Metabolic activation of the fetal rat brain.

abstract：:Free radical generation and release from the cerebral hemispheres of rats subjected to four-vessel occlusion elicited cerebral ischemia/reperfusion was monitored using a cortical cup technique with the spin-trapping agent alpha-(4-pyridyl-1-oxide)-N-tert-butylnitrone (POBN). Electron spin resonance (ESR) was used to d...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Phillis JW,Sen S,Cao X

更新日期：1994-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that D-cycloserine displaces [3H]glycine binding to a recognition site with properties consistent with an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor modulatory site. Additionally, D-cycloserine positively modulates the NMDA receptor as evidenced by its dose-dependent enhancement of [3H]1-[1-(2-thien...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hood WF,Compton RP,Monahan JB

更新日期：1989-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Ketogenic diets (KD) have shown beneficial effects in terms of anticonvulsant and anti-epileptogenic properties in several experimental models. However, few studies have investigated the consequences of KD with regards to the anti-epileptogenic and neuroprotective effects in kindling-induced seizures. Here, postnatal ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Jiang Y,Yang Y,Wang S,Ding Y,Guo Y,Zhang MM,Wen SQ,Ding MP

更新日期：2012-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The Nef protein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is abundantly expressed in HIV-1-infected astrocytes and shares amino acid sequence homology to alpha-scorpion toxins which bind to potassium channels. Here we report effects of recombinant Nef and alpha-scorpion toxins on membrane potassium transport in h...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kort JJ,Jalonen TO

更新日期：1998-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocytes have been implicated in axon guidance and synaptic regeneration in the retina and these processes involve activation of the high affinity nerve growth factor receptor, known as the tyrosine kinase A (TrkA) receptor. The purpose of the present study was to characterize the expression of TrkA in astrocytes of...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ruiz-Ederra J,Hitchcock PF,Vecino E

更新日期：2003-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic cerebrovascular diseases, usually involved in hypoxia and reoxygenation, have been reported to increase the risk of dementia such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). beta-site amyloid protein precursor (APP)-cleaving enzymes (BACE1) have been identified to participate in the secretion of beta-amyloid peptides (Abeta...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Xue S,Jia L,Jia J

更新日期：2006-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Tau is a neuronal microtubule-associated protein whose function is regulated by site-specific phosphorylation. One protein kinase that is likely to play an important role in regulating the phosphorylation state of tau in vivo is glycogen synthase kinase (GSK) 3beta. The activity of GSK3beta is regulated by specific pr...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Matthews TA,Johnson GV

更新日期：2005-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that the midbrain periaqueductal gray (PAG) projects to the ventrolateral medulla (VLM). Here, we studied PAG projections to the area of A1/C1 neurons in the VLM in the rat using phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin (PHA-L) anterograde tracing combined with immunocytochemistry for tyrosine hy...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Chen S,Aston-Jones G

更新日期：1995-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Drebrin has been known to act on actin filaments at dendritic spines to cause morphological change, and might be related to the plasticity of synaptic transmission. In the present study, changes of drebrin were examined immunohistochemically in the spinal motoneurons of rats following unilateral sciatic nerve transect...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kobayashi S,Shirao T,Sasaki T

更新日期：2001-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo formation of 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium ion (MPP(+)) in the striatum, and dopaminergic neurotoxicity following systemic administration of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) in the presence and absence of calcium channel agonist (+/-)-Bay K8644 were analyzed in Balb/c mice. We used HPLC-photod...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Samantaray S,Mohanakumar KP

更新日期：2003-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoreaction for vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) in the ependymal cells was investigated using two different commercially available polyclonal antisera for VIP. Immunostaining with an anti-VIP serum showed strong reaction products in the ependymal cells of the central canal and the third ventricle, in additi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kawano H,Masuko S

更新日期：1989-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:In the superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1)(G93A G1H) transgenic mouse, the primary pathology and disease signs are associated with the degeneration of motor neurons in the lumbar spinal cord. It is unclear if the descending motor pathways from the cortex and brainstem are also compromised. The retrograde tracer Fluorogold w...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zang DW,Cheema SS

更新日期：2002-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-1beta (IL1beta) peripheral activities are mediated by type I IL1 receptors (IL1RI), whereas type II IL1 receptors (IL1RII) act as 'decoy' targets. To study the functionality of IL1RII in the brain, mice were treated with an intracerebroventricular injection of a neutralising MoAb directed against IL1RII (4...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Cremona S,Layé S,Dantzer R,Parnet P

更新日期：1998-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are ligand-dependent transcription factors which belong to the nuclear receptor family. We examined whether PPARalpha agonists and resveratrol, a polyphenol contained in grapes, protect the brain against ischemia. To investigate whether resveratrol activates PPARs, w...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Inoue H,Jiang XF,Katayama T,Osada S,Umesono K,Namura S

更新日期：2003-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Presenilin-1 (PSEN1) mutations I143T and G384A give rise to severe early onset Alzheimers's disease in two extensively studied Belgian families, AD/A and AD/B. In this study we investigated the influence of the I143T and G384A mutations on PSEN1 proteolytic processing. Hereto we analyzed PSEN1 processing in lymphoblas...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Vanderhoeven I,Cras P,Martin JJ,Van Broeckhoven C,De Jonghe C

更新日期：1999-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The localization of serotonin and non-serotonin-containing cell bodies in the interpeduncular nucleus of the rat that project to the hippocampal formation was studied using the technique of retrograde tracing of Granular Blue and immunohistochemistry on the same sections. The results indicate that the caudal magnocell...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Groenewegen HJ,Steinbusch HW

更新日期：1984-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) are a group of clinically and genetically heterogeneous neurological diseases. The expansion of unstable microsatellite repeats has been identified as the underlying pathogenic cause of 10 subtypes of autosomal dominant SCAs. The aetiology of sporadic SCA is unknown. The aim of this stud...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Majounie E,Wardle M,Muzaimi M,Cross WC,Robertson NP,Williams NM,Morris HR

更新日期：2007-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed at investigating how a specific instruction concerning gaze orientation, which involved active head motion, could influence the performance of human subjects in a self-controlled whole-body rotation task in the dark. Subjects were seated on a mobile robotic chair that they controlled using a jo...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Siegler I,Israël I

更新日期：2002-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle vibration does not affect post-synaptic excitability of the corresponding motoneuronal pool, the concurrent depression of the monosynaptic reflex resulting from a pre-motoneuronal block of Ia spindle afferents. Indeed (1) both homonymous and heteronymous soleus responses (to electrical stimulation of the poster...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Abbruzzese M,Minatel C,Faga D,Favale E

更新日期：1997-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We have looked at the effect of synthetic mu-conotoxin GIIIA, a selective blocker of muscle Na channels, on various parameters of synaptic transmission at the frog sartorius nerve-muscle preparation. We found that 5 microM mu-conotoxin consistently blocked muscle action potentials, but had no effect on nerve action po...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Sosa MA,Zengel JE

更新日期：1993-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Hearing loss is a common sensory disorder that affects more than 360 million people worldwide, and is primarily caused by the loss of hair cells (HCs). Ototoxic drugs, viral infections, genetic predisposition, aging or noise all damage HCs. 3β-hydroxysteroid-Δ24 reductase (DHCR24), one enzyme in the cholesterol biosyn...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tian KY,Chang HM,Wang J,Qi MH,Wang WL,Qiu Y,Liang K,Chen FQ,Zha DJ,Qiu JH

更新日期：2019-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of neural arousal mechanisms has been greatly aided by the discovery of the orexin peptides (orexin A and orexin B), the subsequent identification of the neurons that synthesize these peptides, their projections in the brain, and the distribution of orexin receptors in the central nervous system. Orexin neur...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Brown TM,Coogan AN,Cutler DJ,Hughes AT,Piggins HD

更新日期：2008-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is a common disorder of cognitive functions in aged patients following anesthesia and surgery. α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (α7-nAChR) plays a regulatory role in cognitive processes and is involved in cognitive deficits. This study aims to observe the effect of electr...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Liu PR,Zhou Y,Zhang Y,Diao S

更新日期：2017-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatosensory amplification refers to the tendency to experience benign and ambiguous somatic sensation as intense, noxious, and disturbing. The construct is helpful in assessing the perceptual style of a variety of somatizing conditions, but there is no human study clarifying the effects of neurological function on s...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nakao M,Barsky AJ,Nishikitani M,Yano E,Murata K

更新日期：2007-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases. Identifying PD cognitive impairment (PDCI) in the early stage will help slow or prevent PD dementia. Susceptibility loci for PDCI are inconsistent in different studies. The aim of this study is to determine susceptibility loci for PDCI in t...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Liu HJ,Li XY,Chen H,Yu HL,Tao QQ,Wu ZY

更新日期：2020-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-1 (IL-1) mediates numerous responses on the mouse anterior pituitary cell line AtT-20. We have studied the ligand binding properties of the IL-1 receptors (IL-1R) of the AtT-20 cells and found that they possess 1.5 x 10(3) receptors/cell with a Kd of 0.15 nM for [125I]IL-1 alpha. Using oligonucleotide prim...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Bristulf J,Simoncsits A,Bartfai T

更新日期：1991-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate whether mice with a deletion of the gene that encodes the protein kinase C gamma (PKC gamma) isoform could affect the G-protein activation mediated through the opioid receptor-like (ORL-1) receptor and mu-opioid receptor in the mouse pons/medulla and spinal cord, monitor...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Narita M,Mizoguchi H,Khotib J,Suzuki M,Ozaki S,Yajima Y,Narita M,Tseng LF,Suzuki T

更新日期：2002-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to investigate the relationship between DNA methylation and expression of human dopamine transporter (hDAT). We examined methylation status of hDAT in cells with various hDAT expression levels, including two dopaminergic neural cell lines (SK-N-AS and SH-SY-5Y) and one non-dopaminergic cell line (HEK29...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zhai D,Li S,Dong G,Zhou D,Yang Y,Wang X,Zhao Y,Yang Y,Lin Z

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To demonstrate the preference of lactate over glucose as an energy substrate in normal brain tissue under normoxic condition, the dynamic changes in glucose uptake by lactate loading were investigated in living rat brain slices using a positron autoradiography technique. Fresh rat brain slices were incubated with [18F...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Murata T,Waki A,Omata N,Fujibayashi Y,Sadato N,Yano R,Yoshimoto M,Isaki K,Yonekura Y

更新日期：1998-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the concentrations of the putative transmitter amino acids in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with Alzheimer type dementia (ATD) and vascular dementia of the Binswanger type (VDBT). In ATD, aspartate and glutamate concentrations were significantly and selectively reduced, while in VDBT, concentration...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tohgi H,Abe T,Takahashi S,Kimura M

更新日期：1992-07-06 00:00:00