Reduced GABA transaminase activity in the Huntington's disease putamen.

abstract：:The effect of intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), a novel peptide purified from the porcine brain, on arginine vasopressin (AVP) secretion was studied in conscious, unrestrained rats and was compared with that of atrial natriuretic polypeptide (ANP). I.c.v. administration of ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yamada T,Nakao K,Itoh H,Shirakami G,Kangawa K,Minamino N,Matsuo H,Imura H

更新日期：1988-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We present results of homozygosity mapping in two siblings affected with early onset Parkinson's disease (EOPD) and mutation screening of ATP13A2 in these and other Iranian EOPD patients. Genome-wide SNP homozygosity analysis revealed linkage to a locus that included ATP13A2, and sequencing of the gene revealed a nove...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Malakouti-Nejad M,Shahidi GA,Rohani M,Shojaee SM,Hashemi M,Klotzle B,Fan JB,Elahi E

更新日期：2014-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the anterior limb of the internal capsule (ALIC) may be effective in treating depression. Parental verbal abuse has been linked to decreased fractional anisotropy (FA) of white matter and reduced FA correlated with depression and anxiety scores. Utilizing a nonhuman primate model of moo...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Coplan JD,Abdallah CG,Tang CY,Mathew SJ,Martinez J,Hof PR,Smith EL,Dwork AJ,Perera TD,Pantol G,Carpenter D,Rosenblum LA,Shungu DC,Gelernter J,Kaffman A,Jackowski A,Kaufman J,Gorman JM

更新日期：2010-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of monoamine oxidase (MAO)-A and -B in subcellular fractions of bovine retina were determined using serotonin and beta-phenylethylamine, respectively, as substrates. The subcellular fractions were a P1 fraction containing photoreceptor cell synaptosomes and a P2 fraction enriched with small synaptosomes...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Sparks DL,Thomas TN,Buckholtz NS

更新日期：1981-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the relationship between hyperglycemia (using diabetic animal model) and plasma nitrotyrosine level has been studied, the effect of hypoglycemia on nitrotyrosine level in the brain has not been addressed. Here, we evaluated nitration of protein, the colocalization of nitration with alpha-synuclein, activity o...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Liu Y,He R

更新日期：2010-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease has become one of the most impacting disorders since world population is rapidly aging. MicroRNA-125b plays a crucial role in many cellular processes and pathologies, but, to date, its role in Alzheimer's disease is controversial. In this study, we demonstrated, for the first time, that the down re...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Micheli F,Palermo R,Talora C,Ferretti E,Vacca A,Napolitano M

更新日期：2016-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Perception of limb position and motion is abnormal in Parkinson's disease (PD). Despite the fact that the processing of proprioceptive inputs is inherently temporal, most studies have assessed spatial aspects of proprioception in PD patients. Here, we use a recently described method to test whether deficits also exist...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Fiorio M,Stanzani C,Rothwell JC,Bhatia KP,Moretto G,Fiaschi A,Tinazzi M

更新日期：2007-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated glutamate-induced neuron response in the ventral nerve cord of the earthworm (Eisenia foetida) using a voltage-sensitive dye-imaging technique. Isolated earthworm ganglia were stained by fluorescence voltage-sensitive dye, RH414, and voltage image was acquired by a conventional charge-coupled device (C...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Oka K,Ogawa H,Fujita S

更新日期：1994-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The Amphibalanus amphitrite barnacle is a sessile marine crustacean and a major constituent of benthic as well as intertidal communities. A. amphitrite is also an important component of biofouling on artificial substrates. The role of nitric oxide (NO) was recently observed in the settlement of this species. In this w...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Gallus L,Ferrando S,Gambardella C,Faimali M,Piazza V,Masini MA

更新日期：2013-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have suggested an important role for brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the pathophysiology and therapeutics of bipolar disorder (BPD). The mechanisms underlying the therapeutic effects of lithium in BPD seem to involve a direct regulation of neurotrophic cascades. However, no clinical study e...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： de Sousa RT,van de Bilt MT,Diniz BS,Ladeira RB,Portela LV,Souza DO,Forlenza OV,Gattaz WF,Machado-Vieira R

更新日期：2011-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well-known that cocaine dependence is a public health issue, and several studies stress the need to look for new and more effective treatments. Although the mesolimbic dopamine (DA) system, which originates in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and projects to several forebrain structures, is known to be criticall...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zacarias MS,Ramos AC,Alves DR,Galduróz JC

更新日期：2012-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic soluble Aβ oligomers are often used as a surrogate for biologic material in a number of model systems. We compared the activity of Aβ oligomers (synthetic and cell culture media derived) on the human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma and C2C12 mouse myoblast cell lines in a novel, modified MTT assay. Separating oligomer...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Weidner AM,Housley M,Murphy MP,Levine H 3rd

更新日期：2011-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevention of beta-amyloid (Abeta) production, aggregation and formation of Abeta deposits is a key pharmacological target in Alzheimer's disease. The passage of Abeta-binding compounds through the blood-brain barrier is often hampered for free ligands, whereas it is enhanced by drug encapsulation in nanoparticles. He...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Härtig W,Paulke BR,Varga C,Seeger J,Harkany T,Kacza J

更新日期：2003-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:CaCl2-induced myelopathy was produced in rats by the application of a solution of CaCl2 to exposed leptomeninges of lumbosacral spinal cord. Equal lengths of remote cervical and lumbar cord were removed at intervals following Ca2+ application. The total Ca2+ in tissue from lumbar cord was significantly elevated over a...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Happel RD,Banik NL,Balentine JD,Hogan EL

更新日期：1984-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant tyrosine transport is a repeated finding in fibroblasts from schizophrenic patients. The transport aberration could lead to disturbances in the dopaminergic and noradrenergic neurotransmitter systems. Tyrosine and tryptophan are the precursors of the neurotransmitters dopamine and serotonin. Disturbed dopamin...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Persson ML,Johansson J,Vumma R,Raita J,Bjerkenstedt L,Wiesel FA,Venizelos N

更新日期：2009-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of neuronal type of nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) has been studied by immunocytochemistry in the brain of rats receiving a single daily (for up to 14 consecutive days) intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of the HIV-1 recombinant protein gp 120 (100 ng/day). This treatment failed to affect nNOS exp...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Bagetta G,Corasaniti MT,Costa N,Berliocchi L,Finazzi-Agrò A,Nisticò G

更新日期：1997-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we determined that cholinergic neurons from the lateral dorsal tegmental (LDT) and peribrachial pontine region (PPG) innervate the medial pontine reticular formation (medial PRF), a region involved in the generation of REM sleep. Wheat germ agglutinin-conjugated horseradish peroxidase (WGA-HRP) was injec...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Shiromani PJ,Armstrong DM,Gillin JC

更新日期：1988-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We looked for an interaction between etifoxine and the neurosteroid allopregnanolone at central gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA(A)) receptors. Etifoxine (2 microM) did not affect the affinity of allopregnanolone (IC(50)=108 nM) for its site in preparations of Sprague-Dawley rat cerebral cortex membranes, as determined b...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Verleye M,Schlichter R,Neliat G,Pansart Y,Gillardin JM

更新日期：2001-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our experiments was to assess the effect of acutely administered corticosterone on the expression of glucocorticoid receptors (GRs) in the brain of rats with high (HR) and low (LR) levels of anxiety. The rats were divided into groups according to their conditioned fear-induced freezing responses and then we...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Wisłowska-Stanek A,Lehner M,Skórzewska A,Maciejak P,Szyndler J,Turzyńska D,Sobolewska A,Płaźnik A

更新日期：2013-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-induced inhibition of muscarinic receptor-stimulated phosphoinositide turnover in guinea pig cerebral cortical slices was investigated to determine whether polyamines regulate the function of NMDA in this system. None of the polyamines tested produced significant stimulation of...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Alexander SP,Hill SJ,Kendall DA

更新日期：1991-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous electron spin resonance (ESR) studies employing a protein-specific spin label have suggested an alteration in membrane proteins in erythrocytes in Huntington's disease (HD). Recently, Beverstock and Pearson [4] have published the results of an ESR study not confirming our findings. In the present communicatio...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Butterfield DA,Markesbery WR

更新日期：1983-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:During horizontal optokinetic stimulation (moving random dot pattern) in freely standing cats, gaze, head, and eye movements were measured with the search coil technique. The position values ('beating field') were evaluated. Gaze position depended on stimulus direction and stimulus velocity; it shifted to where the st...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Schweigart G

更新日期：1995-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In an in vitro preparation of the crayfish thoracic locomotor system, paired intracellular recordings were performed from antagonistic depressor (Dep) and levator (Lev) motoneurons (MNs) that control the second joint of walking legs. Connections between these two groups of MNs consist mainly of inhibitory connections ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Pearlstein E,Clarac F,Cattaert D

更新日期：1998-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined whether bisphenol A (BPA) and 4-nonylphenol (NP) influenced staurosporine-induced neuronal cell death in primary cultured rat hippocampal and cortical neurons. In hippocampal neurons, 17beta-estradiol (E2) (1 nM and 10 microM) and BPA (10 microM) significantly inhibited the staurosporine-induced release of...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Negishi T,Ishii Y,Kyuwa S,Kuroda Y,Yoshikawa Y

更新日期：2003-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), interleukin-2 (IL-2), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) were measured in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma of 12 control subjects, 11 sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) and 22 de novo Parkinson's disease (PD) patients using high sensitivity enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA). IL-1 ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Blum-Degen D,Müller T,Kuhn W,Gerlach M,Przuntek H,Riederer P

更新日期：1995-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The thickness of the dura mater was obtained from ultrasound probes on the skull and fast Fourier transform-Cepstrum through a probability process at various intracranial pressures (ICP), measured with pressure transducers, in 12 anesthetized dogs. There was a constant relationship between changes in thickness (micron...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kuchiwaki H,Inao S,Ishii N,Ogura Y,Sakuma N

更新日期：1995-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Several evidences have pointed to biochemical alterations in some brain structures after experimental Status Epilepticus (SE). Thus, the effects of pilocarpine-induced SE on the glutamate binding in the hippocampus and cortex of Wistar rats were evaluated. Groups of animals were submitted to a 3h SE induced by intrahi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Cunha AO,Mortari MR,Carolino RO,Coutinho-Netto J,Dos Santos WF

更新日期：2007-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The cerebellar Purkinje cell is a major site for neurosteroid formation. We have demonstrated recently that the Purkinje cell actively produces sex steroids, such as estradiol and progesterone, de novo from cholesterol only during rat neonatal life, when cerebellar cortical formation occurs. We have further demonstrat...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Shikimi H,Sakamoto H,Mezaki Y,Ukena K,Tsutsui K

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxytocin (OT) modulation of synaptic transmission between olfactory bulb neurones has been implicated in the induction of maternal behaviour, but the mechanism of action is unknown. We examined the action of OT on gamma-aminobutyric acid(A) (GABA(A)) receptor-mediated spontaneous inhibitory postsynaptic currents (sIPS...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Osako Y,Otsuka T,Taniguchi M,Oka T,Kaba H

更新日期：2000-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, animal behavioral models, particularly those used in pain research, have been increasingly scrutinized and criticized for their role in the poor translation of novel pharmacotherapies for chronic pain. This article addresses the use of animal models of pain from the perspective of industrial drug disc...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Whiteside GT,Pomonis JD,Kennedy JD

更新日期：2013-12-17 00:00:00