hi...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Day ED,Hashim GA,Potter NT,Lazarus KJ

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2',3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphohydrolase (CNP) was phosphorylated in vivo, in brain slices and in a cell free system. Phosphoamino acid analysis of immunoprecipitated CNP labeled in vivo and in brain slices revealed phosphorylation of phosphoserine (94%) and phosphothreonine (5%) residues. Phosphorylation of CNP in...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Agrawal HC,Sprinkle TJ,Agrawal D

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) whole brain was used to investigate the thermal acclimation changes under normoxic conditions of three-subclasses (alkenylacyl-, alkylacyl- and diacyl-subclasses) of choline glycerophospholipids (CGP), ethanolamine glycerophospholipids (EGP) and inositol glycerophospholipids (IGP) as well as ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Yeo YK,Park EJ,Lee CW,Joo HT,Farkas T

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with diabetes display a progressive decay in the physiological counter-regulatory response to hypoglycemia, resulting in hypoglycemia unawareness. The mechanism through which the brain adapts to hypoglycemia may involve brain glycogen. We tested the hypothesis that brain glycogen supercompensation following h...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Duarte JMN,Morgenthaler FD,Gruetter R

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Curcumin (diferuloyl), from the Indian spice turmeric, reduces oxidative damage and induces apoptosis. Utilizing DNA microarrays, we have demonstrated that a low (5 microM) dose of curcumin added to a mixture of astrocytes and oligodendrocytes (C6 rat glioma cells) in culture for 24 and 48 h significantly modulates ge...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Panchal HD,Vranizan K,Lee CY,Ho J,Ngai J,Timiras PS

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was undertaken in rats to evaluate the effects of short-term oral ethanol administration on the levels of fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEE) in brain and peripheral organs in the presence and absence of pretreatment with L-carnitine. Administration of ethanol to rats for seven days resulted in fatty acid ethyl est...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Calabrese V,Rizza V

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to sevoflurane and other inhalational anesthetics can induce cognitive impairment in elderly patients. Studies have indicated that methylene blue (MB) has beneficial effects on multiple neurodegenerative diseases and the mechanism involves mitochondrial function preservation. However, whether MB can attenuate...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Zheng F,Fang P,Chang J,Chen M,Zhong Q,Chen T,Chen C,Zhang Z

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We observed that AP-3, an antagonist of metabotropic glutamate receptors, reduced carbachol-induced hydrolysis of phospholipids in hippocampal slices. This inhibition could be explained in different ways, e.g.: 1) AP-3 acts also as antagonist of muscarinic receptors mediating the hydrolysis of phospholipids induced by...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Llansola M,Hermenegildo C,Miñana MD,Felipo V

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conversion of phosphoethanolamine to phosphocholine requires 3 separate N-methyltransferases. We had previously purified the enzyme catalyzing the last methylation, phosphodimethylethanolamine N-methyltransferase. We have successfully purified the enzyme catalyzing the initial methylation of phosphoethanolamine. A...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Mukherjee S,Freysz L,Kanfer JN

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levels of free amino acids were determined quantitatively in whole ocular tissues of the rat eye with aid of a sensitive amino acid analyzer. The tissues studied were the retina, vitreous, lens, iris-ciliary body, and cornea. The retina and lens contained a more concentrated free amino acid pool than other tissues. Th...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Heinämäki AA,Muhonen AS,Piha RS

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sonic hedgehog (Shh), a secreted glycoprotein factor, can activate the Shh pathway, which has been implicated in neuronal polarization involving neurite outgrowth. However, little evidence is available about the effect of Shh on neurite outgrowth in primary cortical neurons and its potential mechanism. Here, we reveal...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： He W,Cui L,Zhang C,Zhang X,He J,Xie Y

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of maternal hypoxia on the modification of the fetal brain cell membrane N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor and its modulatory sites was investigated. Experiments were conducted in pregnant guinea pigs of 60 days of gestation. Guinea pig fetuses were exposed to maternal hypoxia (FiO2 = 7%) for 60 minutes....

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Mishra OP,Delivoria-Papadopoulos M

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the mouse maximal electroshock test, the reference model of tonic-clonic seizures, the aim of the present study was to determine the type of interaction between mexiletine (a class IB antiarrhythmic drug) and classical antiepileptics: valproate, carbamazepine, phenytoin, and phenobarbital. Isobolographic analysi...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Borowicz-Reutt KK,Banach M,Piskorska B

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ESR spin trapping technique was used to detect and analyze free radical formation. When 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) was incubated alone or in the presence of a free radical generating system (H2O2 and FeSO4), hydroxyl free radicals were observed in a concentration-dependent manner. Glutathione was found to be the most ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Oldfield FF,Cowan DL,Sun AY

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ca(2+)-dependent release of aspartate from hippocampal preparations was first reported 35 years ago, but the functional significance of this process remains uncertain. Aspartate satisfies all the criteria normally required for identification of a CNS transmitter. It is synthesized in nerve terminals, is accumulate...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Nadler JV

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrially bound brain hexokinase is solubilized by anesthetics and this effect has been suggested to contribute to anesthesia. In the present investigation the influence of the metabolic inhibitor 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DOG) was studied. An isolated rat brain preparation was used to avoid the contribution of perip...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Krieglstein J,Sperling G,Stock R

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid peroxides, quantitated as lipid conjugated dienes, and (Na+, K+)-ATPase activity were assayed concurrently in brains of control rats and in three groups subjected to 30 min of reversible forebrain ischemia followed by 0, 1, and 4 hr of recirculation. Multiple small samples were taken from lateral, dorsolateral a...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Goldberg WJ,Watson BD,Busto R,Kurchner H,Santiso M,Ginsberg MD

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of anticonvulsant drugs was examined on brain GABA levels and GAD and GABA-T activities. The level of GABA was increased by the treatment with diphenylhydantoin. The drug had no effect on GABA-T activity, whereas GAD activity was inhibited. Carbamazepine increased the GABA level but did not effect GAD and G...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Battistin L,Varotto M,Berlese G,Roman G

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synaptic glutamate level homeostasis is mainly maintained by the astrocytes membrane bound glutamate transporter type-1 (GLT-1/EAAT2). Alterations in its expression during development and aging and the underlying mechanisms are not well studied. Here, we report that NF-κB interaction was highest in both cerebral a...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Gupta RK,Prasad S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The participation of voltage-sensitive Na+ channels (VSSC) on the changes on internal (i) Na+, K+, Ca2+, and on DA, Glu, and GABA release caused by different concentrations of 4-AP was investigated in striatum synaptosomes. TTX, which abolished the increase in Na(i) (as determined with SBFI), induced by 0.1 mM 4-AP on...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Galván E,Sitges M

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites in the brain constitute the main histopathological features of Parkinson's disease (PD) and dementia with Lewy bodies. They comprise amyloid-like fibrils composed of α-synuclein (αS), a small protein (~14 kDa). Because the aggregation of αS in the brain has been implicated as a critical s...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Ono K

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to examine the responsiveness of an immortalized catecholaminergic neuronal line, 2N27, to various growth factors and identify those which promote catecholaminergic expression. 2N27 is a newly established neural cell line derived from fetal rat mesencephalic tissue and, thus, contains tyrosi...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Grove J,Kentroti S,Prasad K,Vernadakis A

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Planarians are rapidly developing into very useful research subjects in pharmacology and neuroscience research. Here we report that curare, a cholinergic nicotinic receptor antagonist, alleviates the nicotine-induced planarian seizure-like movements (pSLM) by up to 50 % at equimolar concentrations of nicotine and cura...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Pagán OR,Montgomery E,Deats S,Bach D,Baker D

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoglycemia is the major problem to blood glucose homeostasis in treatment of diabetes and is associated with severe irreversible consequences including seizures, coma and death. GABAergic inhibitory function in the cerebral cortex plays an important role in controlling the excitability and responsiveness of cortical...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Antony S,Kumar TP,Kuruvilla KP,George N,Paulose CS

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Status epilepticus is a common manifestation of nerve agent toxicity and represents a serious medical emergency with high rates of mortality and neurologic injury in those that survive. The aim of the current study was to determine if targeting oxidative stress with the catalytic antioxidant, AEOL10150, would reduce p...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Pearson-Smith JN,Liang LP,Rowley SD,Day BJ,Patel M

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00