Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) induces a K+ current in the Xenopus oocyte membrane.

abstract：:Currently, the black/white preference test has been used to evaluate anxiety-like behaviors in zebrafish. However, several inconsistent results have been reported across literature. Since animal behavior can be influenced by several environmental factors, the main goal of the present study was to investigate the influ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Córdova SD,Dos Santos TG,de Oliveira DL

更新日期：2016-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The subliminal affective priming was studied by recording event-related potential (ERP) to ambiguous neutral faces preceded by 20ms positive or negative prime faces. Behavioral results showed that positive and negative prime faces led to valance-consistent biases in affective judgments of ambiguous neutral faces. ERP ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lu Y,Zhang WN,Hu W,Luo YJ

更新日期：2011-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The neural mechanisms of low back pain (LBP) are still enigmatic. Presently, low back muscles are being discussed as an important source of LBP. Here, the neuroanatomical pathway of the nociceptive information from the caudal multifidus muscle (MF) was studied. True blue was injected into the MF at the level L5 to vis...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Taguchi T,John V,Hoheisel U,Mense S

更新日期：2007-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental findings have suggested the possibility of a functional relationship between the basal ganglia and the hippocampus. Previous research has revealed a predominantly inhibitory action of the caudate nucleus (CN) and an excitatory effect of the globus pallidus (GP) on electrically induced hippocampal afterdis...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： La Grutta V,Sabatino M,Ferraro G,Liberti G,La Grutta G

更新日期：1986-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of intraplantar dexmedetomidine to relieve neuropathic pain and determine the role of peripheral α2-adrenoceptors. Neuropathic pain was induced by ligating the L5 and L6 spinal nerves in male Sprague-Dawley rats, and mechanical allodynia was assessed using von Frey ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lee HG,Choi JI,Kim YO,Yoon MH

更新日期：2013-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The origin of sympathetic and sensory innervation of the elbow and knee joint was studied by the intra-axonal transport method. After injection of WGA-HRP into the elbow and knee joint unilaterally in adult monkeys (macaca fascicularis), labelled cells were observed ipsilaterally in both the sympathetic and dorsal roo...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Wiberg M,Widenfalk B

更新日期：1991-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether or not chronic L-dopa treatment (100 mg/kg, intraperitoneally (i.p.), twice daily for 4 weeks) alters lipid peroxidation in the brain as an indicator of neuronal damage was examined in normal mice and mice in which catecholamine (CA) neurons had been injured previously by the administration of 6-hydroxydopamin...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ogawa N,Asanuma M,Kondo Y,Kawada Y,Yamamoto M,Mori A

更新日期：1994-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Substance P (SP) plays an important role in sensitization of spinal cord neurons. In this study, we investigated SP-induced calcium activities in cultured rat spinal cord neurons with confocal laser scanning microscopy. Our results showed that SP increased [Ca(2+)](i) by calcium entry rather than release from intracel...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zhou ZS,Shu YS,Zhao ZQ

更新日期：2000-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of suppression of postsynaptic density protein 95 (PSD-95) expression on the increased tyrosine phosphorylation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit NR2A and interactions of Src and Fyn with NR2A after brain ischemia were investigated by immunoprecipitation and immunoblotting. Transient (15 min) brain ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hou XY,Zhang GY,Zong YY

更新日期：2003-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Strengthening of synaptic connections has been proposed to underlie information storage in the brain, and experience-dependent increases in synapse number have been observed. However, the effect of these new synapses on the specific connectivity, and thus function, of a given brain area remains largely unknown. We rep...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Federmeier KD,Kleim JA,Greenough WT

更新日期：2002-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Although chlorpromazine was shown to greatly inhibit a Ca2+-mediated cell death at favorable concentrations (10(-6)-10(-5) M), it caused a drastic decrease in cell viability at higher concentrations (10(-4)-10(-3) M) in a human neuroblastoma cell line. The toxic effect of chlorpromazine also occurred in Ca2+-free medi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Abe K,Sekizawa T,Kogure K

更新日期：1986-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have observed increased tachykinin NK(1) receptor immunoreactivity (NK(1)-IR) in the prefrontal cortex in subjects with schizophrenia. Since the subjects were medicated the possibility of a treatment effect could not be excluded. Thus, the present study was undertaken to determine the effect of chroni...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tooney PA,Anderson WB,Lynch-Frame A,Chahl LA

更新日期：2005-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The entorhinal cortex (EC) is an essential relay station in neocortical - hippocampal information transfer and memory functions. Layer II stellate and layer III pyramidal neurons show specific damage in Alzheimer's disease and epilepsy, respectively. Using whole cell patch clamp recording in rat brain slices we here d...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Visan V,Heinemann U,Volynets A,Müller W

更新日期：2002-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous work has established that adenosine is toxic to chick embryonic sympathetic neurons and kills freshly plated neurons by a process of apoptosis. Although the exact mechanism remains unknown, we found that phosphorylation of adenosine was essential to the toxicity. Using markers for RNA ([3H]uridine) and pr...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kulkarni JS,Przywara DA,Wakade TD,Wakade AR

更新日期：1998-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the complement system is believed to be involved in degenerative processes of certain neurological diseases, including Alzheimer disease. Recent data have shown that the mRNAs for these proteins can be detected in brain-derived mRNA. In this study, C4 mRNA was detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Walker DG,McGeer PL

更新日期：1993-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently showed that dopamine (DA) and serotonin (5-HT) exert anticonvulsant effects against limbic seizures in rats mediated by hippocampal D(2) and 5-HT(1A) receptor stimulation. For exogenously administered monoamines, anticonvulsant activity was only observed following 70--400% and 80--350% increases in baselin...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Clinckers R,Smolders I,Meurs A,Ebinger G,Michotte Y

更新日期：2005-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal rats tend to respond to a sudden burst of noise or flash of light with slightly less startle when they are engaged in active behaviour at the time of presentation. This effect is vastly more pronounced in animals with lesions of the superior colliculus. These results are taken as support for a theory implicatin...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Goodale MA,Milner AD,Rose JE

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the R(-) and S(+) isomers of 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) and its N-methyl analog 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) on [3H]inositol monophosphate accumulation was studied in cells expressing either 5-HT2A or 5-HT2C receptors. The isomers of MDA produced a concentration dependent increase in...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nash JF,Roth BL,Brodkin JD,Nichols DE,Gudelsky GA

更新日期：1994-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many evidences suggest that ascorbate in the extracellular space can affect glutamate concentration in the rat's brain. In this report, we studied how ascorbate in microdialysis perfusion medium affected glutamate level at the striatum in freely-moving rats. Three perfusion mediums were used: 0, 250, and 400...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lai YJ,Shen EY,Pan WH

更新日期：2000-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to determine differences in neural networks between expert and novice archers during an archery pre-performance routine period (PPR). The experiment was conducted with eight world-class competitor or Olympic medalist archers and eight novices. In the experiment, the task was to s...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kim J,Lee HM,Kim WJ,Park HJ,Kim SW,Moon DH,Woo M,Tennant LK

更新日期：2008-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Decreased dopamine (DA) release in the hippocampus may be caused by dysfunctional mastication, although the mechanisms involved remain unclear. The present study examined the effects of soft- and hard-food diets on oxidative stress in the brain, and the relationship between these effects and hippocampal DA levels. The...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yoshino F,Yoshida A,Hori N,Ono Y,Kimoto K,Onozuka M,Lee MC

更新日期：2012-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenylquinoline, PK 8165 (5-25 mg/kg), produced dose-related reductions in locomotor activity, rearing and exploratory head-dipping in a holeboard. Neither Ro 15-1788 (1, 10 or 20 mg/kg) nor CGS 8216 (1 or 10 mg/kg) was able to reverse the reductions in locomotor activity or rearing. This suggests that at least so...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： File SE,Pellow S

更新日期：1984-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The experiments were designed to determine whether twisting of the trunk induces eye movements in man. The subject's head and neck were fixed firmly, and the chair in which the subject sat was turned along a vertical axis sinusoidally at about 1 4 Hz . It was found that the eye deviated horizontally in a direction cou...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Warabi T

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differences between neural processing underling day and night vision occur at initial transduction steps. However, comparison of a visual task performance in photopic versus scotopic situations has an intrinsic problem: ambient light levels directly affect the contrast between stimuli and background. By using a simple...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kihara AH,Tsurumaki AM,Ribeiro-do-Valle LE

更新日期：2006-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:This article has been withdrawn at the request of the author(s) and/or editor. The Publisher apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. The full Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal can be found at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy. ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Wang JJ,Li QS,Li Y,Zheng YR

更新日期：2011-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Guanidine, the active ingredient extracted from Galega officinalis, is introduced as a ligand for imidazoline I2 receptor (I2R) because guanidine decreased plasma glucose via an activation of I2BR to increase glucose uptake into skeletal muscle isolated from Wistar rats. However, the signals for this action of guanidi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lui TN,Tsao CW,Huang SY,Chang CH,Cheng JT

更新日期：2010-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Tapentadol is a dual action molecule with mu opioid agonist and norepinephrine (NE) reuptake blocking activity that has recently been introduced for the treatment of moderate to severe pain. The effects of intraperitoneal (i.p.) morphine (10mg/kg), tapentadol (10 or 30 mg/kg) or duloxetine (30 mg/kg), a norepinephrine...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Meske DS,Xie JY,Oyarzo J,Badghisi H,Ossipov MH,Porreca F

更新日期：2014-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the relation between visual feedback and the degree of structure versus randomness in the variability of single-digit, isometric force output. Participants were instructed to maintain a constant level of force during the presence or absence of visual feedback about force output. The structure of force ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Athreya DN,Van Orden G,Riley MA

更新日期：2012-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal alteration of brain function is a characteristic complication of hepatic encephalopathy in both acute and chronic liver failure. Previous studies suggest that the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy involves chronic glial edema with subsequent alteration of glioneuronal communication, N-methyl-d-aspartate ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ohara K,Aoyama M,Fujita M,Sobue K,Asai K

更新日期：2009-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Because reelin and prestin genes are located close together on mouse chromosome 5, reelin homozygous mutant mice were compared with littermate controls. Experiments were designed to determine if the deletion in the reeler mouse affects the coding and/or regulatory regions for the expression of prestin, the outer hair ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zheng J,Richter CP,Cheatham MA

更新日期：2003-08-14 00:00:00