Treadmill locomotion and aversive effects induced by electrical stimulation of the mesencephalic locomotor region in the rat.

abstract：:A modified synaptosomal superfusion apparatus is described which uses less than 10 micrograms of tissue per replicate sample and facilitates the routine separation of 3H-DA, 3H-DOPAC, and 3H-HVA. A flow rate of 1.5 ml/min allows superfusion without the use of reuptake or monoamine oxidase inhibitors. Superfusate sampl...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Petrie EC,Lombrozo L,Csernansky JG

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An abundant recall of dreams has been observed in clinical studies on patients with narcolepsy-cataplexy (NC), a neurological disorder characterized by an altered sleep architecture. Laboratory studies have shown that dream experiences developed during 1st-rapid eye movement (REM) sleep by NC patients are longer and m...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Mazzetti M,Bellucci C,Mattarozzi K,Plazzi G,Tuozzi G,Cipolli C

更新日期：2010-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The AP-1 transcription factor family has been widely studied in the response to ischemic brain injury. The data to date have demonstrated a complex involvement that depends on stimulus, subunit composition and brain region. One member in particular, the Fos-related antigen FRA-2, has demonstrated a potential for contr...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Butler TL,Pennypacker KR

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic mechanical allodynia (DMA) is a common manifestation in patients with diabetes mellitus, and currently, no effective treatment is available. Transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) is involved in mechanical hypersensitivity resulting from varying aetiologies in animal, but its expression pattern duri...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Cui YY,Li MY,Li YT,Ning JY,Gou XC,Shi J,Li YQ

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study tested for the presence of androgen receptor-immunoreactivity in somatostatin, galanin, vasopressin, corticotropin-releasing hormone, and oxytocin neurons in the rat forebrain. The brains of adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde. Androgen receptor was visualized in coronal secti...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Bingaman EW,Baeckman LM,Yracheta JM,Handa RJ,Gray TS

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia (SZ) is a common and severe psychiatric disorder with both environmental and genetic risk factors, and a high heritability. After over 20 years of molecular genetics research, new molecular strategies, primarily genome-wide association studies (GWAS), have generated major tangible progress. This new data...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Duan J,Sanders AR,Gejman PV

更新日期：2010-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Axons of retinal ganglion cells showed responses not previously emphasized: (a) many tonic units discharged oscillations, 2--12 spikes per burst, interburst intervals 20--300 msec; (b) phasic units showed concentric or flanking ON and OFF fields, response frequency depended on balance of retinal excitation and inhibit...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： O'Benar JD

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iontophoretic application of the sigma ligands, 1,3-di-o-tolylguanidine (DTG), dextrallorphan, and (+)-pentazocine reliably inhibited the firing rate of rubral neurons. Dextrallorphan inhibited 87% of the neurons tested, DTG inhibited 76%, and (+)-pentazocine inhibited 50%. These inhibitions were current dependent and...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Matsumoto RR,Walker JM

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical removal of the olfactory bulbs (OB) was performed in mature male red-winged blackbirds, maintained under a short-day light regime. Bulbectomy caused hyperphagia, which was not accompanied by obesity. Bulbectomized (OBX) birds had incresaed thyroid follicular activity and had greater developed testes than sham...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Robinzon B,Katz Y,Rogers JG Jr

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that the primary motor cortex plays a substantial role in the neural circuitry that controls swallowing. Although its role in the voluntary oral phase of swallowing is undisputed, its precise role in motor control of the more reflexive, pharyngeal phase of swallowing is unclear. The contribution ...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Doeltgen SH,Ridding MC,Dalrymple-Alford J,Huckabee ML

更新日期：2011-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphological interactions between astroglial and neuronal elements were elucidated in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) by light and electron microscopic immunocytochemistry using antibodies against glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and arginine-vasopressin (AVP). Thr...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Tamada Y,Tanaka M,Munekawa K,Hayashi S,Okamura H,Kubo T,Hisa Y,Ibata Y

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subcutaneous melittin injection causes central plasticity at the spinal level in wide-dynamic-range (WDR) neurons, which are hypersensitive to various nociceptive stimuli. Previous behavioral studies demonstrated that the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2(ERK1/2), p38 ...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Li MM,Yu YQ,Fu H,Xie F,Xu LX,Chen J

更新日期：2008-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult female Zucker lean and obese rats were treated for 14 days with 3.5 nm/kg oleoyl-estrone (OE) in liposomes (Merlin-2) through continuous i.v. injection with osmotic minipumps. Rat wt. and food intake were measured daily. On days 0, 3, 6, 10, and 14, groups of rats were killed and their hypothalamic nuclei [later...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Cabot C,del Mar Grasa M,Estruch J,Fernández-López JA,Remesar X,Alemany M

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As human brain development proceeds, there are complex changes in size and shape, most notably in the developing forebrain. Molecular technologies enable us to characterise the gene expression patterns that underlie these changes. To interpret these patterns the location of expression must be identified and, often, ge...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Sarma S,Kerwin J,Puelles L,Scott M,Strachan T,Feng G,Sharpe J,Davidson D,Baldock R,Lindsay S

更新日期：2005-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiological responses to olfactory and gustatory stimuli were recorded in the same neural elements in the parabrachial nuclei (PbN) of rats under Flaxedil. Responses to olfactory stimuli varied in temporal pattern and magnitude from responses to gustatory stimuli. Intravenous infusion of Nembutal while record...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Di Lorenzo PM,Garcia J

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the role of febrile temperatures on the immune system, rats were immunized with sheep erythrocytes and their core temperature was then changed by continuously cooling or heating the preoptic area for five days. Core temperatures of up to 2 degrees C above or below normal were associated with a high titre of...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Brandt S,Banet M

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemically administered human recombinant erythropoietin (EPO) may have the potential to reduce the cognitive and behavioural symptoms of mechanical brain injury. In a series of studies we address this possibility. Previously, we studied the effects of EPO given to fimbria-fornix transected rats at the moment of inj...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Mogensen J,Boyd MH,Nielsen MD,Kristensen RS,Malá H

更新日期：2008-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In accordance with the genetic nature of Huntington's disease (HD), transgenic and knock-in mouse models have been developed that have sought to recapitulate the key features of the human condition. To date, only a single rat model has been developed, the tgHD rat that carries 51 CAG repeats. The tgHD rat has many of ...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Brooks S,Fielding S,Döbrössy M,von Hörsten S,Dunnett S

更新日期：2009-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) and globus pallidus (GP) are basically involved in the regulation of feeding and metabolic processes. In the LHA, glucose-sensitive (GS) neurons were described: their activity was found to be specifically suppressed by electrophoretic application of glucose, and these neurons appear...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Lénárd L,Karádi Z,Faludi B,Czurkó A,Niedetzky C,Vida I,Nishino H

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that the pituitary-adrenal responses to lipopolysaccharide and interleukin (IL)-1 are sexually dimorphic in rodents, with females having an enhanced secretion of adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) and corticosterone. This study investigated whether the ACTH and corticosterone responses to tumor necrosis factor (TN...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Watanobe H

更新日期：2002-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:From a psychophysiological point of view, arousal is a fundamental feature of behavior. As reported in different empirical studies based on insights from theories of consumer behavior, store atmosphere should evoke phasic arousal reactions to attract consumers. Most of these empirical investigations used verbal scales...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Groeppel-Klein A

更新日期：2005-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-four percent of principal cells in the dorsal nucleus of the lateral geniculate body exhibited a transient depression of spontaneous activity following optic tract stimulation. Antidromic corticofugal activity, generated by the evoked cortical field potential, was seen in 21% of the cells studied. In those cell...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Rosen AD

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulus-specific neuronal responses in the central auditory pathway of Psammomys obesus were studied with deoxyglucose autoradiography. Responses were revealed mainly in the inferior colliculus. With whole head sectioning and subsequent gentle freeze-drying, excellent structural preservation was achieved. With the us...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Melzer P

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Space motion sickness (SMS) and spatial orientation and motion perception disturbances occur in 70-80% of astronauts. People select "rest frames" to create the subjective sense of spatial orientation. In microgravity, the astronaut's rest frame may be based on visual scene polarity cues and on the internal head and bo...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Harm DL,Parker DE,Reschke MF,Skinner NC

更新日期：1998-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rodent models for the study of neurogenic bladder dysfunction after spinal cord injury (SCI) are difficult to standardize, particularly when evaluating the specific contribution of the SCI to end-organ function. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the degree of bladder dysfunction associated with a highly reprod...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Munoz A

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute inflammation activates macrophages or monocytes and subsequently releases several inflammatory cytokines and reactive oxygen and nitrogen species. These proinflammatory cytokines activate astrocytes and trigger neurodegenerative diseases. In this work, we chose to address the mechanistic aspects of alpha-crystal...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Masilamoni JG,Vignesh S,Kirubagaran R,Jesudason EP,Jayakumar R

更新日期：2005-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic cerebral hypofusion (CCH) after bilateral carotid artery occlusion (2VO) causes cognitive damage and neuronal degeneration in the cortex and hippocampal CA1 area, and influences the oxygen and glucose supply in the brain which often results in metabolic alterations and oxidative stress. AMP-activated protein k...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Chen Y,Guo Z,Peng X,Xie W,Chen L,Tan Z

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electroencephalographic (EEG) activity of the hippocampus was examined in adult freely moving rats that had had all of the neocortex, including the cingulate cortex and cingulum, removed at birth. Both the cholinergic and serotonergic forms of rhythmical slow activity (RSA or theta) were present in the dorsal hipp...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Whishaw IQ,Dyck R,Kolb B

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammals and birds are the only animals that exhibit high-amplitude slow-waves (SWs) in the electroencephalogram during sleep. The SWs that characterize slow-wave sleep (SWS) in mammals and birds reflect the large-scale synchronization of slow neuronal activity. In mammals, this synchronization is dependent upon the hi...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Rattenborg NC

更新日期：2007-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated that chronic 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) infusion to the substantia nigra (SN) and the locus coeruleus (LC) both produce a long-lasting neurotoxicity on dopamine (DA) and norepinephrine (NE) neurons in these two areas, respectively. In the present study, we furth...

journal_title：Brain research bulletin

authors： Chang FW,Wang SD,Lu KT,Lee EH

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00