Mechanisms of leu-enkephalin hydrolysis in human plasma.

abstract：:The concentrations of dopamine (DA), 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and noradrenaline (NA) in the rat vas deferens divided in eight or four sections were determined by high performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. Dopamine and NA had the same regional distribution; their concentrations were maxima...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Celuch SM,Sloley BD

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cold restraint stress (CRS) model exerts similar effect as physiological stress because it combines emotional stress (escape reaction) and physical stress (muscle work). It is well established that various responses to stress are regulated by sympathoadrenal system, brain monoaminergic systems and oxidative processes....

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Lyle N,Chakrabarti S,Sur T,Gomes A,Bhattacharyya D

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that chronic lithium diet affects the sensitivity of neuroleptic receptors and the content of amino acids in the brain, and that the changes in adult animals differ from those in young rats. Pregnant rats were kept on lithium diet (pellets with 0.21% Li2CO3 and 0.21% NaCl) during the gestation period and the ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Wajda IJ,Banay-Schwartz M,De Guzman T,Manigault I

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) has been suggested playing an important role in the pathophysiology of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), however the underlying cellular mechanisms are not fully understood. The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a critical organelle for synthesis of membrane and secretory proteins, and ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Xie J,Han F,Shi Y

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of cholinergic muscarinic receptors results in an increased turnover of membrane inositol phospholipids. In rat cerebral cortex slices, carbachol- and acetylcholine-induced inositol phosphates ([3H]InsPs) accumulation is maximal in 7 day-old rats and lowest in adults, while the density of muscarinic binding...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Balduini W,Costa LG,Murphy SD

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study reports inhibition of taurine uptake in the rat retina in vitro to 49% of control by 1 mM guanidinoethyl sulfonate. No efflux of preloaded [14C]taurine was observed by incubation in the presence of guanidinoethyl sulfonate. The in vivo depletion of retinal taurine by guanidinoethyl sulfonate treatmen...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Lake N,Cocker SE

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of L-glutamate (Glu) and its structural analogs N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), kainate (KA) and alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate (AMPA), on the activation of p42 mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) was examined in cultured chick radial glia cells, namely retinal Muller cells and cerebe...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： López-Colomé AM,Ortega A

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Memory impairment is a major problem afflicting mankind. The association between memory functions and neurotransmitter functions is of great interest for understanding brain function. Serotonergic pathways play an important role in the modulation of memory functions but the importance of its receptor types and subtype...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Haider S,Khaliq S,Tabassum S,Haleem DJ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The significant increase of free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) was found in rat cerebral cortex synaptosomes and hippocampal crude synaptosomal fraction after their exposure to glutamate. But no change of [Ca2+]i was revealed in cerebellar synaptosomes, the slight increase of [Ca2+]i in striatal synaptosomes was not...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Avrova NF,Shestak KI,Zakharova IO,Sokolova TV,Leont'ev VG

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As is known to all, neuroinflammation plays a vital role in early brain injury pathogenesis following subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). It has been shown that rutin have a property of inhibiting inflammation in many kinds of animal models. However, the effect of rutin on neuroinflammation after SAH remains uninvestigated...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Hao G,Dong Y,Huo R,Wen K,Zhang Y,Liang G

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(E)-2-(1-hydroxyl-4-oxocyclohexyl) ethyl caffeine (HOEC), a naturally caffeic ester isolated from Incarvillea mairei, has been reported to possess anti-inflammatory activity by targeting 5-lipoxygenase. However, its other potential activities have yet to be explored. In this study, we measured antioxidant activity of ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Chen B,Yue R,Yang Y,Zeng H,Chang W,Gao N,Yuan X,Zhang W,Shan L

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insoluble fraction of ox-brain, which had previously been shown to have a non-linear affinity for Na+ and K+, was prepared. Acetylcholine (1 x 10(-8) mol/l and 1 x 10(-7) mol/l) reduced the affinity of the fraction for Na+ and K+ to zero, while at 1 x 10(-6) mol/l, the affinity for the cations was almost as high a...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Ahmed N,Hillman H

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysteinyl leukotrienes (CysLTs) are potent pro-inflammatory and immune modulating lipid mediators involved in inflammatory diseases and were boosted in human brain after acute phase of cerebral ischemia. The antagonism of CysLTs receptors may offer protection against ischemic damage. Therefore it seemed interesting to...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Saad MA,Abdelsalam RM,Kenawy SA,Attia AS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1973, multiple effects of basic fibroblast growth factor have been described in a large number of cells. These effects include proliferation, survival and differentiation. The aim of this work was to study the intracellular pathways involved in the basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF2) effect on rat retinal cell...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Guilarducci-Ferraz CV,da Silva GM,Torres PM,Dos Santos AA,de Araújo EG

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we investigated the effects of pioglitazone (PGZ) in the hippocampal CA1 region of low- or high-fat diet (LFD or HFD) fed gerbils after transient forebrain ischemia. After 8 weeks of LFD or HFD feeding, PGZ (30 mg/kg) was intraperitoneally administered to the gerbils, following which ischemia was...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Moon SM,Choi GM,Yoo DY,Jung HY,Yim HS,Kim DW,Hwang IK,Cho BM,Chang IB,Cho SM,Won MH

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotonin uptake and metabolism was studied in ependymal primary cultures. Serotonin uptake was facilitated by two different systems, one of which was the neuronal serotonin transporter SERT, exhibiting a Vmax value of 3.8+/-0.1 pmol x min(-1) x (mg protein)(-1) and an apparent Michaelis-Menten constant of 0.41+/-0.03...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Verleysdonk S,Hamprecht B,Rapp M,Wellard J

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the following drugs: nimodipine (1 mg/kg b.w., i.p.), 2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid (4 mg/kg b.w., i.p.) and propentofylline (25 mg/kg b.w., i.p.), administered (alone or in combination) at the end of 15 min bilateral ischemia in gerbils were evaluated on mitochondrial superoxide dismutase (SOD), glut...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Stanimirovic DB,Micic DV,Markovic M,Spatz M,Mrsulja BB

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that extracellular levels of N-acetylaspartate (NAA) increase when a medium with reduced NaCl concentration is perfused through a microdialysis probe, and proposed that NAA may be released during hypoosmotic swelling. Here, we demonstrate that this effect is due to hypoosmolarity of the perfusion ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Davies SE,Gotoh M,Richards DA,Obrenovitch TP

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exploring the neurochemical continuum between frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with respect to monoamines and kynurenines in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum, may be useful to identify possible new research/therapeutic targets. Hence, we analysed monoamines and kynurenines in CS...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Janssens J,Vermeiren Y,van Faassen M,van der Ley C,Kema IP,De Deyn PP

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report further analysis of axonally transported proteoglycans in soluble and membranous subfractions of goldfish optic tectum. Distribution of transported 35SO4 radioactivity was 35.2% soluble, 63.4% Triton-NaCl extractable and 1.4% unextracted. Proteoglycans isolated on DEAE cellulose were treated with chondroitin...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Elam JS

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suspensions of rat brain microsomes, synaptosomes, and synaptic vesicles were able to convert adenosine to inosine by means of adenosine deaminase. Isosbestic points of this transformation, at 222, 250 and 281 nm, remained unchanged with time-course. This fact suggests that adenosine deaminase (ADA, E.C. 3.5.4.4) is l...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Centelles JJ,Franco R,Canela EI,Bozal J

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acupuncture and moxibustion are traditional medical treatments that have come to play important roles in complementary and alternative medicines. Moxibustion also has a long history as a folk remedy in Japan, particularly due to the technical simplicity and selective efficacy on certain types of disease and distress. ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Fukuda F,Shinbara H,Yoshimoto K,Yano T,Kuriyama K

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first mentioning of the word "receptor" for the structure with which a bioactive compound should react for obtaining its specific influence on a physiological system goes back to the years around 1900. The receptor concept was adapted from the lock and key theory for the enzyme substrate and blockers interactions....

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Kooistra AJ,de Graaf C,Timmerman H

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a coupled Xenopus oocyte expression system for evaluating the functional effects of mutations in known or suspected adhesion molecules, which allows for a very rapid assessment of intercellular adhesion. As a model protein, we first used Protein zero (Po), an adhesion molecule that mediates self-adhe...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Yoshida M,Colma DR

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Convection enhanced delivery of 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) to the rat striatum results in a model of Parkinson's disease. An important feature of this unilateral model is the progressive loss of dopaminergic (DA) neurons over the course of several weeks. To improve the understanding of this model, gene expression chan...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Na SJ,DiLella AG,Lis EV,Jones K,Levine DM,Stone DJ,Hess JF

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most important therapeutic effect of cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEI) on approximately 50% of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients is to stabilize cognitive function at a steady level during a 1-year period of treatment as compared to placebo. Recent studies show that in a certain percentage (approximately 20%) of pa...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Giacobini E

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The release of endogenous amino acids from depolarized rat hippocampal mossy fiber synaptosomes was investigated to assess the possible role(s) of glutamate and aspartate in mediating the excitatory mossy fiber synaptic input. The relative proportions of prodynorphin-derived peptides concomitantly released with amino ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Terrian DM,Gannon RL,Rea MA

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Charge microheterogeneity of myelin basic protein is known to affect its conformation and function. Here, the citrullinated myelin basic protein charge isomer, component-8, was shown to be more susceptible to stromelysin-1 cleavage than myelin basic protein component-1. Since levels of component-8 are increased in mul...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： D'Souza CA,Moscarello MA

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Danhong injection, a Chinese Materia Medica standardized product extracted from Radix Salviae miltiorrhizae and Flos Carthami tinctorii, is used extensively for the treatment of cerebrovascular diseases such as acutely cerebral infarction in clinic. In this study, we further investigated the mechanisms of Danhong inje...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Guo H,Li MJ,Liu QQ,Guo LL,Ma MM,Wang SX,Yu B,Hu LM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies have demonstrated that apoptosis play an important role in cerebral ischemic pathogenesis and may represent a target for treatment. Neuroprotective effect of quercetin has been shown in a variety of brain injury models including ischemia/reperfusion. It is not clear whether BDNF-TrkB-PI3K/Akt signaling pa...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Yao RQ,Qi DS,Yu HL,Liu J,Yang LH,Wu XX

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00