D-cycloserine: a ligand for the N-methyl-D-aspartate coupled glycine receptor has partial agonist characteristics.

abstract：:C31, consisting of 31 amino acid residues, is generated from the carboxyl terminal fragments (CTFs) of amyloid precursor protein (APP). It has been shown that C31 causes apoptosis in neurons and is present in brains of Alzheimer disease (AD) patients. Using whole-cell patch clamp techniques, we investigated effects of...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ma ZG,Wang J,Jiang H,Xie JX,Chen L

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reactivity of different narrow electroencephalographic (EEG) frequencies (4-6, 6-8, 8-10 and 10-12 Hz) to three types of emotionally laden film clips (aggressive, sad, neutral) were examined. We observed that different EEG frequency bands responded differently to the three types of film content. In the 4-6 Hz freq...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Krause CM,Viemerö V,Rosenqvist A,Sillanmäki L,Aström T

更新日期：2000-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement is implicated in the pathogenesis of inflammatory disorders of the central nervous system (CNS), like multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, and trauma. The anaphylatoxins C3a and C5a are thought to be the major contributors to complement-mediated inflammation in the CNS, likely mediating their effects vi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Boos L,Szalai AJ,Barnum SR

更新日期：2005-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to address the role of macrophages in Mn-induced neurotoxicity and to test the hypothesis that minocycline, a tetracycline derivative, attenuates the biochemical and morphological sequelae of Mn. Mn was unilaterally microinjected into rat nigra followed by systemic minocycline or saline ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ponzoni S

更新日期：2012-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence shows that inflammation may contribute to the pathophysiology of depression. Apigenin, one type of natural flavone, has a number of biological actions including anti-inflammatory effects. Although it has potential antidepressant activity in a chronic mild stress model, the mechanisms of antidepress...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Li R,Zhao D,Qu R,Fu Q,Ma S

更新日期：2015-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclosporine A (CsA) is the major immunosuppressive drug used for organ and neural transplantation and the therapy of selected autoimmune diseases. We investigated the effect of CsA on the activity of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) in the frontal cortex, hippocampus, septum, and basal ganglia. AChE was determined spectro...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Herink J,Krejcová G,Bajgar J,Svoboda Z,Kvĕtina J,Zivnú P,Palicka V

更新日期：2003-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In situ hybridization of mRNAs for beta- and gamma-cytoplasmic non-muscle actin in the mouse central nervous system revealed their differential expression correlating with the developmental stages. Most intense expression of both isoactin mRNAs at the specific postnatal developmental stage was observed in pyramidal ce...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Chiba T,Nakamura Y,Sakiyama S

更新日期：1990-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent discovery that subsets of rat taste receptor cells (TRCs) express the peptide cholecystokinin (CCK) and that subsets of TRCs respond to CCK with altered potassium currents or elevated intracellular calcium via CCK-A receptor has lead to the hypothesis that CCK may play a novel signaling role within the tast...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lu SG,Zhao FL,Herness S

更新日期：2003-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility that zinc (Zn2+) induces giant depolarizing potentials (GDPs) by blocking pre- and postsynaptic gamma-aminobutyric acidB (GABAB) receptors in area CA1 of rat hippocampal slices was investigated. Monosynaptic GABAA receptor-mediated fast and GABAB receptor-mediated late inhibitory postsynaptic potential...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lambert NA,Levitin M,Harrison NL

更新日期：1992-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The horizontal vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) of two groups of rats was measured. One group was bred and kept under hypergravity (HG; 2.5 g) conditions, the other group lived under normal gravity (NG; 1 g). Eye position was recorded in response to horizontal rotatory stimuli. Measurements were made under NG (1 g), and ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Wubbels RJ,de Jong HA

更新日期：2001-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Dissociable circadian rhythms of sleep and body temperature in primates are thought to be regulated by independent oscillators whereas the uncoupling of circadian rhythms has not been well described in other mammals. Therefore, we made simultaneous recordings of non-rapid-eye-movement-sleep (NREMS), rapid-eye-movement...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ikeda M,Sagara M,Inoué S

更新日期：2000-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A neurogenic contribution to joint inflammation has been demonstrated in rat adjuvant arthritis, however as inflammatory mechanisms vary between species it is unclear whether these observations can be applied more generally. The aim of this study was to assess the neurogenic contribution to cellular infiltration and o...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hood VC,Cruwys SC,Urban L,Kidd BL

更新日期：2001-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormalities of the white matter (WM) tracts integrity in brain areas involved in emotional regulation have been postulated in major depressive disorder (MDD). However, there is no diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) study in patients with treatment-responsive MDD at present. DTI scans were performed on 22 patients with t...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Guo WB,Liu F,Xue ZM,Gao K,Wu RR,Ma CQ,Liu ZN,Xiao CQ,Chen HF,Zhao JP

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined by immunohistochemistry the effect of salt loading on the expression of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC), and GTP cyclohydrolase I (GCH) in Purkinje cells of the mouse cerebellum. In control mice, only a few Purkinje cells were positive for TH or AADC. No Purkinje cells...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Sakai M,Fujii T,Karasawa N,Arai R,Nagatsu I

更新日期：1995-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, newborn male Wistar rats were injected, subcutaneously, five times, every other day, with monosodium glutamate (MSG, 4 g/kg bw) or saline (as control, C), during the neonatal period. MSG animals developed destruction of the arcuate nuclei (ARC) with absence of NPY-immunoreactive cell bodies, whic...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： de Andrade IS,Gonzalez JC,Hirata AE,Carneiro G,Amado D,Cavalheiro EA,Dolnikoff MS

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Horseradish peroxidase (HRP) was injected into the thalamic ventral tier of squirrel monkey and the brainstem was examined for the presence of HRP-reactive cells in the external cuneate nucleus (ECN), nuclei Z and X, and the mesencephalic nucleus of the trigeminal nerve (MNV). Results indicate that the ECN, Z and X ha...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Pearson JC,Garfunkel DA

更新日期：1983-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Theta rhythms in the hippocampus are believed to be the "metric" relating to various behavior patterns for free roaming rats. In this study, the theta rhythms were studied while rats either walked or were passively translated by a toy car on a linear track (referred to as WALK and TRANS respectively). For the similar ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Xie K,Yan Y,Fang X,Gao S,Hong B

更新日期：2012-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In a random number generation (RNG) task subjects are instructed to generate the numbers 1-10 in a random fashion. RNG performance is assumed to involve executive functions, as it requires controlled response generation and suppression of habitual responses. To investigate cerebral structures involved in RNG associate...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Daniels C,Witt K,Wolff S,Jansen O,Deuschl G

更新日期：2003-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The longest central nervous system (CNS) specific isoform of the major myelin-associated inhibitor of neurite growth, Nogo-A, has previously been shown to be expressed largely in oligodendrocytes. Using an antibody raised against a recombinant fusion protein comprising amino acids 223-399 of Nogo-A, we show in this re...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Liu H,Ng CE,Tang BL

更新日期：2002-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The projection of tooth pulp afferents in the spinal trigeminal nucleus (N.V.sp.) and the effect of dorsolateral medullotomy on cortical potentials evoked by electrical stimulation of Adelta tooth pulp nerve fibres were studied in cats. It was confirmed that antidromic responses were recorded in the tooth pulp nerve t...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Keller O,Kalina M,Ujec E,Zivný A,Vyklický L

更新日期：1981-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Motor nerve supplies to 15 poles of rat lumbrical spindle were reconstructed from serial, 1-micron transverse sections of muscle embedded in resin. Neural and muscular elements associated with the modulation of static sensitivity of afferents were deficient in these spindles relative to cat tenuissimus and rat soleus ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Walro JM,Kucera J

更新日期：1985-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve fibers immunoreactive for vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) were demonstrated by immunocytochemistry in the dog and rat kidney. They were seen in association with the renal artery and its branches. In the dog, VIP-immunoreactive fibers were rarely seen close to small blood vessels suggestive of arterioles....

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Barajas L,Sokolski KN,Lechago J

更新日期：1983-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of spinal astrocytes may contribute to neuropathic pain. Adjacent astrocytes can make direct communication through gap junctions formed by connexin 43 (Cx43) in the central nervous system. Yet, the role of spinal astroglial gap junctions in neuropathic pain is not fully understood. Since Cx43 is the connexi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Xu Q,Cheong YK,He SQ,Tiwari V,Liu J,Wang Y,Raja SN,Li J,Guan Y,Li W

更新日期：2014-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Nogo-A has been identified as an inhibitory molecule to neurite outgrowth after injury in adult mammalian central nervous system (CNS). The C-terminal fragment of Nogo-A, Nogo-66, inhibits axonal regrowth through NgR1 signaling. Residues 1-32 of Nogo-66 cover two regions that contribute most affinity of Nogo-66 to NgR...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Deng Q,Cai W,Li S,Su B

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Horseradish peroxidase (HRP), injected into the rat caudal medulla oblongata, was detected by immunoperoxidase staining in 120 microns frozen sections, allowing examination of both the distribution and morphology of transporting neurons. In the hypothalamus, several groups of HRP-labeled neurons could be distinguished...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Sofroniew MV,Schrell U

更新日期：1980-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Convulsions were induced in rats by a single injection of pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) and [3H]L-2-amino-4-phosphonobutyrate ([3H]L-AP4) in vitro receptor autoradiography was used to evaluate the effects on the expression of group III metabotropic glutamate receptors. Significant increases by 60-80% in [3H]L-AP4 binding wa...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Thomsen C

更新日期：1999-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the conduction velocity of motor and autonomic nerves, motor nerve to foot interosseous muscle and cervical vagus and sympathetic nerve, in streptozotocin diabetic rats (1-3 months duration of diabetes) and compared it with that of age-matched controls. In diabetic rats, the motor nerve conduction velo...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yamazaki Y,Karakida T,Homma S

更新日期：1990-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) can be activated by opioids such as morphine via opioid receptor, and their activations have been observed in synaptic plasticity, learning, memory and addiction. Long-term exposure to morphine may induce physical dependence, manifested as somatic withdrawal symptoms such as di...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Li T,Hou Y,Cao W,Yan CX,Chen T,Li SB

更新日期：2010-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) was studied in regenerating adult rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons in culture. VIP was not detected by radioimmunoassay in newly established cultures but increasing concentrations were observed between 2 and 4 days and VIP remained detectable for more than 2 ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Mulderry PK,Lindsay RM

更新日期：1990-01-22 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