Neuroprotection by the kappa-opioid receptor agonist, BRL52537, is mediated via up-regulating phosphorylated signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 in cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats.

abstract：:Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and mitochondria are intracellular organelles and their interactions are directly involved in different processes such as Ca(2+) signaling in cell survival and death mechanisms. Bcl-2 is an anti-apoptotic protein intrinsically related to ER and mitochondria, modulating Ca(2+) content in thes...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Hirata H,Lopes GS,Jurkiewicz A,Garcez-do-Carmo L,Smaili SS

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Senescence of the central nervous system is characterized by a progressive loss of neurons that can result in physiological and behavioral impairments. Reduction in the levels of central neurotrophic factors or of neurotrophin receptors may be one of the causes of the onset of these degenerative events. Thus, a proper...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Taglialatela G,Navarra D,Olivi A,Ramacci MT,Werrbach-Perez K,Perez-Polo JR,Angelucci L

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary malignant brain cancer, one of the most deadly diseases, has a high rate of recurrence after treatment. Studies in the past several years have led to the hypothesis that the root of the recurrence may be brain tumor stem cells (BTSCs), stem-like subpopulation of cells that are responsible for propagating the t...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Xie Z

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholinergic muscarinic receptors, when stimulated by arecoline, can activate cytosolic phospholipase A(2) (cPLA(2)) to release arachidonic acid (AA) from membrane phospholipid. This signal can be imaged in the brain in vivo using quantitative autoradiography following the intravenous injection of radiolabeled AA, as a...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Basselin M,Villacreses NE,Lee HJ,Bell JM,Rapoport SI

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats were long-term morphine-intoxicated by a fluid-diet model ensuring an equal nutrient intake in morphinized and control rats. Uptake of neurotransmitters and D-ala2-met5-enkephalinamide (Enk) was studied in the particulate fractions (obtained at 10,000 g) from well defined brain regions of long-term intoxicated an...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Rönnbäck L,Hansson E,Cupello A,Rapallino MV,Zeuchner J,Rosengren L

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence was accumulated indicating that cyclic nucleotides are involved in regulation of growth, differentiation and function of lymphoid cells. It was previously shown that the N-fragment (1-4) of thymosin beta 4 (Ac-Ser-Asp-Lys-Pro-OH) inhibits in vivo the entry of cell populations into S-phase. In the course of th...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Voelter W,Kapuzniotu A,Mihelic M,Gurvits B,Abrahamian G,Galoyan A

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review properties of lipid acetyltransferase enzymes are outlined. The three activities of interest are lyso PAF acetyltransferase (acetyl CoA: 1-alkyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine acetyltransferase), AGP acetyltransferase (acetyl CoA: 1-alkyl sn-glycero-3-phosphate acetyltransferase) and a transacetylase activ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Baker RR

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C-6 glial cells were studied in culture with respect to morphological and biochemical changes under several experimental conditions. Doubling time was 33 hr for cells plated at either 0.5 or 1.0×10(6) cells per flask. Markedly reduced cell growth and astrocyte-like appearance were observed following dibutyryl cyclic A...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Vernadakis A,Nidess R

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The consumption of flavonoid-rich foods, in particular fruits and vegetables, has been epidemiologically associated with a reduced risk of heart disease, neurodegenerative disease, cancer and other chronic diseases. Flavonoid glycosides, the main class of flavonoids, have been shown to exert CNS-mediated activities, p...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Fernandez SP,Nguyen M,Yow TT,Chu C,Johnston GA,Hanrahan JR,Chebib M

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous study conducted in this laboratory revealed a decrease in total cholinesterase (total ChE) in the cerebral cortex, hippocampus and striatum in aged rats (24 months) of various strains, as compared with young animals (3 months). The purpose of the present experiments was to extend the study to other brain ar...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Meneguz A,Bisso GM,Michalek H

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human formyl peptide receptor like 1 (FPRL-1) is a variant of the Gi-coupled formyl-peptide receptor. Functional FPRL-1 is endogenously expressed in the U87 astrocytoma cell line and there is accumulating evidence to suggest that FPRL-1 may be involved in neuroinflammation associated with the pathogenesis of Alzhe...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Kwan DH,Kam AY,Wong YH

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ellagic acid (EA, 2,3,7,8-tetrahydroxy-chromeno; C14H6O8) is a polyphenol derived from fruits (pomegranates, berries) and nuts. EA exhibits antioxidant capacity and induces anti-inflammatory actions in several mammalian tissues. EA has been characterized as a possible neuroprotective agent, but the number of reports i...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： de Oliveira MR

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence is presented in support of the working hypothesis that "prenervous" neurotransmitters directly participate in cell-cell interactions occurring during the first several cleavage divisions of sea urchin embryos, a function which may occur during the early development of higher animals as well. This intercellula...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Buznikov GA,Shmukler YB

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothalamic and plasma dopamine-beta-hydroxylase [DBH, EC 1.14.2.1] activites were measured by a coupled radioenzymatic method. Animals representing five experimental groups [intact controls, adrenalectomized, pinealectomized, adrenalectomized pinealectomized, doubly sham-operated] were killed and sampled at 8 times ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Banerji TK,Quay WB,Kachi T

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic thiamine deprivation in the rat leads to ataxia, loss of righting reflex and neuropathological damage to lateral vestibular nucleus. Before onset of neurological symptoms, transketolase (TK) activities were found to be selectively reduced by 25% in lateral vestibular nucleus and surrounding pons. Further progr...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Giguère JF,Butterworth RF

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Kindling" is a phenomenon of epileptogenesis, which has been widely used as an experimental model of temporal lobe epilepsy. At the present work we investigated the contribution of NMDA receptors in the Pentylenetetrazol-induced "kindling" model in the mouse brain, by using quantitative autoradiography and the radioa...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Ekonomou A,Angelatou F

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemokines are small secreted proteins that are essential for the recruitment and activation of specific leukocyte subsets at sites of inflammation and for the development and homeostasis of lymphoid and nonlymphoid tissues. During the past decade, chemokines and their receptors have also emerged as key signaling mole...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Ambrosini E,Aloisi F

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blue light impinging on the many mitochondria associated with retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) in situ has the potential of eliciting necroptosis through an action on RIP1/RIP3 to stimulate RGC death in diseases like glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. Cells in culture die when exposed to blue light. The death process is ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Del Olmo-Aguado S,Núñez-Álvarez C,Osborne NN

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure chronically to n-hexane produces peripheral-central axonopathy mediated by 2,5-hexanedione (HD). Previous studies have demonstrated decreases in neurofilament (NF) contents of peripheral and central nervous regions from rats intoxicated with HD, and recent analysis has demonstrated that axonal atrophy, instea...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Zhang T,Zhao X,Zhu Z,Yu L,Han X,Zhang C,Xie K

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathophysiological concentrations of branched chain keto-acids (BCKAs), such as those that occur in maple syrup urine disease, inhibit oxygen consumption in liver homogenates and brain slices and the enzymatic activity of alpha-ketoglutarate- and pyruvate dehydrogenase complexes. Consistent with previous work, studies...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Shestopalov AI,Kristal BS

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemin is a breakdown product of the blood protein, hemoglobin and is responsible for much of the secondary damage caused following a hemorrhagic stroke. Hemin is toxic to cultured astrocytes and it is thought that this toxicity is due to iron that is liberated when hemin is degraded. However, free iron applied to astr...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Owen JE,Bishop GM,Robinson SR

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A concise discussion of the role of different geometrical conformational states in the process of self-assembling of gangliosides is given. The report focuses on the effects of the geometrical variations occurring in the head group region of gangliosides as reflected on the geometrical properties of the whole assembly...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Brocca P,Cantù L,Corti M,Del Favero E,Raudino A

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-terminal protein arginylation has been demonstrated in vitro and in situ and has been reported to increase following injury to sciatic nerves of rats. The present study attempts to demonstrate these reactions in vivo by applying [3H]Arg to the cut end of sciatic nerves in anesthetized rats and assaying for N-termina...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Wang YM,Ingoglia NA

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative measurements were made of choline acetyltransferase (CAT) activity, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity and cholinergic muscarinic receptor binding ([3H]QNB) in eight areas of a cross-section of the rat medulla oblongata. A fourth cholinergic parameter, high-affinity choline uptake, was measured in three...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Simon JR,Oderfeld-Nowak B,Felten DL,Aprison MH

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Role of the orexinergic system in pain modulation is well studied and involvement of the spinal orexin-1 receptors is well documented. In this study, we examined role of the spinal orexin-2 receptors in modulation of inflammatory pain in rat. Fifty-one adult male Wistar rats were implanted unilaterally with a guide ca...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Rezaee L,Salehi S,Alizadeh AM,Fazli-Tabaei S,Haghparast A

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptosomes isolated from mouse brain were incubated with [14C]glutamate and [3H]gamma-amino-butyric acid ([3H]GABA), and then [14C]GABA (newly synthesized GABA) and [3H]GABA (newly captured GABA) in the synaptosomes were analysed. (1) the [3H]GABA was rapidly degraded in the synaptosomes, (2) when the synaptosomes w...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Asakura T,Matsuda M

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta 9-THC) administration on the central serotoninergic system were evaluated by biochemical assays of tissue levels of indoleamines; a measure of the serotonin (5-HT) innervation was obtained by using [3H]paroxetine as a marker of 5-HT uptake sites. Two different delta 9...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Molina-Holgado F,Molina-Holgado E,Leret ML,González MI,Reader TA

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously showed that peptide neurotensin inhibits neuronal Na(+), K(+)-ATPase activity, an effect which involves high affinity neurotensin receptor. Nitric oxide (NO) acts as a neurotransmitter or as a neuromodulator when it is synthesized by neuronal nitric oxide synthase. Neurotensin effect on Na(+), K(+)-...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： López Ordieres MG,Álvarez-Juliá A,Kemmling A,Rodríguez de Lores Arnaiz G

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial division inhibitor 1 (Mdivi-1) is the most effective pharmacological inhibitor of mitochondrial fission. Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a common and serious trauma, which lacks efficient treatment. This study aimed to detect the role of Mdivi-1 in neuronal injury and its underlying mechanism after acute SCI...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Li G,Jia Z,Cao Y,Wang Y,Li H,Zhang Z,Bi J,Lv G,Fan Z

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We observed that AP-3, an antagonist of metabotropic glutamate receptors, reduced carbachol-induced hydrolysis of phospholipids in hippocampal slices. This inhibition could be explained in different ways, e.g.: 1) AP-3 acts also as antagonist of muscarinic receptors mediating the hydrolysis of phospholipids induced by...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Llansola M,Hermenegildo C,Miñana MD,Felipo V

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00