Hormones and growth factors induce the synthesis of glial fibrillary acidic protein in rat brain astrocytes.

abstract：:Regional estimates of type I and type II vestibular hair cells (HC) and supporting cell (SC) numbers were obtained from the horizontal crista ampullaris by using design-based stereology in human. Cristae were microdissected from temporal bones obtained post-mortem (N=16, age range 26-98 years). Three groups were made ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Lopez I,Ishiyama G,Tang Y,Tokita J,Baloh RW,Ishiyama A

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As it displays progressive hair-cell loss and degeneration of spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) characterized by early-onset progressive hearing loss (ePHL), DBA/2J is an inbred mouse strain widely used in hearing research. Mouse nerve growth factor (mNGF), as a common exogenous nerve growth factor (NGF), has been studie...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Wang Q,Zhao H,Zheng T,Wang W,Zhang X,Wang A,Li B,Wang Y,Zheng Q

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trophic factors, such as the neurotrophins, CNTF, and GDNF, represent unique families of proteins that are essential for the development of the vertebrate nervous system. Surprisingly, there is little evidence to date that these proteins exist in Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans, even though other po...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Chao MV

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy type 1A (CMT 1 A) is the most common inherited neuropathy in humans and is mostly caused by a 1.5-Mb tandem duplication of chromosome 17 comprising the gene for the peripheral myelin protein 22-kDa (PMP 22). Although there are numerous studies on the functional role of PMP 22, the mechan...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Kobsar I,Hasenpusch-Theil K,Wessig C,Müller HW,Martini R

更新日期：2005-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Encephalitogenic T cells from Lewis rats use a restricted T cell receptor (TCR) gene combination, Vbeta8.2 and Valpha2. The oral administration of myelin basic protein (MBP) to Lewis rats prior to encephalitogenic challenge results in a marked inhibition of clinical neurologic signs of encephalitis, reduced central ne...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Goldman-Brezinski S,Brezinski K,Zhang XM,Gienapp I,Cox K,Heber-Katz E,Whitacre C

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The higher prevalence and risk for Alzheimer's disease in women relative to men has been partially attributed to the precipitous decline in gonadal hormone levels that occurs in women following the menopause. Although considerable attention has been focused on the consequence of estrogen loss, and thus estrogen's neur...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Kaur P,Jodhka PK,Underwood WA,Bowles CA,de Fiebre NC,de Fiebre CM,Singh M

更新日期：2007-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerical synaptic density and synaptic vesicle density in rat frontal cortex were examined by electron microscopy as a function of age. The density of axospinous synapses, a major population of synapses, was found to peak at age 1 month, and to gradually decrease with aging. The synaptic vesicle density in axospinous...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Nakamura H,Kobayashi S,Ohashi Y,Ando S

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been demonstrated that L-pipecolic acid (L-PA), a major metabolic intermediate of L-lysine (L-Lys) in the mammalian and chicken brain, is involved in the functioning of the GABAergic system. A previous study has shown that intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of L-PA suppressed feeding and induced sleep-l...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Takagi T,Bungo T,Tachibana T,Saito ES,Saito S,Yamasaki I,Tomonaga S,Denbow DM,Furuse M

更新日期：2003-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Abdominal muscle electromyograms were monitored in response to graded mechanical loads added to either inspiration or expiration in anesthetized cats. The surgical preparation, the apparatus, and the levels of loads applied (resistive, tracheal occlusion, and continuous positive pressure) were matched with those emplo...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Baker JP Jr,Frazier DT

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannitol, which is a cell-impermeable and nontoxic polyalcohol, has been shown to be a useful tool for reversible opening of the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Despite successful clinical trials, the molecular mechanism of the mannitol-induced changes in cerebral endothelial cells (CECs) are poorly understood. For our exp...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Farkas A,Szatmári E,Orbók A,Wilhelm I,Wejksza K,Nagyoszi P,Hutamekalin P,Bauer H,Bauer HC,Traweger A,Krizbai IA

更新日期：2005-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The discharge behavior of neurons depends on a variable expression and sorting pattern of voltage-dependent potassium (Kv) channels that changes during development. The rodent retina represents a neuronal network whose main functions develop after birth. To obtain information about neuronal maturation we analyzed the ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Höltje M,Brunk I,Grosse J,Beyer E,Veh RW,Bergmann M,Grosse G,Ahnert-Hilger G

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin is a potent AMP kinase (AMPK) inhibitor that induces neuroprotection, neurogenesis, and angiogenesis when administered immediately after stroke. To dissociate these effects, we explored the effects of delayed administration of leptin, at 10 days after stroke onset, on neurogenesis and angiogenesis after stroke....

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Avraham Y,Dayan M,Lassri V,Vorobiev L,Davidi N,Chernoguz D,Berry E,Leker RR

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroadaptations in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) are associated with the development of drug addiction. Plasticity in synaptic strength and intrinsic excitability of NAc medium spiny neurons (MSNs) play critical roles in addiction induced by different classes of abused drugs. However, it is unknown whether morphine exp...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Wu X,Shi M,Wei C,Yang M,Liu Y,Liu Z,Zhang X,Ren W

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nascent neural crest cells derived from explanted E12 embryonic rat caudal neural tubes were used as an assay system to investigate the effects of fibroblast growth factors on neural crest cell (NCC) survival, proliferation, migration, and differentiation. In vitro and in vivo all NCC express low affinity nerve growth...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Bannerman PG,Pleasure D

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinocerebellar ataxia type 17 (SCA17) is a type of autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia (ADCA) characterized by variable manifestations, including cerebellar ataxia, dementia, and psychiatric symptoms. Since the identification of a CAG repeat expansion in the TATA-box binding protein (TBP) gene in a patient with atax...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Cui Y,Yang S,Li XJ,Li S

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the large number of growth factors shown to affect dopaminergic cell survival and differentiation in vitro, presently little is known about the role these growth factors play during normal in vivo development of dopaminergic neurons. To address this issue, glia and neurons of both the mesencephalic home region...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Engele J

更新日期：1998-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Grafting fetal ventral mesencephalon has been utilized to alleviate the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. One obstacle in using this approach is the limited outgrowth from the transplanted dopamine neurons. Thus, it is important to evaluate factors that promote outgrowth from fetal dopamine neurons. Proteoglycans (PGs)...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Berglöf E,Plantman S,Johansson S,Strömberg I

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An inflammatory response involving activated microglia in neuritic beta-amyloid plaques is found in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain. Because HDL lipoproteins have been shown to carry the beta-amyloid peptide (Abeta) in plasma and CSF, we have investigated the influence of plasma high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and lipid...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Cole GM,Beech W,Frautschy SA,Sigel J,Glasgow C,Ard MD

更新日期：1999-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:HAND2 (also known as dHAND) is a basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor essential for development of the heart, limbs, and neural crest-derived lineages. HAND2 expression is observed in a number of tissues derived from the neural crest, including components of the peripheral nervous system, where it has be...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Dai YS,Hao J,Bonin C,Morikawa Y,Cserjesi P

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zinc is an endogenous N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor blocker. It is possible that zinc-mediated modification of hippocampal CA1 long-term potentiation (LTP) is linked to the expression of NMDA receptor subunits, which varies with postnatal development. In the present study, the effect of ZnCl(2) and CaEDTA, a me...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Takeda A,Itagaki K,Ando M,Oku N

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growing evidence suggests that decreased brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels are associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis. Therefore, BDNF gene therapy is considered to be a promising therapeutic strategy for treating AD. Sendai virus (SeV) is a type I parainfluenza virus that does not interac...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Iwasaki Y,Negishi T,Inoue M,Tashiro T,Tabira T,Kimura N

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite consistent observations of sex differences in depression and related emotional disorders, we do not yet know how these sex differences modulate the effects of genetic polymorphisms implicated in risk for these disorders. This Mini-Review focuses on genetic polymorphisms of the serotonergic system to illustrate...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Perry LM,Goldstein-Piekarski AN,Williams LM

更新日期：2017-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural precursor cells, including neural stem and progenitor cells, in the subventricular zone (SVZ) are the main targets for cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in developing brains. The neural precursor cells in the SVZ of the adult brain have been reported to respond by proliferating after infusion with epidermal growt...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Han GP,Li L,Kosugi I,Kawasaki H,Tsuchida T,Miura K,Tsutsui Y

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Localization of acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) to the postsynaptic region of muscle is mediated in part by transcriptional mechanisms, because the genes encoding AChR subunits are transcribed selectively in synaptic myofiber nuclei. Neuregulin-1 (NRG-1) is a synaptic signal and induces transcription of AChRs in muscl...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Herndon CA,Fromm L

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thyroid hormones triiodothyronine (T3) and L-thyroxine appear to enhance regeneration in the peripheral and central nervous system (CNS). The following experiments examine possible metabolic substrates for the action of T3 on the adult rat CNS after spinal hemisection. The protein incorporation of (3H)lysine after...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Wells MR,Lofton SA,Bernstein JJ

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring pathology/regeneration in experimental models of de-/remyelination requires an accurate measure not only of functional changes but also of the amount of myelin. We tested whether X-ray diffraction (XRD), which measures periodicity in unfixed myelin, can assess the structural integrity of myelin in fixed tis...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Kirschner DA,Avila RL,Gamez Sazo RE,Luoma A,Enzmann GU,Agrawal D,Inouye H,Bunge MB,Kocsis J,Peters A,Whittemore SR

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural stem cells (NSCs) have great potential as a therapeutic tool for the repair of a number of CNS disorders. NSCs can either be isolated from embryonic and adult brain tissue or be induced from both mouse and human ES cells. These cells proliferate in vitro through many passages without losing their multipotential...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Cao Q,Benton RL,Whittemore SR

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is growing evidence on the existence of endogenous ouabain-like factors that modulate Na+, K(+)-ATPase activity. In this laboratory, two soluble subfractions (peaks I and II) were previously separated from rat cerebral cortex, which had opposite effects on Na+, K(+)-ATPase activity. Peak I stimulated and peak II...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Antonelli M,Casillas T,Rodríguez de Lores Arnaiz G

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lithium, the most prevalent treatment for manic-depressive illness, might have a neuroprotective effect after brain injury. In culture, lithium can exert neurotoxic effects associated with reduction in polyamine synthesis but neuroprotective effects as cultured neurons mature. Cumulative evidence suggests that lithium...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Gilad GM,Gilad VH

更新日期：2007-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiration was measured polarographically in astrocytes from dissociated neonatal rat cerebra grown in primary culture. Cells grown in a modified Eagle's minimal essential medium containing 20% fetal calf serum for 14 to 21 days respired at a rate of 34.23 n at. equiv 0 mg protein-1 min-1. Cells which were grown in t...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Olson JE,Holtzman D

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00