Pharmacologic evidence for synaptic transmission mediated by non-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in the avian cochlear nucleus.

abstract：:To verify the hypothesis that the control of movement by the cortical masticatory area (CMA) is particularly important at the beginning of the mastication, we compared movements before and after bilateral CMA ablation. After ablation, the animal could not manipulate food placed in the front of the mouth for several da...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Enomoto S,Schwartz G,Lund JP

更新日期：1987-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) is a potent and broadly acting neurotrophic factor that protects various cultured neurons against apoptotic stimuli. To investigate whether PEDF acts not only on neurons, but also glial cells, we analyzed the effects of recombinant human PEDF (rhPEDF) on cytokine mRNA levels, t...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Sanagi T,Yabe T,Yamada H

更新日期：2005-05-20 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：:This experiment was designed to simulate experimentally the specific parameters of geomagnetic activity that evoke epileptic seizures. The numbers of overt limbic seizures (rearing, paroxysmal forelimb clonus and falling) in a population of epileptic rats were recorded nightly for 65 successive days between 0200 and 0...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Michon AL,Persinger MA

更新日期：1997-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Gangliosides are major components of cell membranes and are particularly enriched in the mammalian brain where they represent the major lipid constituents of the neuronal cell surface. In the central nervous system, gangliosides have a close connection to many neurophysiological functions related to neurogenesis, prol...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Jung WR,Kim HG,Kim KL

更新日期：2008-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified a 45-kDa protein by 2D electrophoresis that was enhanced following pentylenetetrazol (PTZ)-mediated seizures. Mass-spectrography of this protein revealed the beta subunit of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKIIbeta), although no evidence for increase in bulk CaMKIIbeta transcripts was obta...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Matsu-ura T,Nakadai T,Oda Y,Nagasu T,Mikoshiba K,Tamura TA

更新日期：2002-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In the rat, unilateral dorsal cervicothoracic rhizotomy (C5-T2) resulted in autotomy of the ipsilateral limb. The onset of self-mutilation was variable and attained the maximum degree 8-9 weeks after the dorsal root section. Fifteen and 60 days after the lesion the monoamines dopamine (DA), noradrenaline (NA) and sero...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Colado MI,Arnedo A,Peralta E,Del Río J

更新日期：1988-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The critical period for observing a developmentally regulated form of synaptic plasticity in the visual cortex of young rats normally ends at about postnatal day 30. This developmentally regulated form of in vitro long-term potentiation (LTP) can be reliably induced in layers II-III by aiming high frequency, theta bur...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Shaffery JP,Lopez J,Bissette G,Roffwarg HP

更新日期：2006-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs) play a key role in regulating gastrointestinal tract motility. The pathophysiological basis of colonic aperistalsis in Hirschsprung's disease (HD) is still not fully understood. Many studies reported that decreased numbers or disrupted networks of ICCs were associated with HD. Little...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Wang H,Zhang Y,Liu W,Wu R,Chen X,Gu L,Wei B,Gao Y

更新日期：2009-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the number of large-sized neurons and neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) in the tuberomammillary nucleus (TM) of the hypothalamus from cases with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and age-matched controls. Numerous NFT were found in TM of AD. However, NFT was never observed in this nucleus of age-matched controls. The nu...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nakamura S,Takemura M,Ohnishi K,Suenaga T,Nishimura M,Akiguchi I,Kimura J,Kimura T

更新日期：1993-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of the lectin soybean agglutinin (SBA) to the olfactory system of both the rat and mouse was investigated histochemically. SBA bound to fibers in the accessory olfactory nerve and to glomeruli in the accessory olfactory bulb. In addition, SBA binding sites were present in some, but not all, glomeruli in th...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Key B,Giorgi PP

更新日期：1986-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the late afterhyperpolarization (late AHP) in the firing properties of lamprey spinal neurons was tested by bath application of apamin, a selective blocker of the sk calcium-dependent potassium current. Intracellular recordings of identified motoneurons and interneurons were made with micropipette electrod...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Meer DP,Buchanan JT

更新日期：1992-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Current theories of orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) function suggest that this region should participate in the generation of error-related signals associated with the outcomes of actions. We investigated the impact of lesions to OFC on the error-related negativity (ERN), an electrophysiological marker of performance monit...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Turken AU,Swick D

更新日期：2008-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The Chronic Constriction Injury of the Infraorbital Nerve (CCI-ION) is a well-established model to study facial sensory changes related to trigeminal neuropathic pain. CCI-ION induces heat hypersensitivity that resolves within 2-3 weeks and a delayed mechanical hypersensitivity that emerges during the second week post...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nones CFM,Claudino RF,Ferreira LEN,Dos Reis RC,King T,Chichorro JG

更新日期：2017-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer patients with bone metastases often suffer breakthrough pain. However, little progress has been made in the treatment of breakthrough pain and its associated mechanism(s) in the patient with cancer due to lacking of resembling and predictive animal models. We previously have demonstrated that endothelin-1 plays...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tang Y,Peng H,Liao Q,Gan L,Zhang R,Huang L,Ding Z,Yang H,Yan X,Gu Y,Zang X,Huang D,Cao S

更新日期：2016-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term potentiation (LTP) in the dentate gyrus was previously shown to be enhanced by nicotine, an effect dependent on both homomeric α7 and heteromeric α2β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR). In our experiments, bath-applied nicotine produced no significant enhancement of LTP. The α7 nAChR silent agonist N...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Papke RL,Peng C,Kumar A,Stokes C

更新日期：2018-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A brief hammer tap applied passively (by the experimenter) to the forearm elicits a short-latency reflex response in the forearm flexors and extensors. When the same tap is performed actively (by the subject) using the opposite forearm, the reflex response is preceded by a short-lasting anticipatory reduction in the m...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Struppler A,Gerilovsky L,Jakob C

更新日期：1993-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we have investigated the release of immunoreactive interleukin-1 beta (irIL-1 beta) from the rat hypothalamus in vitro. It was found that (1) tissue explants release sizable amounts of irIL-1 beta (ranging from 0.43 to 0.52 pg/mg of wet tissue) in 20 min incubations; (2) basal release in significantly i...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tringali G,Mancuso C,Mirtella A,Pozzoli G,Parente L,Preziosi P,Navarra P

更新日期：1996-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) regulates neurogenesis. The present study investigated the direct effect of VEGF on the enhancement of proliferation and differentiation of the adult mouse subventricular zone (SVZ) neural progenitors in vitro. A high dose (500 ng/ml) of VEGF significantly downregulated endoge...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Meng H,Zhang Z,Zhang R,Liu X,Wang L,Robin AM,Chopp M

更新日期：2006-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of quinolinic acid (QUIN) on glutamate-induced excitotoxicity were examined in primary cultures of rat cerebellar granule neurons. Exposing these neurons to QUIN (< or =2.5 mM) in the presence of glucose and Mg2+ had no effect on their viability. Although pretreating neurons with QUIN (10 microM) for 6 h d...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Sei Y,Fossom L,Goping G,Skolnick P,Basile AS

更新日期：1998-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclosporin A (CsA) is an inhibitor of calcineurin, a calcium/calmodulin dependent serine/threonine phosphatase. Protein kinase C (PKC) is a family of serine/threonine kinases. Both calcineurin and PKC are implicated in psychiatric diseases and the therapeutic mechanisms of treatment agents. It has been reported that ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yi H,Kim SH,Park HG,Yu HS,Kim YS

更新日期：2011-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The anatomical relationships between pro-opiomelanocortin-containing axons and serotonin neurons in the nucleus raphe dorsalis (NRD) of the rat were examined at the light microscope level with antibodies against CLIP (corticotropin-like intermediate lobe peptide), alpha-MSH (alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone) and s...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zheng Z,Léger L,Cespuglio R,Jouvet M

更新日期：1991-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparison of cholecystokinin (CCK) receptor binding to sections of rat, mouse and guinea pig brain has been performed using 125I-Bolton Hunter CCK and the selective peripheral CCK receptor antagonist L-365,031. In both rat and mouse, 125I-Bolton Hunter CCK binding in the region of the interpeduncular nucleus (IPN) ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hill DR,Shaw TM,Woodruff GN

更新日期：1987-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase C (PKC) pathway plays important roles in different phenomena in nervous system development. Our previous data demonstrated that phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) treatment, a PKC activator, for 48 h decreases retinal cells proliferation by a mechanism mediated by muscarinic receptor activation, invo...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Braga LE,Granja MG,da Silva GM,Giestal-de-Araujo E,dos Santos AA

更新日期：2013-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of diffuse luminance flicker stimulation of a large area (approximately 30 degrees diameter) on red blood cell flux (F) in the optic nerve head was measured in the anesthetized cat. F increased markedly during sustained flicker. The F-response to the initiation and cessation of the stimulation was found to ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Riva CE,Harino S,Shonat RD,Petrig BL

更新日期：1991-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The alternation of sounds in the left and right ears induces motion perception of a static visual stimulus (SIVM: Sound-Induced Visual Motion). In this case, binaural cues were of considerable benefit in perceiving locations and movements of the sounds. The present study investigated how a spectral cue - another impor...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Teramoto W,Manaka Y,Hidaka S,Sugita Y,Miyauchi R,Sakamoto S,Gyoba J,Iwaya Y,Suzuki Y

更新日期：2010-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) is the second most common cause of dementia after Alzheimer's disease, and the cognitive impairment is one of the common effects of VCI. Unfortunately, it lacks effective therapeutic treatments at present. In our previous study, environmental enrichment (EE), as an early interventio...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Xu L,Qu C,Qu C,Shen J,Song H,Li Y,Li T,Zheng J,Zhang J

更新日期：2020-11-20 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：:Pontine parabrachial neurons have been suggested to play a regulatory role in both respiratory and sleep cycle control. Encouraged by the finding that microinjections of the cholinergic agonist carbachol into the medial pontine reticular formation (mPRF) of the cat produced respiratory changes paralleling those observ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Gilbert KA,Lydic R

更新日期：1990-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphorylation on K+ channels was examined in snail neurons, using several pharmacological agents, the voltage clamp method and the pressure injection technique. H-7, a general protein kinase inhibitor, reduced the delayed outward K+ current (IKD) which was suppressed b...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Onozuka M,Furuichi H,Imai S,Fukami Y

更新日期：1991-03-11 00:00:00