Dynorphin reduces calcium-dependent action potential duration by decreasing voltage-dependent calcium conductance.

abstract：:Currently, the black/white preference test has been used to evaluate anxiety-like behaviors in zebrafish. However, several inconsistent results have been reported across literature. Since animal behavior can be influenced by several environmental factors, the main goal of the present study was to investigate the influ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Córdova SD,Dos Santos TG,de Oliveira DL

更新日期：2016-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced supply of glucose involves in many pathological conditions such as stroke and contributes to ischemic injuries. In contrast, hyperglycemia has also been regarded as an important factor in causing and exaggerating stroke damage. Although the molecular mechanism(s) of imbalanced glucose-induced cellular injuries...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Shi H,Liu KJ

更新日期：2006-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Acrolein-induced oxidative stress is hypothesized to involve in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Caffeic acid (CA) and caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) have antioxidative and neuroprotective properties. The present study investigated the protective effects of CA/CAPE on acrolein-induced oxidative neuronal ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Huang Y,Jin M,Pi R,Zhang J,Chen M,Ouyang Y,Liu A,Chao X,Liu P,Liu J,Ramassamy C,Qin J

更新日期：2013-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Although abnormal processing of amyloid precursor protein (APP) leads to early onset of Alzheimer's disease, the normal function of this protein is poorly understood. APP is widely expressed in axons, dendrites, and synapses in both central and peripheral nervous systems. Mice homozygous for APP or its homologue APP-l...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yang G,Gong YD,Gong K,Jiang WL,Kwon E,Wang P,Zheng H,Zhang XF,Gan WB,Zhao NM

更新日期：2005-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The Rose Bengal model in rats is widely used to study brain plasticity, functional recovery and restorative therapies. The present study evaluated temporal profiles of hemorrhage and edema by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in rats in relation to sensorimotor impairment after photochemically induced cortical infarct....

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Jolkkonen J,Jokivarsi K,Laitinen T,Gröhn O

更新日期：2007-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we have demonstrated that pressure-ejected application of angiotensin II and losartan, an angiotensin AT1 receptor antagonist, onto some neurons in the anterior hypothalamic area (AHA) of the rat increases and decreases, respectively, the basal firing rate of the neurons. To investigate possible participat...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hagiwara Y,Kubo T

更新日期：2007-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the role of nitric oxide (NO) in neuronal cell death in the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-treated rat hippocampal slice culture. Neuronal cell death was induced after a LPS treatment in a rat hippocampal slice. The region and time course of the cell death caused by LPS were different from tho...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lee P,Son D,Lee J,Kim YS,Kim H,Kim SY

更新日期：2003-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:While it has been shown that the Global Optic Flow Rate (GOFR) is used in the control of self-motion speed, this study examined its relevance in the control of interceptive actions while walking. We asked participants to intercept approaching targets by adjusting their walking speed in a virtual environment, and predi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Morice AH,Wallet G,Montagne G

更新日期：2014-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of intracellular amyloid beta (iAbeta) in Alzheimer's disease (AD) initiation and progression attracts more and more attention in recent years. To address whether iAbeta induces early alterations of electrophysiological properties in cultured human primary neurons, we delivered iAbeta with adeno-virus and mea...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hou JF,Cui J,Yu LC,Zhang Y

更新日期：2009-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In gastropods, the interneuronal messenger, nitric oxide (NO), modulates spike frequency and synaptic transmission. We have characterized the effect of NO on ion currents underlying neuronal excitability, using current-clamp and two-electrode voltage-clamp techniques. Identified neurons of the pulmonate snail, Helix p...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zsombok A,Schrofner S,Hermann A,Kerschbaum HH

更新日期：2000-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the guinea pig is used widely in experimental medical research, including in studies on micturition control, the spinal origin of preganglionic parasympathetic bladder and somatic external urethral sphincter motoneurons is not known. In the male guinea pig using wheat germ agglutinin-conjugated horseradish pe...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kuipers R,Izhar Z,Gerrits PO,Miner W,Holstege G

更新日期：2004-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A random sample of 60 late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) cases from a population-based study were apolipoprotein E (apoE) genotyped and clinically examined with a 3-year interval. The epsilon 4 allele carriers had a significantly lower age of disease onset compared to non-epsilon 4 carriers. However, no significant d...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Basun H,Grut M,Winblad B,Lannfelt L

更新日期：1995-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated two newly reported polymorphisms in association with late onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) in Chinese. They were a -491 A/T polymorphism in the Apolipoprotein E (APOE) promoter region and a five base pair deletion at exon 18 of alpha2-Macroglobin (A2M). There were 196 AD and 180 normal con...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Chen L,Baum L,Ng HK,Chan LY,Sastre I,Artíga MJ,Valdivieso F,Bullido MJ,Chiu HF,Pang CP

更新日期：1999-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The displaced retinal ganglion cells in normal rats and rats with left eye enucleated at birth were studied using the fluorescent dye Fast blue as neuronal marker. The dye was introduced to the right optic tract of the rats 7 days before perfusion. Frozen coronal sections of the brains and retinal whole-mounts from al...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Liu ZH,Jen LS

更新日期：1986-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cocaine-induced modifications of glutamatergic synaptic transmission in the mesolimbic system play a key role in adaptations that promote addictive behaviors. In particular, the activation of ionotropic glutamate N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) is critical for both cocaine-ind...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Schumann J,Matzner H,Michaeli A,Yaka R

更新日期：2009-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine has been proposed to be a chemical link between cerebral metabolism and blood flow. In the present study, we investigated whether the intravenous or intracarotid administration of adenosine could influence regional cerebral blood flow in anesthetized rabbits. The study was performed with the [14C]ethanol tis...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Puiroud S,Pinard E,Miller MC,Seylaz J

更新日期：1987-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The study investigates time-variant directed interactions between brain regions during the interburst-burst EEG pattern (tracé alternant) characteristic of quiet sleep in healthy neonates. The transition from interburst to burst is of particular interest as the generation of the EEG characteristics at burst onset refl...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Milde T,Putsche P,Schwab K,Wacker M,Eiselt M,Witte H

更新日期：2011-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, newborn male Wistar rats were injected, subcutaneously, five times, every other day, with monosodium glutamate (MSG, 4 g/kg bw) or saline (as control, C), during the neonatal period. MSG animals developed destruction of the arcuate nuclei (ARC) with absence of NPY-immunoreactive cell bodies, whic...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： de Andrade IS,Gonzalez JC,Hirata AE,Carneiro G,Amado D,Cavalheiro EA,Dolnikoff MS

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether a trans-synaptic mechanism triggered the effects of reserpine on adrenomedullary mRNAs encoding the norepinephrine transporter and tyrosine hydroxylase, we administered 10 mg/kg reserpine to rats after unilateral splanchnicotomy, and examined their adrenal medullas using quantitative in situ hybri...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Cubells JF,Baker H,Volpe BT,Smith GP,Das SS,Joh TH

更新日期：1995-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the monoclonal antibody, ME 20.4, against the p75 nerve growth factor (NGF) receptor, NGF receptor-like immunoreactivity has been identified in axonal processes innervating the human hippocampus, where previously a loss of reactivity has been reported in a preliminary study of Alzheimer's disease [10]. In an ext...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kerwin JM,Morris CM,Perry RH,Perry EK

更新日期：1992-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntingtin-associated protein 1 (HAP1) interacts with the product of the Huntington's disease gene. To investigate the function of Hap1 in development and in the adult mouse, we have examined the expression of Hap1 by northern analysis and in situ hybridization histochemistry. Hap1 expression is first detected in the ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Dragatsis I,Dietrich P,Zeitlin S

更新日期：2000-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence to support that oxidative stress is increased in Parkinson's disease (PD) and contributes to the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons. Recent research has shown that higher blood urate concentrations have now been linked to decreased risks and progression rates of PD. However, the mechanisms about ur...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zhu TG,Wang XX,Luo WF,Zhang QL,Huang TT,Xu XS,Liu CF

更新日期：2012-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:From the effects of selective lesions it is concluded that opiate receptors are located on dopamine (DA) cell-bodies and/or dendrites as well as on GABA nerve-terminals in substantia nigra. ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Llorens-Cortes C,Pollard H,Schwartz JC

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adjacent serial sections of the organum vasculosum laminal terminalis (OVLT) of the rat were incubated with antisera of luteinizing-hormone--releasing-hormone (LH-RH) and somatostatin and stained by the peroxidase-antiperoxidase technique. The distribution patterns of the two oligopeptides show distinct differences, a...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Krause R

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) antagonist (+/-)-bicuculline inhibits specific [3H]strychnine binding to postsynaptic glycine receptor sites in rat spinal cord synaptosomal membranes with an inhibition constant of about 5 microM, which is fairly similar to its inhibition constant reported for the GABA receptor. Thi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Goldinger A,Müller WE

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LHRH administration is reported to facilitate male sexual behavior. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether male sexual behavior is associated with the number of LHRH neurons in the forebrain in middle-aged rats. Male Long-Evans rats (18-19 months) were assigned to three groups on the basis of sexual p...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tsai YF,Tsai HW,Tai MY,Huang RL,Peng MT

更新日期：1997-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) was measured for the first time in the brain (substantia nigra, caudate nucleus, putamen, cerebellum, and frontal cortex) from control and parkinsonian patients by highly sensitive sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. In both groups, the levels of GDNF in the v...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Mogi M,Togari A,Kondo T,Mizuno Y,Kogure O,Kuno S,Ichinose H,Nagatsu T

更新日期：2001-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:To test if nitric oxide (NO) is involved in modulation of neuronal activity after global changes of brain function, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-diaphorase (NADPH-d) reactivity in the cerebellar cortex was compared in monkeys maintained under anaesthesia for 24-48 h with others only anaesthetised for pe...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yan XX,Garey LJ

更新日期：1997-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic stress results in neurological complications like depression, cognitive dysfunction, and anxiety disorders. In our previous study, we observed that Urtica dioica leaf extract attenuated chronic stress-induced complications. Further, we observed that Urtica dioica contained a great amount of the flavonoid rutin...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Parashar A,Mehta V,Udayabanu M

更新日期：2017-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Free radical generation and release from the cerebral hemispheres of rats subjected to four-vessel occlusion elicited cerebral ischemia/reperfusion was monitored using a cortical cup technique with the spin-trapping agent alpha-(4-pyridyl-1-oxide)-N-tert-butylnitrone (POBN). Electron spin resonance (ESR) was used to d...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Phillis JW,Sen S,Cao X

更新日期：1994-03-14 00:00:00