Rewarding and reinforcing effects of 4-chloro-2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine and AH-7921 in rodents.

abstract：:Depression associated with diabetes has been described as a highly debilitating comorbidity. Due to its complex and multifactorial mechanisms, the treatment of depression associated with diabetes represents a clinical challenge. Cannabidiol (CBD), the non-psychotomimetic compound derived from Cannabis sativa, has been...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： de Morais H,Chaves YC,Waltrick APF,Jesus CHA,Genaro K,Crippa JA,da Cunha JM,Zanoveli JM

更新日期：2018-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:CREATE (Consider, Read, Elucidate hypotheses, Analyze and interpret data, Think of the next Experiment) is a pedagogical approach for teaching and learning science through the rigorous analysis of primary scientific literature. This mini-review focuses on the tools, assignments, and in-class activities by which this s...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Pugh-Bernard A,Kenyon KL

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The sulphur-containing acidic amino acids (SAAs) display neuroexcitatory actions similar to those of L-glutamate and are widely regarded as bona fide transmitter candidates. In this study, L-cysteine sulphinic acid, L-cysteic acid, DL-homocysteic acid and L-homocysteine sulphinic acid were investigated for their abili...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Porter RH,Roberts PJ

更新日期：1993-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:PC12 rat pheochromocytoma cells undergo programmed cell death or apoptosis with DNA fragmentation when deprived of serum. Here, we isolated a subclone of PC12, PC12FrR, that was resistant to DNA fragmentation in a serum-free condition. PC12FrR grew slightly faster, and had cells that were slightly larger than parental...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Sawada M,Kondo N,Marunouchi T

更新日期：1995-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid beta-protein, the major constituent of Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain amyloid deposits, is encoded by several alternatively spliced amyloid precursor protein (APP) mRNAs. The well-established associated in Down's syndrome (DS) between APP overproduction and premature development of AD, as well as the recent de...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ledoux S,Bergeron C,Nalbantoglu J,Gauthier S,Cashman NR

更新日期：1995-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied event-related desynchronization (ERD) of the 8-13 Hz rhythm (mu rhythm) of the primary somatosensory cortex (SI) caused by contra- and ipsilateral median-nerve stimulation. We used whole-head magnetoencephalography (MEG) and wavelet analysis together with our newly developed color-coded single-trial ERD dis...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nikouline VV,Linkenkaer-Hansen K,Wikström H,Kesäniemi M,Antonova EV,Ilmoniemi RJ,Huttunen J

更新日期：2000-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Several lines of evidence suggest a physiological role for Cu2+ in regulating nervous system function. In the present study using whole-cell patch-clamp recording, Cu2+ greatly enhanced current activated by 10 microM ATP in the majority of rat nodose ganglion neurons. The enhancement was concentration-dependent betwee...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Li C,Peoples RW,Weight FF

更新日期：1996-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Olivary hypertrophy, a combined retrograde and transneuronal reaction, is found in cells of the inferior olive after cerebellar ablation in the cat. Its chief features are central chromatolysis and hypertrophy of the peripherally located granular endoplasmatic reticulum with accumulation of electron-dense material in ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Boesten AJ,Voogd J

更新日期：1985-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Functioning of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis was assessed in rats treated with DSP-4 (N-(2-chloroethyl)-N-ethyl-2-bromobenzylamine), a selective noradrenergic neurotoxin. Although adrenal weights were slightly increased 10 days after DSP-4 injection, basal plasma corticosterone levels were unaltered co...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Dooley DJ,Hunziker G,Häusler A

更新日期：1984-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability in vivo of the muscarinic agonist, pilocarpine, to increase phosphoinositol (PI) hydrolysis in lithium pretreated rats was investigated by measuring the accumulation of [(3)H]inositol phosphates (IP). As expected, 20 mg/kg s.c. pilocarpine, a muscarinic agonist, increased PI hydrolysis in the striatum, fro...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Johnson MP,Kelly GM,Chamberlain M

更新日期：2000-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory CNS disorder, resulting in progressive neurological dysfunction. The disease has a higher incidence in Caucasian Americans (CA) than African Americans (AA); however, the latter may have a more aggressive disease course. We used cluster analysis to determine whether the...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Huang R,Hughes M,Mobley S,Lanham I,Poduslo SE

更新日期：2007-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:On anesthetized adult rats, we examined the possibility that the discharges of spinocerebellar Purkinje cells (PCs) are modulated by passive limb positioning. The rat forelimb was passively placed in four different sagittal positions while the simple spike spontaneous activity of single PCs was recorded; recordings st...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Giaquinta G,Casabona A,Valle MS,Bosco G,Perciavalle V

更新日期：1998-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The photoactivable compound phenylazide interacts reversibly with the frog's olfactory epithelium when delivered as an olfactory stimulus. Its application together with UV irradiation resulted in a differential reduction of the responses (electro-olfactogram) to several odorants. It was found that this chemical modifi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Delaleu JC,Holley A

更新日期：1983-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical efficacy of clozapine in treating schizophrenia may stem from its lack of receptor selectivity. If true, several clozapine-sensitive receptors may be co-expressed by neurons dysfunctional in schizophrenia. To test this hypothesis, neurons from the rat medial prefrontal cortex were acutely isolated and sub...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Vysokanov A,Flores-Hernandez J,Surmeier DJ

更新日期：1998-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute stress can provoke apoptosis of the retina cells, and up-regulation of calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP) in retina. However the role of CGRP in the pathology of the stress induced apoptosis of the retina cells is still elusive. The aim of this study was to investigate the endogenous of CGRP on retinal cell ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yang JH,Zhang YQ,Guo Z

更新日期：2011-08-26 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：:Five monkeys vocalizing at self-pace (self-paced vocalization) were well trained to vocalize in response to a monkey call (audio-initiated vocalization). Field potentials associated with audio-initiated vocalizations were recorded by using electrodes which were implanted chronically on the surface and at a 2.0-3.0 mm ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Gemba H,Kyuhou S,Matsuzaki R,Amino Y

更新日期：1999-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the ERP (event-related potential) correlates of categorization processing in brand extension with irrelative task. Participants faced two sequential stimuli in a pair consisting of a soft drink brand name (S1) and a product name (S2) which comprised two categories: beverage (typical product of the ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Wang X,Ma Q,Wang C

更新日期：2012-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the effect of ouabain, a Na,K-ATPase inhibitor known to secondarily increase intracellular Ca2+ levels, on evoked (phasic) transmitter release at the frog neuromuscular junction. As had been reported previously, we observed an increase in both spontaneous and evoked release with prolonged exposure to ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Mosier DR,Zengel JE

更新日期：1994-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse neuroblastoma x rat glioma hybrid cells (N x G, NG108-15) were used to study the mechanism of Ca(2+)-current (ICa) inhibition by 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT). 5-HT caused a dose-dependent decrease of ICa which was abolished by ICS 205-930 (10)(-8) M) while 2-methyl-5-HT was an agonist. Intracellular infusion of GD...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Eckert R,Utz J,Trautwein W

更新日期：1993-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcriptional co-activator p300 plays an important role in regulating gene expression in a number of different cell types. We have shown that wild type (WT) Presenilin 1 (PS1) stimulates the transcriptional activity ability of CREB Binding Protein (CBP), a close homolog of p300, whereas the Alzheimer's disease (...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Francis YI,Diss JK,Kariti M,Stephanou A,Latchman DS

更新日期：2007-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Expiratory only resistive loaded breathing (RL) reduces high energy electromyogram (EMG) power (EH) during an isometric contraction of a leg extensor muscle, but not an arm flexor. An interaction between afferent activity during expiratory RL and inspiratory non-loaded phases of breathing, which the contraction spanne...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Turner D,Sumners P,Jackson S

更新日期：2000-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessments of the pharmacological profiles of antipsychotic agents have shown that the serotonin receptor family is often involved in their pharmacodynamics. Response to antipsychotic therapy is highly variable, yet prognostic biomarkers are lacking. The aim of the study was to investigate the association of 14 singl...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zhou W,Chang W,Yan Y,Shen L,Li W,Yi Z,Qin S

更新日期：2018-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat brain slices containing the nucleus tractus solitarius loaded with [3H]5-hydroxytryptamine ([3H]5-HT) for superfusion were stimulated at (3 Hz, 25 mA, 1 min) resulting in fractional release ratios S2/S1 of 0.89 for [3H]5-HT in the presence of the serotonin uptake inhibitor 1.0 microM 6-nitroquipazine (6-NQ). alpha...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Helfman CC,Anderson GF,Barraco RA

更新日期：1995-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:For a flickering light with two or more frequency components, the temporal envelope of the flickering light is perceived, although there is no frequency component at the frequency of the envelope. To address the processing of the temporal envelope, we compared cortical responses to the envelope of amplitude-modulated ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Okamoto Y,Nakagawa S

更新日期：2011-01-07 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：:This study aimed to determine whether neuropathic pain is associated with a plasticity change in the number of synapses in the spinal dorsal horn. 12 normal adult SD rats were randomly divided into two groups: 7 animals were subjected to unilateral loose ligation (to induce chronic constriction injury) of the sciatic ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Peng B,Lin JY,Shang Y,Yang ZW,Wang YP

更新日期：2010-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Interhemispheric coherence for 19 channel EEG activity collected over a three year period from 184 men and women who relaxed in a quiet, darkened chamber showed significant increased coherence between caudal temporal regions for the 11 Hz frequency band during increased (>∼8 nT) global geomagnetic activity at the time...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Saroka KS,Caswell JM,Lapointe A,Persinger MA

更新日期：2014-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparative study was made of the enzyme choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) from normal and Alzheimer (senile dementia of the Alzheimer type) brain. The number of molecular weight and charge forms of the enzyme were determined in the caudate region of both brains. Efficient purification of active ChAT was achieved usi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Bruce G

更新日期：1985-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the morphology and distribution of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase (NADPH-diaphorase) cells in the retina of the guinea pig. Two morphologically distinct classes of labelled cells were detected, one with larger, darkly labelled somata commonly located in the inner nuclear layer ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Cobcroft M,Vaccaro T,Mitrofanis J

更新日期：1989-08-14 00:00:00