Granule cell dendritic spine density in the rat hippocampus varies with spine shape and location.

abstract：:Calcium antagonists inhibit both the Ca2(+)-dependent and -independent release of endogenous glutamate from intact synaptosomes. In the present study, the inhibitory potency of several different classes of calcium antagonists were determined under conditions that control for an effect of these compounds on the Ca2(+)-...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Terrian DM,Dorman RV,Gannon RL

更新日期：1990-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The orexinergic neurons, localized in the perifornical hypothalamic area (PeF), are active during waking and quiet during non-rapid eye movement (non-REM) and REM sleep. Orexins promote arousal and suppress non-REM and REM sleep. Although in vitro studies suggest that PeF-orexinergic neurons are under glutamatergic in...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Alam MA,Mallick BN

更新日期：2008-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Orexins (OXs) stimulate sympathetic nerve activity to increase arterial pressure (AP) and heart rate (HR). We have previously reported that the OX(1)-receptor antagonist SB-334867 reversed the sympathomimetic actions of orexin A (OXA). In the present study we have investigated the role(s) of the orexinergic system in ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hirota K,Kushikata T,Yoshida H,Kudo M,Kudo T

更新日期：2008-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to measure the average anterior commissure (AC) volume of normal subjects in their 20s or 40s and to determine the effects of gender and age on AC volume. Magnetic resonance brain images were obtained for 93 people in their 20s (46 men, 47 women) and 87 in their 40s (36 men, 51 women). To...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Choi MH,Kim JH,Yeon HW,Choi JS,Park JY,Jun JH,Lee BY,Kim HJ,Tack GR,Chung SC

更新日期：2011-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been well documented that the activation of Akt1 and JNK pathways are involved in the neuronal cell death in cerebral ischemia. In this study, we describe a novel interaction between Akt1 and JNK interacting protein 1 (JIP-1). We first detected the interaction of Akt1 and JIP-1 in hippocampus at various time po...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Pan J,Pei DS,Yin XH,Hui L,Zhang GY

更新日期：2006-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A push-pull perfusion technique was used to sample third ventricular cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the conscious rat. Ventricular perfusate contained significant quantities of vasopressin and oxytocin, 13.1 and 4.5 pg/ml, respectively. Vasopressin and oxytocin levels were stable over a 3 h perfusion period. High sodium...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Barnard RR Jr,Morris M

更新日期：1982-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the activity of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGTP) and the effects of a subacute dose (150 mg/kg b.wt.) of methionine sulfoximine (MSO) on its activity were studied in cerebral cortex, cerebellum and brainstem of rats of 4 different age groups. GGTP activity increased with increasing age between days 10 a...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Rao VL,Murthy CR

更新日期：1991-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptic vesicle fusion events are essential for synaptic transmission. Membrane docking and fusion events are highly regulated processes requiring the participation of a large number of soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factors (SNAREs) and SNARE-interacting proteins. We report the neuronal expression of mammalian h...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kim BY,Ueda M,Nakamura Y,Kohsaka S,Akazawa C

更新日期：2004-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Partial depolarization of primary cerebellar neuronal cultures with K+ evoked the release of aspartate, glutamate, adenosine, serine, taurine, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), alanine and proline. The dihydropyridine calcium channel agonist, BAY K 8644, significantly augmented the K+-induced release of adenosine, aspar...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Philibert RA,Dutton GR

更新日期：1989-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Dual innervation, two morphologically distinct axons ending on the same endplate of white muscle, has been observed in some 'primitive' fish but not 'higher' teleosts. A representative of the order Bachtrachoidiformes, Opsanus tao, was examined using histological sectioning and silver impregnation to determine the inn...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Raso DS

更新日期：1990-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was measured with positron emission tomography in eight normal volunteers with the purpose of measuring rCBF changes related to the comprehension of an unfamiliar spoken languages. When attempting to comprehend the meaning of words, the left hemisphere showed dominant increases ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kawashima R,Itoh M,Hatazawa J,Miyazawa H,Yamada K,Matsuzawa T,Fukuda H

更新日期：1993-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropathic pain (NP) is highly disabling, responds poorly to pharmacological treatment, and represents a significant cause of decreased quality of life in patients suffering from spinal cord injury (SCI). In recent years, cell therapy with autologous mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) has been considered as a potential...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Vaquero J,Zurita M,Rico MA,Aguayo C,Fernández C,Gutiérrez R,Rodríguez-Boto G,Saab A,Hassan R,Ortega C

更新日期：2018-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The spontaneous electrical activity of single neurons of the midbrain dorsal raphe nucleus in the rat was recorded in vitro in 400 mum thick slices. The majority of raphe neurons exhibited the slow and regular discharge pattern that characterizes the activity of raphe neurons when recorded in vivo. The viability of th...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Mosko SS,Jacobs BL

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Calyx of Held (CoH) synapse is the largest synapse in mammals. It is located in the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body (MNTB) and forms part of the auditory pathway. Modest GABAergic signaling is present in the CoH before hearing onset, when glutamatergic transmission predominates. In mice, after postnatal day 1...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Reyes-Haro D,Rosas-Arellano A,González-González MA,Mora-Loyola E,Miledi R,Martínez-Torres A

更新日期：2013-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Generation of free radicals and subsequent lipid peroxidation have been proposed to contribute to delayed tissue damage following traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). Ubiquinols (reduced coenzyme Q), ascorbate (vitamin C), and alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E) are endogenous antioxidants; decreases in tissue levels of these...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lemke M,Frei B,Ames BN,Faden AI

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new non-N-methyl-D-aspartate (non-NMDA) glutamate receptor antagonist, GYKI 52466, was tested on L-glutamate (Glu)-, kainate (KAI)- and NMDA-induced responses in vivo, using both extracellular recording of antidromic field potentials and intracellular recording from rat abducens motoneurones. Intravenous (5-10 mg/kg...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ouardouz M,Durand J

更新日期：1991-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Both backward masking and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) are capable of hindering perception of a visual target. To study the relationship between these two methods we applied TMS over the occipital pole in combination with the visual backward masking technique shine-through. The recently discovered weak shin...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kammer T,Scharnowski F,Herzog MH

更新日期：2003-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Xenopus oocytes were injected with mRNA from adult or neonatal rat spinal cord, or from adult cerebral cortex, and examined electrophysiologically to measure currents elicited by various receptor agonists. The mRNAs induced the oocytes to acquire similar types of amino acid receptors, albeit with different potencies. ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Akagi H,Miledi R

更新日期：1988-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) is a powerful antioxidant with suggested neuroprotective action. This study investigated the protective effects of EGCG against retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) degeneration in an animal model of glaucoma. C57BL/6J mice (n=54) were divided randomly into four groups: normal control group ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Shen C,Chen L,Jiang L,Lai TY

更新日期：2015-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to observe the effect of orphanin FQ (OFQ, also known as 'nociceptin'), a newly-discovered neuropeptide, on pain behavior and morphine analgesia evaluated by formalin test in rats. It was found that intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of 0.1 microg OFQ had no effect on formalin-in...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zhu CB,Cao XD,Xu SF,Wu GC

更新日期：1997-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Bay K 8644, nimodipine and omega-conotoxin GVIA (omega-CgTx) were used to study the different contribution of voltage-sensitive calcium channels (VSCC) to [3H]acetylcholine ([[3H]ACh) release in rat hippocampal synaptosomes. In our experimental conditions, the percentage of calcium-dependent ACh release was approximat...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Clos MV,Garcia Sanz A,Sabriá J,Pastor C,Badia A

更新日期：1994-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A valinomycin-based membrane phase for microelectrodes with relatively low electrical membrane resistances is described. Microelectrodes with tip diameters of about 1 micron exhibit resistances of about 10(10) omega. Extremely high K+ selectivities are obtained, e.g. a rejection of Na+ by a factor of 5000 and of acety...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ammann D,Chao PS,Simon W

更新日期：1987-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the effects of 5-HT4 receptors of the CA1 on MK801-induced amnesia and hyperlocomotion were examined. One-trial step-down method was used to assess memory retention and then, the hole-board method to assess exploratory behaviors. The results showed that post-training intra-CA1 administration of RS67333 ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nasehi M,Tabatabaie M,Khakpai F,Zarrindast MR

更新日期：2015-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The organisation of corticofugal fibres within the basis pedunculi of rats was studied using wheat germ agglutinin-horseradish peroxidase as an orthograde tracer. Following cortical injections, labelled fibres were distributed within the cerebral peduncle in an orderly way. Fibres which originate from cells in the fro...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Glickstein M,Kralj-Hans I,Legg C,Mercier B,Ramna-Rayan M,Vaudano E

更新日期：1992-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gallyas-Braak silver impregnation method revealed neurons containing well-defined intraneuronal granules in both Alzheimer's disease and normal control brains. The granules were immunostained prominently with the Alz-50 antibody and, to a lesser degree, with the tau-2 antibody, but not with other anti-tau antibodi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ikeda K,Akiyama H,Arai T,Kondo H,Haga C,Iritani S,Tsuchiya K

更新日期：1998-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson disease (PD) features profound striatal dopamine depletion and Lewy bodies containing abundant precipitated alpha-synuclein. Mechanisms linking alpha-synucleinopathy with the death of dopamine neurons remain incompletely understood. One such link may be 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde (DOPAL). All of the int...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Jinsmaa Y,Sullivan P,Gross D,Cooney A,Sharabi Y,Goldstein DS

更新日期：2014-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Suicide attempt in schizophrenia is an important clinical issue. We performed a genome-wide association study to identify genetic markers, which increase the risk for suicide attempt in schizophrenia. METHODS:Suicide attempt lifetime was assessed in 121 schizophrenia patients and defined by the means of the...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Bani-Fatemi A,Graff A,Zai C,Strauss J,De Luca V

更新日期：2016-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertical arm pointing movements in two directions (upwards and downwards), imposing two different loads (unload and 0.5 kg) and speeds (normal and fast) have been studied in six subjects. Movements were recorded using an optoelectronic system. Data analysis concentrated upon finger-tip kinematics. Significant effects ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Papaxanthis C,Pozzo T,Stapley P

更新日期：1998-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcriptional regulation of the gene encoding α-synuclein (SNCA) is thought to play a critical role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD), as common genetic variability in this gene is associated with an elevated risk of developing PD. However, the relevant mechanisms are still poorly understood. So fa...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Brenner S,Wersinger C,Gasser T

更新日期：2015-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:C57 black mice given a single injection of N-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP), 40 mg/kg, developed marked reduction of striatal dopamine content and loss of dopaminergic neurons in the zona compacta of the substantia nigra. However, pretreatment with any one of four different antioxidants, alpha-tocop...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Perry TL,Yong VW,Clavier RM,Jones K,Wright JM,Foulks JG,Wall RA

更新日期：1985-09-30 00:00:00