beta-Endorphin acts on the reproductive tract of female rats to suppress sexual receptivity.

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：:Adjacent serial sections of the organum vasculosum laminal terminalis (OVLT) of the rat were incubated with antisera of luteinizing-hormone--releasing-hormone (LH-RH) and somatostatin and stained by the peroxidase-antiperoxidase technique. The distribution patterns of the two oligopeptides show distinct differences, a...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Krause R

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of cholecystokinin binding sites was studied by receptor autoradiography in the human striatum at midgestation, birth and adulthood. In the adult, cholecystokinin receptors are inhomogeneously distributed with patches of reduced labeling. In the caudate nucleus but not in the putamen these patches mat...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Schiffmann SN,Goldman S,Heyman P,De Vuyst M,De Roy G,Vanderhaeghen JJ

更新日期：1992-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta,beta'-Iminodipropionitrile (IDPN) is known to produce a massive accumulation of neurofilaments in the proximal portion of axons of spinal anterior horn cells. The spinal cords of 20 Wistar rats treated with IDPN were examined immunohistochemically with a monoclonal antibody against heparan sulfate (HepSS-1). Virt...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Wada M,Kato T,Kurita K,Shikama Y,Toyoshima I,Sasaki H

更新日期：1995-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Small intestinal motility was monitored in conscious rats chronically fitted with intraparietal electrodes, the third and fourth weeks after intraperitoneal administration of saline (controls) or N-(2-chloro-ethyl)-N-ethyl-2-bromobenzylamine (DSP-4, 50 mg/kg), a noradrenergic neurotoxin. Norepinephrine concentrations ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Fargeas MJ,Fioramonti J,Buéno L

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major action of adenosine is the induction of profound behavioral inactivity. 6-(4-Nitrobenzyl)-thioinosine (NBI) and 6-(2-hydroxy-5-nitrobenzyl)-thioguanosine (NBG) have been shown to inhibit adenosine uptake. To investigate the possible synergism between exogenous ligand and reuptake inhibition, mice were treated ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Crawley JN,Patel J,Marangos PJ

更新日期：1983-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of nitric oxide (NO) in modulation of seizure susceptibility by delta-opioid agonist (+)-4-((alpha R)-alpha-((2S, 5R)-4-allyl-2, 5-dimethyl-1-piperazinyl)-3-methoxybenzyl)-N, N-diethyl-benzamide (SNC80) was examined in mice. Systemic administration of SNC80 (0.1-5 mg/kg, intraperitoneally (i.p.)) decre...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Khavandgar S,Homayoun H,Dehpour AR

更新日期：2002-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Current theories of orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) function suggest that this region should participate in the generation of error-related signals associated with the outcomes of actions. We investigated the impact of lesions to OFC on the error-related negativity (ERN), an electrophysiological marker of performance monit...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Turken AU,Swick D

更新日期：2008-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (CNQX), a specific non-N-methyl-D-aspartate (non-NMDA) receptor antagonist, on NMDA-independent epileptiform activity induced by Mg2(+)-free medium was studied in rat basolateral amygdala (BLA) neurons using intracellular recording techniques. Twenty to 30 min after s...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Gean PW

更新日期：1990-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis is thought to play a role in neuronal pathology in schizophrenia. Recently, the GSN gene was reported to have anti-apoptotic properties. In a genome-wide expression analysis on schizophrenia, GSN was also found to be significantly down-regulated in schizophrenia. All the hints suggest that GSN is a novel can...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Xi ZR,Qin W,Yang YF,He G,Gao SH,Ren MS,Peng YW,Zhang Z,He L

更新日期：2004-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the influence of curare and atropine on the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-evoked chloride current, we have investigated cultures of hippocampal and septal region neurons from embryonic rats (E18). The neurons were cultured under the trophic influence of spatially separated astrocytes in serum-free m...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Siebler M,Köller H,Schmalenbach C,Müller HW

更新日期：1988-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:In the caudal postcentral finger region near or in the anterior bank of the intraparietal sulcus of alert monkeys, we found neurons that were activated selectively by the contact of the hand to certain common objects such as bottle brushes, acrylic plates, parts of the stabilized monkey's chair, etc. All of these neur...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Iwamura Y,Tanaka M,Hikosaka O,Sakamoto M

更新日期：1995-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the extracellular concentration of glutamate and taurine in the frontal cortex of freely-moving pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) kindled rats using an in vivo microdialysis. A significant and sustained increase in the glutamate level was observed in the kindled rats, in contrast, a slight and delayed increase was o...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Li Z,Yamamoto Y,Morimoto T,Ono J,Okada S,Yamatodani A

更新日期：2000-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:δ-Catenin is a component of the cadherin-catenin cell adhesion complex and its loss has been implicated in the mental retardation associated with the Cri du chat syndrome. We have previously demonstrated that loss of δ-catenin in a murine model during development results in excessive spine and synaptic density and fun...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yuan Y,Singh D,Arikkath J

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Repeated stimulation can lead to a decrement in the amplitude of a response, or its disappearance. This is known as habituation. Responses recorded in the reticular formation of the brain to peripherally applied stimuli tend to habituate. Decerebration considerably reduces the occurrence of this habituation and naloxo...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Boxer MI

更新日期：1983-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisomal activities were examined in liver and brain of lactating neonatal rats of mothers maintained on ciprofibrate, a peroxisomal proliferator. The activities of DHAP-acyltransferase, alkyl-DHAP synthetase and the beta-oxidation of palmitic and lignoceric acids increased in brain by 3.9, 2.2, 4.3 and 3.2 fold an...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Singh I,Lazo O

更新日期：1992-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in the structure and physiology of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) have been found in different psychiatric disorders and some of them involve inhibitory networks, especially in schizophrenia and major depression. Changes in the structure of these networks may be mediated by the polysialylated neural cell adhe...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Gilabert-Juan J,Varea E,Guirado R,Blasco-Ibáñez JM,Crespo C,Nácher J

更新日期：2012-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The human nervous system displays remarkable functional plasticity following long-term sensory deprivation. For example, the auditory cortex of congenitally deaf humans may start to process tactile information. To further explore this type of cross-modal plasticity, we examined the tactile accuracy of congenitally dea...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Levänen S,Hamdorf D

更新日期：2001-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term adrenalectomy results in loss of neurones in the hippocampal formation of the adult rat. The effects of long-term adrenalectomy on spatial learning and exploratory behaviour in adrenalectomized (ADX), adrenalectomized normal weight gain (ADXNW), sham operated and naive control male Sprague-Dawley rats were i...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Islam A,Henriksson B,Mohammed A,Winblad B,Adem A

更新日期：1995-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies using 2-deoxyglucose (2-DG) autoradiography have demonstrated that the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus, a putative neural circadian pacemaker, displays circadian rhythmicity in its metabolic activity. In the present study, we show that distinct circadian variations in 2-DG uptake occ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Rosenwasser AM,Trubowitsch G,Adler NT

更新日期：1985-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-tocopherol and its derivatives have been shown to be effective in reducing cerebral ischemia-induced brain damage. However, the effects of other vitamin E isoforms have not been characterized. In the present study, we investigated the effects of six different isoforms of vitamin E on the ischemic brain damage in...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Mishima K,Tanaka T,Pu F,Egashira N,Iwasaki K,Hidaka R,Matsunaga K,Takata J,Karube Y,Fujiwara M

更新日期：2003-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently shown that the cytoplasmic tail of the somatostatin receptor sst2 undergoes alternative splicing giving rise to two isoforms, SSt2A and sst2B. In the present study, we have raised polyclonal antibodies that specifically detect either sst2A or sst2B and used these antisera for immunocytochemical locali...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Schulz S,Schmidt H,Händel M,Schreff M,Höllt V

更新日期：1998-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In the course of our survey of natural compounds inhibiting prostaglandin E2 release and/or lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced transcriptional stimulation via NF-kappaB, a central regulator of inflammatory genes, from natural resources, we found garcinone B, a xanthone from callus tissue culture of Hypericum patulum, as...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yamakuni T,Aoki K,Nakatani K,Kondo N,Oku H,Ishiguro K,Ohizumi Y

更新日期：2006-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Fyn-kinase is expressed widely in the entire brain, including the cerebellum. Fyn-kinase-deficient mice are known to exhibit hypersensitivity to ethanol. To evaluate the cerebellar functions of Fyn-kinase, we examined the dynamic characteristics of the horizontal optokinetic response (HOKR) and vestibulo-ocular reflex...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kitazawa H,Katoh A,Yagi T,Nagao S

更新日期：2000-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Galantamine, which is currently used in the treatment of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), has been shown to have a neuroprotective effect against beta-amyloid (Abeta) peptide-induced toxicity, which is involved in the pathogenesis of AD. In this study, we investigated the mechanism underlying the protective eff...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Li Q,Fang J,Yang M,Wu D,Zhang L,Zhang Y

更新日期：2010-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:By studying the binding of [3H]glycine and [3H]glutamate to rat synaptic membranes in the presence of 2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate (APV) and kynurenate (KYN) we have demonstrated that KYN is more potent than APV in displacing [3H]glycine, while an opposite order of potency was seen in displacing [3H]glutamate. Moreover...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Danysz W,Fadda E,Wroblewski JT,Costa E

更新日期：1989-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Tripeptidyl peptidase-I (TPP-I) is a lysosomal exopeptidase which removes tripeptides from the N-terminus of small proteins. Mutations in the TPP-I gene result in a lethal neurodegenerative disease, late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. The pathological consequences of loss of activity are only manifested in ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Warburton MJ,Bernardini F

更新日期：2002-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The vitamin nicotinamide can protect against oxidative stress-induced apoptosis in the brain when used as a precursor for nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+). The intracerebroventricular administration of tertiary-butylhydroperoxide (t-buOOH) to mice was used to simulate physiologic oxidative stress and apoptosis...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Klaidman LK,Mukherjee SK,Hutchin TP,Adams JD

更新日期：1996-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine postural stability of the head, slow, undetectable rotations of small amplitude were imposed about a vertical axis while human subjects maintained a stationary body. Six normal subjects were used. The rotations were imposed through an elastic linkage, and lasted 4 s. The amplitude of head rotation was small...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Chan R,Rogers DK,McCloskey DI

更新日期：1996-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the mechanisms of visual short term memory (VSTM) are extensively investigated in the recent decade, how we compare the representation stored in VSTM to the perceptual input to detect and process the mismatch information remains largely unclear. The current study explored whether there is an ERP component tra...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yin J,Gao Z,Jin X,Ye L,Shen M,Shui R

更新日期：2011-03-10 00:00:00