Limbic, hypothalamic, cortical and spinal regions are enriched in receptors for thyrotropin-releasing hormone: evidence from [3H]ultrofilm autoradiography and correlation with central effects of the tripeptide in rat brain.

abstract：:A trait locus for electroencephalographic photoparoxysmal response (PPR) has been mapped to the chromosomal region 6p21 near a susceptibility locus for juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME). Linkage disequilibrium mapping revealed strong associations between JME and polymorphisms of the gene encoding the bromodomain-conta...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lorenz S,Taylor KP,Gehrmann A,Becker T,Muhle H,Gresch M,Tauer U,Sander T,Stephani U

更新日期：2006-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of chronic salt loading on urocortin-like immunoreactivity (Ucn-IR) was investigated in the rat hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system. In control rats a few Ucn-IR neurons were observed scattered throughout the supraoptic nucleus (SON) and few in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN). A small number of Ucn-IR fib...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hara Y,Ueta Y,Isse T,Kabashima N,Shibuya I,Hattori Y,Yamashita H

更新日期：1997-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct projections from the A1/C1 catecholaminergic cell group in the caudal ventrolateral medulla oblongata to neurons containing vasopressin (VP) in the supraoptic nucleus (SON) were studied electron microscopically by a double-labeling technique which combines anterograde tracing after injection of wheat germ agglu...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Shioda S,Shimoda Y,Nakai Y

更新日期：1992-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The commonly used benzidine derivatives such as diaminobenzidine, o-dianisidine and benzidine dihydrochloride are apparently carcinogenic. Available information, however, indicates that tetramethyl benzidine (TMB) is safer in this regard, and we have therefore developed a procedure in which TMB is used as a substrate ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hardy H,Heimer L

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) is associated with an expansion of CAG/polyglutamine-repeat of a gene of unknown function. We performed an immunohistochemical study to identify the immunolocalization of the disease protein ataxin-2 in normal and SCA2 patients. Although normal and expanded ataxin-2 were ubiquitous...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Koyano S,Uchihara T,Fujigasaki H,Nakamura A,Yagishita S,Iwabuchi K

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) transcript(s) in human foetal brain we used the reverse polymerase chain reaction including different couples of oligonucleotide primers. The analysis indicated the presence of a new choline acetyltransferase transcript containing at its 5' end an untranslated exon (E1A) of...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Schmitt M,Garnier JM,Simoni P,Quirin-Stricker C

更新日期：1994-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The present event-related potential (ERP) study was conducted to investigate the P3 component in response to love-related stimuli while controlling for task-related factors, and to dissociate the influences of both love-related and task-related attention on the P3 amplitude. In an oddball paradigm, photographs of belo...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Langeslag SJ,Franken IH,Van Strien JW

更新日期：2008-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular recording techniques were used to monitor the evoked responses in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells following focal stimulation of the proximally and distally located apical dendritic synapses. The local anaesthetic, QX-314, when injected into individual cells, caused a complete time-dependent blockade of ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Colling SB,Wheal HV

更新日期：1994-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies suggested that statins have anti-inflammatory effects beyond their lipid-lowering properties. In the present study, we sought to investigate whether rosuvastatin could alleviate morphine tolerance by attenuating the glia mediated neuroinflammation in the spinal cord. Using a rat model of L5 spinal nerve...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Li W,Li Y,Zhu S,Ji Q,Shu Y,Zhang L,Liu J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-tone oddball procedure was employed to examine the effect of a phonemic category on the mismatch negativity (MMN). One of the stimuli was a phoneme prototype of Japanese /e/, and the other, [e/ö], which was perceived by Japanese participants as showing deviance from typicality but is nonetheless included in the ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ikeda K,Hayashi A,Hashimoto S,Otomo K,Kanno A

更新日期：2002-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress are often linked to various neurodegenerative disorders including ischemic stroke and Huntington's disease (HD). S-Nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) is an endogenous nitric oxide carrier recently identified as a potent antioxidant capable of neutralizing oxidative stress. In the ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ju TC,Yang YT,Yang DI

更新日期：2004-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the crucial importance of direction of gaze in social interactions, it is only recently that there has been interest in human brain responses to gaze direction. Using full-head magnetoencephalography, we investigated the correlates of direction of gaze in full faces and in eyes-only stimuli, measuring the earl...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Taylor MJ,George N,Ducorps A

更新日期：2001-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between insulin degrading enzyme (IDE) gene polymorphisms and Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk has been widely reported, but results were somewhat controversial. To assess the association between IDE polymorphisms and AD risk, a meta-analysis was performed. We systematically reviewed relevant studies retr...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zhang Y,Wang B,Wan H,Zhou Q,Li T

更新日期：2013-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma studies depict collisionless, collective movements of charged particles. In touch with these concepts, originally developed by the far-flung branch of high energy physics, here we evaluate the role of collective behaviors and long-range functional couplingsof charged particlesin brain dynamics. We build a novel...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tozzi A,Peters JF,Déli E

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examined the coordination dynamics of the head and center of mass (COM) using accelerometry in quiet 1 and 2 leg stance with and without vision. The root mean square jerk of effectors was greater in 1 leg stance and without vision, and was greater for the head in 2 leg stance and greater at the COM f...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： James EG

更新日期：2013-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In guinea pig hippocampal slices, 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) in concentrations of 100-500 microM reduced the adaptation of CA3 pyramidal neurons to depolarizing stimuli, resulting in a prolongation of repetitive firing during injection of long-lasting depolarizing currents. Concurrently, there was a decrease in the 'sag' ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Matsuda Y,Yoshida S,Fujimura K,Nakamura M

更新日期：1986-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:For the first time, a review article focuses exclusively on the role of the protein kinase CK2 in mono- and poly-nucleated mammalian skeletal muscle cells. While CK2, a pleiotropic serine/threonine kinase was originally thought to phosphorylate mainly casein, later evidence found glycogen phosphorylase and glycogen sy...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hashemolhosseini S

更新日期：2020-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Although neural stem cell (NSC) transplantation has been investigated as a promising tool for reconstituting damaged brains, recent evidences suggest that NSCs may rescue the brain via paracrine effects rather than by direct cell replacements. In this study, we attempted to determine the neuroprotective effect of NSC-...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lim HC,Lee ST,Chu K,Joo KM,Kang L,Im WS,Park JE,Kim SU,Kim M,Cha CI

更新日期：2008-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress is a major risk factor in drug addiction development and relapse. Virtually all drugs of abuse act by increasing extracellular dopamine levels in the striatum. To gain an understanding of the interaction between stress and drug exposure, we studied the effects of concomitant chronic nicotine and chronic stress ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Salas R,De Biasi M

更新日期：2008-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have suggested an important role for brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the pathophysiology and therapeutics of bipolar disorder (BPD). The mechanisms underlying the therapeutic effects of lithium in BPD seem to involve a direct regulation of neurotrophic cascades. However, no clinical study e...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： de Sousa RT,van de Bilt MT,Diniz BS,Ladeira RB,Portela LV,Souza DO,Forlenza OV,Gattaz WF,Machado-Vieira R

更新日期：2011-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B) DNA binding factor is an inducible transcription factor that responds to various cellular signals. Levels of cortical NF-kappa B DNA binding activity were measured in a controlled lateral cortical impact model of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in rats. Using electrophoretic mobility s...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yang K,Mu XS,Hayes RL

更新日期：1995-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The somatosensory system is capable of functional reorganization following peripheral denervation or training. Studies on human amputees with phantom limb pain provided evidence that these reorganizational changes are modulated through nociceptive input. In the present study we used magnetoencephalographic recordings ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Sörös P,Knecht S,Bantel C,Imai T,Wüsten R,Pantev C,Lütkenhöner B,Bürkle H,Henningsen H

更新日期：2001-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Central administration of colchicine causes accumulation of catecholamines in nerve cell bodies and enhances their visualisation in the rat brain by the formaldehyde-glutaraldehyde (FAGLU) histofluorescence method. The detection of catecholamine-containing nerve cells by the FAGLU method was considerably improved in r...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Howe PR,Rogers PF,Blessing WW

更新日期：1984-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunohistochemical and immunoblot techniques were employed to examine the distribution and expression of GABA(B) receptors in the prefrontal cortex of postmortem subjects with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. GABA(B)R1a/b immunoreactivity was observed in the neuronal soma and dendrites as well as in the neuropil i...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ishikawa M,Mizukami K,Iwakiri M,Asada T

更新日期：2005-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A fundamental question in human sexuality regards the neural substrate underlying sexually-arousing representations. Lesion and neuroimaging studies suggest that dorsolateral pre-frontal cortex (DLPFC) plays an important role in regulating the processing of visual sexual stimulation. The aim of this Functional Near-In...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Leon-Carrion J,Martín-Rodríguez JF,Damas-López J,Pourrezai K,Izzetoglu K,Barroso Y Martin JM,Dominguez-Morales MR

更新日期：2007-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal brain lesions such as cortical dysplasia and glioneural tumors generate epileptic activity and thus may be synaptically connected with normal cortex. To test this hypothesis, we compared event-related potentials recorded directly from the medial temporal lobe (MTL) and a dysplastic lesion in eight patients with ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kirschstein T,Fernández G,Grunwald T,Pezer N,Urbach H,Blümcke I,Van Roost D,Lehnertz K,Elger CE

更新日期：2003-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Depolarizing afterpotentials (DAPs) were studied in intracellular recordings from neocortical slices bathed in tetrodotoxin (TTX) (1 microM) and tetraethylammonium chloride (TEA) (24 mM), to block voltage-dependent Na+ currents and most K+ currents. The DAP was Ca(2+)-dependent, in that its magnitude varied as a funct...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Friedman A,Arens J,Heinemann U,Gutnick MJ

更新日期：1992-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence indicates that adaptive responses to systemic stress occur in retina, as indicated by the changes in sympathetic and sensory afferent neurotransmitters in the retina when under stressful stimulation, such as acute myocardial infarction. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential association of the...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yang JH,Xie LS,Guo Z

更新日期：2011-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal-dominant familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (FALS) is associated with mutation in the gene that encodes Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1). We identified a novel missense mutation of SOD-1 (Cys6Gly) in exon 1 in a Japanese woman and her family. The illness showed rapid progression similarly to the FALS wi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kohno S,Takahashi Y,Miyajima H,Serizawa M,Mizoguchi K

更新日期：1999-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropathy is observed in 50% of diabetic patients with diabetic foot. This study attempted to explore the potential role of human mesenchymal stem cells-umbilical cord blood (hMSCs-UC) in femoral nerve (FN) neuropathy. The model rats were established by one time administration of streptozotocin and empyrosis on the d...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Xia N,Xu JM,Zhao N,Zhao QS,Li M,Cheng ZF

更新日期：2015-06-15 00:00:00