Different physiological properties of spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic currents in nucleus accumbens shell neurons between adult and juvenile rats.

abstract：:Several lines of evidence suggest that the amygdala is altered functionally in humans with temporal lobe epilepsy, but little is known about neuronal interactions in the amygdala of humans or animals with chronic epilepsy. Using extracellular and intracellular recordings in horizontal slices, we tested the hypothesis ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Smith BN,Dudek FE

更新日期：1997-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In schizophrenic psychoses, structural and functional alterations of the amygdala have been demonstrated by several neuroimaging studies. However, postmortem examinations on the brains of schizophrenics did not confirm the volume changes reported by volumetric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies. In order to addr...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kalus P,Slotboom J,Gallinat J,Wiest R,Ozdoba C,Federspiel A,Strik WK,Buri C,Schroth G,Kiefer C

更新日期：2005-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Rho kinase (ROCK) regulates the functions of several target proteins via its kinase activity. Therefore, ROCK activity inhibition may provide new possibilities of controlling the in vitro neuronal differentiation of embryonic stem (ES) cells. When we investigated the effects of the ROCK inhibitor Y-27632 on ES cell di...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kamishibahara Y,Kawaguchi H,Shimizu N

更新日期：2016-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, newborn male Wistar rats were injected, subcutaneously, five times, every other day, with monosodium glutamate (MSG, 4 g/kg bw) or saline (as control, C), during the neonatal period. MSG animals developed destruction of the arcuate nuclei (ARC) with absence of NPY-immunoreactive cell bodies, whic...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： de Andrade IS,Gonzalez JC,Hirata AE,Carneiro G,Amado D,Cavalheiro EA,Dolnikoff MS

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early-onset ataxia with ocular motor apraxia and hypoalbuminemia (EAOH) is one of the most common forms of autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia. We identified six new alternative transcripts produced by the aprataxin gene responsible for EAOH. Total eight transcripts encoded truncated proteins that were located withi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hirano M,Nishiwaki T,Kariya S,Furiya Y,Kawahara M,Ueno S

更新日期：2004-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA methylation of a CpG island located in intron 1 of the α-synuclein gene (SNCA) has been reported to play an essential role in the regulation of α-synuclein transcription, and probably has a close association with Parkinson's disease (PD). However, there is no simple and cost effective method to quantify DNA methyl...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Song Y,Ding H,Yang J,Lin Q,Xue J,Zhang Y,Chan P,Cai Y

更新日期：2014-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of neurons containing the messenger RNA encoding preprotachykinin, the precursor of the neuropeptides substance P and K, was examined in the striatum of the rat. The large majority of cells densely labelled by in situ hybridization histochemistry (using a 35S-radiolabelled RNA probe complementary of t...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Chesselet MF,Robbins E

更新日期：1989-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of chronic salt loading on urocortin-like immunoreactivity (Ucn-IR) was investigated in the rat hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system. In control rats a few Ucn-IR neurons were observed scattered throughout the supraoptic nucleus (SON) and few in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN). A small number of Ucn-IR fib...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hara Y,Ueta Y,Isse T,Kabashima N,Shibuya I,Hattori Y,Yamashita H

更新日期：1997-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The width of the attentional focus during the selection of one of two concurrent normal human participants was investigated using event-related potentials. Two stories were presented from virtual locations located 15° to the left and right azimuth by convolving the speech message by the appropriate head-related transf...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lambrecht J,Spring DK,Münte TF

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats with their intra-lingual taste nerves (the chorda tympani and the glossopharyngeal nerve) sectioned were trained to avoid drinking 0.5 M NaCl solution by associating NaCl drinking with subsequent LiCl poisoning. The acquired learned aversion in these rats was abolished after ablations of the neocortical area for ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yamamoto T,Takahashi T,Kawamura Y

更新日期：1981-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Exploring the impact of glucocerebrosidase gene (GBA) polymorphisms and mutations on the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD) plays an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of this disease. This meta-analysis aimed to investigate the effects of GBA polymorphisms and mutations on the risk...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zhang Y,Chen J,Xu C,Feng J,Li J

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：: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：:Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) of domestic and wild cervids in North America. To address possible prevention regimens for CWD, we have used a mouse model system and the Rocky Mountain Laboratory (RML) mouse-adapted scrapie prion strain to screen efficacy of potential v...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Pilon J,Loiacono C,Okeson D,Lund S,Vercauteren K,Rhyan J,Miller L

更新日期：2007-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic and progressive neurodegenerative disorder. Epidemiological studies suggest that the exposure of the herbicide glyphosate may influence the development of PD in humans. In this study, we examined whether the exposure of glyphosate can affect the reduction of dopamine transporter (...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Pu Y,Chang L,Qu Y,Wang S,Tan Y,Wang X,Zhang J,Hashimoto K

更新日期：2020-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper focuses on such candidate gene polymorphisms that alter alcoholism-related intermediate phenotypes including: dopaminergic system polymorphic variants (DRD2 -141C Ins/Del in promoter region, exon 8 and DRD2 TaqI A and DAT 40bp VNTR genes polymorphisms) that cause predisposition to severe alcoholism (haplotyp...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Samochowiec J,Kucharska-Mazur J,Grzywacz A,Jabłoński M,Rommelspacher H,Samochowiec A,Sznabowicz M,Horodnicki J,Sagan L,Pełka-Wysiecka J

更新日期：2006-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous electron spin resonance (ESR) studies employing a protein-specific spin label have suggested an alteration in membrane proteins in erythrocytes in Huntington's disease (HD). Recently, Beverstock and Pearson [4] have published the results of an ESR study not confirming our findings. In the present communicatio...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Butterfield DA,Markesbery WR

更新日期：1983-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous observations suggest a contribution of two APOE promoter polymorphisms (-219 G/T and -491 A/T) in dementia. From two independent populations of elderly (mean age of 84 and 85 years old, respectively), we observed that subjects bearing the -219T allele were at increased risk of dementia (OR = 1.9 (95% CI, 1.3-...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lambert JC,Berr C,Cottel D,Amouyel P,Helbecque N

更新日期：2004-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise increases the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the hippocampus and beneficially contributes to cognitive function and is accompanied by epigenetic changes. Specifically, the activity levels of histone acetyltransferases (HATs) and histone deacetylases (HDACs) regulate histone acetylat...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Li X,Inoue T,Hayashi M,Maejima H

更新日期：2019-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural stem cells (NSCs) persist in the mammalian brain throughout life and protect against hypoxia-ischemia injury. NSCs are being increasingly recognized as a novel therapeutic target for various neurological disorders. Previous research indicates that miR-21 attenuates hypoxia-ischemia induced apoptotic death in va...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Chen R,Tai Y,Zhang Y,Wang L,Yang Y,Yang N,Ma S,Xue F,Wang J

更新日期：2019-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We are attempting to determine the neuronal factors that influence upper airway patency during sleep in the elderly. Serotonin has a facilitatory effect on hypoglossal motoneurons that innervate the tongue, and manipulations of the serotonergic system alter airway patency. We hypothesized that age-associated changes i...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Behan M,Brownfield MS

更新日期：1999-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well-known that cocaine dependence is a public health issue, and several studies stress the need to look for new and more effective treatments. Although the mesolimbic dopamine (DA) system, which originates in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and projects to several forebrain structures, is known to be criticall...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zacarias MS,Ramos AC,Alves DR,Galduróz JC

更新日期：2012-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the specific rat 125I-alpha-rat atrial natriuretic peptide(1-28)[ANF-(99-126)] (125I-rANP) binding sites in the cerebral capillaries from the cerebral cortex of male adult Wistar rats. The binding of 125I-rANP at 37 degrees C was saturable and of high affinity with a Kd of approximately 100 pM and Bmax of ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Niwa M,Ibaragi M,Tsutsumi K,Kurihara M,Himeno A,Mori K,Ozaki M

更新日期：1988-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymol, which is contained in thyme essential oil, has various actions including antinociception and nerve conduction inhibition. Although thymol activates transient receptor potential (TRP) channels expressed in heterologous cells, it remains to be examined whether this is so in native neurons. It has not yet been ex...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Xu ZH,Wang C,Fujita T,Jiang CY,Kumamoto E

更新日期：2015-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Single neurons of Aplysia californica were cultured on control and conditioned medium-treated cover slips (CM, derived from central ganglia of Aplysia) and fed with L-15 medium plus 20% hemolymph. After 5 h 36.9 +/- 3.3% of all neurons plated on CM-treated cover slips sprouted, whereas only 22.9 +/- 2.7% sprouted in t...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Fejtl M,Carpenter DO

更新日期：1995-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:IgGs from two LEMS patients applied to human neuroblastoma IMR32 cells reduced the density of low- (LVA; T) and high-threshold (HVA; L and N) Ba2+ currents by different percentages: 36% (LVA) and 56% (HVA) for one and 48% and 45% for the other. A pharmacological assay of IgGs action based on the block of L-type channe...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Grassi C,Magnelli V,Carabelli V,Sher E,Carbone E

更新日期：1994-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathological features of Alzheimer's disease include deposition of amyloid-beta (Abeta) containing plaques and increases in the expression of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) enzymes. Chemical inhibition of CDKs prevents the neurotoxicity of the Abeta peptide. The activity of these kinases requires the binding of a c...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Milton NG

更新日期：2002-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Around 200,000 veterans (up to 32% of those deployed) of the 1991 Gulf War (GW) suffer from GW illness (GWI), which is characterized by multiple deficits in cognitive, affective, sensory and nociception domains. In this study we employed resting state fMRI (rsfMRI) to map impairments in brain function in GWI with adva...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Gopinath KS,Sakoglu U,Crosson BA,Haley RW

更新日期：2019-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The vanilloid receptor-1 (TRPV1), expressed by nociceptive fibers, is a transducer of thermal and chemical nociceptive messages. However, endogenous ligands excite TRPV1 receptors localized on central nociceptive terminals and interneurons. Using immunocytochemistry at the ultrastructural level, we show that TRPV1 is ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Doly S,Fischer J,Salio C,Conrath M

更新日期：2004-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous neuroimaging studies raised the hypothesis that enhanced activity in the ipsilateral motor cortex (M1) plays a contributing role in the compensation for the motor deficits resulting from a spinal cord injury (SCI). However, it is still unknown whether the activity in the ipsilateral M1 directly contributes to...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nardone R,Höller Y,Höller P,Thon N,Thomschewski A,Brigo F,Trinka E

更新日期：2013-09-27 00:00:00