Radiolabeling and in vitro /in vivo evaluation of N-(1-adamantyl)-8-methoxy-4-oxo-1-phenyl-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxamide as a PET probe for imaging cannabinoid type 2 receptor.

abstract：:Microglia are activated in humans following infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and brain inflammation is thought to be involved in neuronal injury and dysfunction during HIV infection. Numerous studies indicate a role for the HIV regulatory protein Tat in HIV-related inflammatory and neurodegenerative ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Bruce-Keller AJ,Barger SW,Moss NI,Pham JT,Keller JN,Nath A

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified a novel mouse gene named pancortin that is expressed dominantly in the mature cerebral cortex. This gene produces four different species of proteins, Pancortin-1-4, sharing a common region in the middle of their structure with two variations at the N-terminal (A1 or A2 part) and C-terminal (C1 or C2...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Nagano T,Nakamura A,Konno D,Kurata M,Yagi H,Sato M

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten-minute incubation with 1 mM S-nitroso-L-cysteine (NO-CYS), a nitric oxide (NO) generator, induced a 3.5-fold increase in the basal dopamine (DA) efflux from rat striatal slices. Reduced hemoglobin (100 microM), a NO scavenger, blocked this response. Nomifensine (10 microM), an inhibitor of high-affinity DA transpo...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Lonart G,Johnson KM

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GABAA receptors are activated via low-affinity binding sites for the agonists GABA or muscimol. Evidence has been provided that the amino acid residue alpha 1F64 located at the beta2(+)/alpha1(-) subunit interface forms part of this binding site. In radioactive ligand binding studies the agonist [3H]muscimol has been ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Baur R,Sigel E

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of serotonin (5-HT)1B receptors in the mechanism of action of selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRI) was studied by using intracerebral in vivo microdialysis in conscious, freely moving wild-type and 5-HT1B receptor knockout (KO 5-HT1B) mice in order to compare the effects of chronic administration o...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Gardier AM,David DJ,Jego G,Przybylski C,Jacquot C,Durier S,Gruwez B,Douvier E,Beauverie P,Poisson N,Hen R,Bourin M

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sustained increase in the brain concentrations of neuroactive steroids was previously shown to induce Y1 receptor gene expression in the amygdala of Y1R/LacZ transgenic mice which harbour a construct comprising the murine Y1 receptor gene promoter and the lacZ reporter gene. We now investigated the effects of restra...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Mele P,Oberto A,Serra M,Pisu MG,Floris I,Biggio G,Eva C

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycine receptor (GlyR) truncations in the intracellular TM3-4 loop, documented in patients suffering from hyperekplexia and in the mouse mutant oscillator, lead to non-functionality of GlyRs. The missing part that contains the TM3-4 loop, TM4 and C-terminal sequences is essential for pentameric receptor arrangements....

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Langlhofer G,Villmann C

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A protein that binds vesamicol has been purified from a soluble fraction of the Torpedo electric organ homogenate that does not contain synaptic vesicles. The purified vesamicol-binding protein (VBP) has a molecular mass of 470 kDa composed of 30- and 24-kDa subunits. Chemical deglycosylation yielded a single, heterog...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hicks BW,Rogers GA,Parsons SM

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variations occurring in cortical nitric oxide (NO) release were analysed with a voltametric method in rats (i) placed in control conditions, (ii) while being paradoxical sleep deprived (PSD), or (iii) recovering from a PSD. Activities of neuronal (nNOS) and inducible (iNOS) NO-synthases as well as nNOS expression were...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Clément P,Sarda N,Cespuglio R,Gharib A

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal neuronal activity requires that supporting cells provide both efficient nutrient delivery and waste disposal. The incomplete processing of engulfed waste by their lysosomes can lead to accumulation of residual material and compromise their support of neurons. As most degradative lysosomal enzymes function best...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Guha S,Baltazar GC,Tu LA,Liu J,Lim JC,Lu W,Argall A,Boesze-Battaglia K,Laties AM,Mitchell CH

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chick imprinting behavior is a good model for the study of learning and memory. Imprinting object is recognized and processed in the visual wulst, and the memory is stored in the intermediate medial mesopallium in the dorsal pallium of the telencephalon. We identified chicken cholecystokinin (CCK)-expressing cells loc...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Maekawa F,Nakamori T,Uchimura M,Fujiwara K,Yada T,Tsukahara S,Kanamatsu T,Tanaka K,Ohki-Hamazaki H

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proper brain function in the nervous system relies on the accurate establishment of synaptic contacts during development. Countless synapses populate the adult brain in an orderly fashion. In each synapse, a presynaptic terminal loaded with neurotransmitters-containing synaptic vesicles is perfectly aligned to an arra...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Pinto MJ,Almeida RD

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethanol provides neuroprotection following ischemia/reperfusion. This study assessed ethanol's effect on hyperglycolysis and NADPH oxidase (NOX) activation. Adult, male Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) for 2 h. Three sets of experiments were conducted to determine ethanol's...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kochanski R,Peng C,Higashida T,Geng X,Hüttemann M,Guthikonda M,Ding Y

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) on ATP levels in different areas of mouse brain were studied after rapid fixation of cerebral tissue in situ by microwave irradiation. ATP levels in the striatum, ventral mesencephalon, and cerebellum of untreated C57BL/6 mice killed by microwave irrad...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Chan P,DeLanney LE,Irwin I,Langston JW,Di Monte D

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin (Ang)-converting enzyme (ACE) 2 cleaves Ang-II into the vasodilator peptide Ang-(1-7), thus acting as a pivotal element in balancing the local effects of these peptides. ACE2 has been identified in various tissues and is supposed to be a modulator of cardiovascular function. Decreases in ACE2 expression an...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Xia H,Lazartigues E

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tanycytes are glial cells in the hypothalamus that are functionally part of the blood-brain barrier. They can sense nutrients and metabolites in the circulation such as glucose, then signal to neuronal systems to influence ingestive behaviour and energy storage, and ultimately affect body weight. The complex structure...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Ebling FJP

更新日期：2020-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurotoxic metabolite of N-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP), 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium, selectively accumulates in dopaminergic neurons via the dopamine reuptake system. Consequently, nontoxic radiolabeled MPTP analogs may be potentially useful for visualizing catecholaminergic neurons in vivo. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Efange SM,Mash D,Hefti F,Kung HF,Billings J

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nature of postsynaptic sites involved in the uptake and metabolism of striatal 3,4-dihydroxyphenylethylamine (dopamine, DA) was investigated. The accumulation of [3H]DA (10(-7) M) into slices of rat striatum was found to be greatly dependent (greater than 99%) on the presence of sodium ion in the incubation medium...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Schoepp DD,Azzaro AJ

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelin-deficient (mld) is a complex mutation affecting the myelin basic protein (MBP) locus of the mouse. It consists of duplication and partial inversion of the MBP gene and results in a dysfunctional MBP locus. The mutant phenotype is reversed, both in vivo and in vitro, in approximately 5% of mld oligodendrocytes. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Sun Y,Xu J,Barbarese E,Carson JH

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kallikrein 6 is a serine protease expressed abundantly in normal adult human and rodent CNS, and therein is regulated by injury. In the case of CNS demyelinating disease, K6 expression in CNS occurs additionally in perivascular and parenchymal inflammatory cells suggesting a role in pathogenesis. Herein we describe tw...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Christophi GP,Isackson PJ,Blaber S,Blaber M,Rodriguez M,Scarisbrick IA

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of cAMP signaling pathway and its transcriptional factor cyclic AMP response element binding protein (CREB) and coactivator are key determinants of neuronal differentiation and plasticity. We show that nuclear fibroblast growth factor receptor-1 (FGFR1) mediates cAMP-induced neuronal differentiation and reg...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Stachowiak EK,Fang X,Myers J,Dunham S,Stachowiak MK

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglial activation by blood-borne factors following blood-brain barrier damage may play a significant role in subsequent neuropathogenesis of several neurodegenerative diseases. Exposure of primary cultured rat brain microglia to pure, fatty acid- and lipid-deficient rat serum albumin or fraction V, (fatty acid and...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hooper C,Pinteaux-Jones F,Fry VA,Sevastou IG,Baker D,Heales SJ,Pocock JM

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presynaptic nicotinic acetylcholine receptors on striatal nerve terminals modulate the release of dopamine. We have compared the effects of a number of nicotinic agonists and antagonists on a perfused synaptosome preparation preloaded with [3H]dopamine. (-)-Nicotine, acetylcholine, and the nicotinic agonists cytisine ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Rapier C,Lunt GG,Wonnacott S

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mood, emotion, cognition, and motor functions as well as circadian and neuroendocrine rhythms, including food intake, sleep, and reproductive activity, are modulated by the midbrain raphe serotonin (5-HT) system. By directing the magnitude and duration of postsynaptic responses, carrier-facilitated 5-HT transport into...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Heils A,Teufel A,Petri S,Stöber G,Riederer P,Bengel D,Lesch KP

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) is an autosomal dominantly inherited neurodegenerative disorder for which no curative therapy is available. The cause of this disease is the expansion of a CAG repeat in the so-called ATXN3 gene leading to an expanded polyglutamine stretch in the ataxin-3 protein. Although the func...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Schmidt J,Schmidt T,Golla M,Lehmann L,Weber JJ,Hübener-Schmid J,Riess O

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the expression of ionotropic glutamate receptor subunits in primary neuronal cultures from rat cortex, hippocampus and cerebellum and of metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptor subtypes in these neuronal cultures as well as in cortical astroglial cultures. We found that the NMDA receptor (NR) subunits NR1,...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Janssens N,Lesage AS

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glial glutamate transporter-1 (GLT-1) is the predominant subtype of glutamate transporters which are responsible for the homeostasis of extracellular glutamate. Our previous studies have shown that up-regulation in GLT-1 protein expression matches brain ischemic tolerance induced by cerebral ischemic preconditioning (...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Liu AJ,Hu YY,Li WB,Xu J,Zhang M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beneficial or detrimental role of gap junction communication in the pathophysiology of brain injury is still controversial. We used co-cultures of hippocampal astrocytes and neurons, where we identified homocellular astrocyte-astrocyte and heterocellular astrocyte-neuron coupling by fluorescence recovery after pho...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Zündorf G,Kahlert S,Reiser G

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-Aspartate N-acetyltransferase, a nervous system enzyme that mediates the synthesis of N-acetyl-L-aspartic acid, has been characterized. In the presence of acetyl-CoA, L-aspartate was acetylated 10-fold more efficiently than L-glutamate, and the acetylation of aspartylglutamate was not detectable. Within the nervous ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Truckenmiller ME,Namboodiri MA,Brownstein MJ,Neale JH

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last 40 years, especially with the application of new neurochemical and molecular biological techniques, there has been explosive progress in understanding how certain ligands and drugs are transported across the blood-brain barrier and choroid plexus out of brain and CSF. In the CNS, there are several separate...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Spector R

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00