Comparative thermodynamics of benzodiazepine receptor ligand interactions in rat neuronal membranes.

abstract：:Plasma osmolality and the levels of water, taurine, and total amino nitrogen (detected as ninhydrin-positive substances) have been measured in the cerebral cortices of nonpregnant and 19-day pregnant Wistar rats. Plasma osmolality fell by 11 mosmol/kg during pregnancy. Brain water content remained unaltered, but level...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Law RO

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo microdialysis in C57BL/6J (B6) mouse was used to test the hypothesis that activating adenosine A(2A) receptors in the pontine reticular formation (PRF) increases acetylcholine (ACh) release and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Eight concentrations of the adenosine A(2A) receptor agonist 2-p-(2-carboxyethyl)phen...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Coleman CG,Baghdoyan HA,Lydic R

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently shown that disrupting the expression and post-synaptic clustering of gephyrin in cultured hippocampal pyramidal cells, by either gephyrin RNAi (RNA interference) or over-expression of a dominant negative gephyrin-enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) fusion protein, leads to decreased number of po...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Yu W,De Blas AL

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it is well established that RhoA signaling pathways play key roles in regulating neuronal morphology, their involvement in other aspects of neuronal function has received little attention. Recent studies have elucidated a novel intracellular signaling pathway used by RhoA to elicit activation of serum respons...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Tabuchi A,Estevez M,Henderson JA,Marx R,Shiota J,Nakano H,Baraban JM

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we demonstrate that an increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration may represent a specific common step(s) in the mechanism(s) of action of glutamate (Glu) and depolarizing agents on formation of inositol phosphates (IPs) in 8-day-old rat forebrain synaptoneurosomes. In fact, A23187, a Ca2+ ionophore...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Guiramand J,Vignes M,Récasens M

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies demonstrated that 9 kb of the rat tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) 5' flanking sequence directed appropriate spatiotemporal expression of a lacZ reporter gene to catecholaminergic cells in the CNS of transgenic mice. In the present study, specificity of transgene expression was further extended to demonstrat...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Min N,Joh TH,Corp ES,Baker H,Cubells JF,Son JH

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptotagmin-7 (Syt-7) is one of two major calcium sensors for exocytosis in adrenal chromaffin cells, the other being synaptotagmin-1 (Syt-1). Despite a broad appreciation for the importance of Syt-7, questions remain as to its localization, function in mediating discharge of dense core granule cargos, and role in t...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Bendahmane M,Morales A,Kreutzberger AJB,Schenk NA,Mohan R,Bakshi S,Philippe JM,Zhang S,Kiessling V,Tamm LK,Giovannucci DR,Jenkins PM,Anantharam A

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Coffin-Lowry syndrome, a rare syndromic form of X-linked mental retardation, is caused by loss-of-function mutations in the hRSK2 (RPS6KA3) gene. To further investigate RSK2 (90-kDa ribosomal S6 kinase) implication in cognitive processes, a mrsk2_KO mouse has previously been generated as an animal model of Coffin-...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Marques Pereira P,Gruss M,Braun K,Foos N,Pannetier S,Hanauer A

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To provide insights into the effects of temporary focal ischemia on the function of neurons and astrocytes in vivo, we measured the incorporation of radiolabel from [U-14C]glucose into both glutamate and glutamine in brain subregions at 1 h of reperfusion following occlusion of the middle cerebral artery for 2 or 3 h....

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Thoren AE,Helps SC,Nilsson M,Sims NR

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A distinctive autofluorescence under ultraviolet light has been observed in the cerebral cortex of young ruminants suffering from cerebrocortical necrosis. The fluorescence is intimately connected with structural elements of the brain and cannot be extracted into solvents by normal procedures. The work presented here ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Edwin EE,Jackman R

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The overflows of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine, dopamine, noradrenaline, and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylglycol in canine portal vein superfused in vitro were studied before, during, and after depolarization of sympathetic nerve endings. The four compounds were separated from superfusate and from tissue on Sep-Pak C-18 cartridges...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hunter LW,Rorie DK,Tyce GM

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The RGS proteins are a recently discovered family of G protein regulators that have been shown to act as GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs) on the G(alpha i) and G(alpha q) subfamilies of the heterotrimeric G proteins. Here, we demonstrate that RGS7 is a potent GAP in vitro on G(alpha i1), and G(alpha o) heterotrimeric...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Shuey DJ,Betty M,Jones PG,Khawaja XZ,Cockett MI

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane vesicles, showing a 21 +/- 2-fold enrichment in the activity of 5'-nucleotidase and a 11 +/- 4-fold enrichment in the activity of angiotensin-converting enzyme relative to homogenate, were prepared from the myenteric plexus-containing longitudinal muscle layer of guinea pig ileum. Incubation of the vesicles w...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Nau R,Schäfer G,Deacon CF,Cole T,Agoston DV,Conlon JM

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of cholinergic vesicles to incorporate acetylcholine (ACh) was studied using highly purified synaptic vesicles from Torpedo electric organ. Depleted vesicles were capable of rapidly taking up exogenous ACh. Evidence that this represented true incorporation was that labelled ACh comigrated with vesicular AT...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Diebler MF,Morot-Gaudry Y

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of thyroid hormones (THs) on the expression of actin gene during fetal human brain development and the period of sensitivity to the hormones have been investigated. Developmental profile of actin in the cytoskeletal (CSK) and noncytoskeletal (non-CSK) fractions in the fetal cerebra showed a pronounced rise ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Pal U,Biswas SC,Sarkar PK

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distributions of glutamate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.15), gamma-aminobutyric acid transaminase (EC 2.6.1.19), and succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase (EC 1.2.1.24) were determined in monkey retina. The decarboxylase was almost restricted to the inner plexiform layer. The transaminase was also highest in this layer,...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Pusateri ME,Carter JG,Berger SJ,Lowry OH

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While it has been reported that familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD)-linked mutants of amyloid precursor protein (APP) and presenilin (PS)2 induce neuronal cytotoxicity in a manner sensitive to antioxidant and pertussis toxin (PTX), little of the mechanism for PS1-mediated neuronal cell death has been characterized. We ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hashimoto Y,Ito Y,Arakawa E,Kita Y,Terashita K,Niikura T,Nishimoto I

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The simple, freshwater polyp Hydra is often used as a model to study development in cnidarians. Recently, a neuropeptide, < Glu-Gln-Pro-Gly-Leu-Trp-NH2, has been isolated from sea anemones that induces metamorphosis in a hydroid planula larva to become a polyp. Here, we have cloned a preprohormone from Hydra magnipapi...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Leviev I,Williamson M,Grimmelikhuijzen CJ

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lipid compositions of 10 different brain regions from patients affected by Alzheimer's disease/senile dementia of Alzheimer's type were analyzed. The total phospholipid amount decreased somewhat in nucleus caudatus and in white matter. The cortical areas that are morphologically affected by Alzheimer's disease, i....

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Söderberg M,Edlund C,Alafuzoff I,Kristensson K,Dallner G

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proposed structural protein of peripheral nerve myelin, P0, has been shown to have several covalent modifications. In addition to being glycosylated, sulfated, and acylated, P0 is phosphorylated, with the intracellular site of this latter addition being in question. By employing nerve injury models that exhibit di...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Brunden KR,Poduslo JF

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The motor signs of Parkinson's disease have been partly attributed to an overinhibition of the external globus pallidus (GP) that results from hyperactivity of striatopallidal GABA/enkephalinergic neurons. The goals of this study were to measure basal levels of extracellular fluid GABA in the GP of normal cats, 1-meth...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Schroeder JA,Schneider JS

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We applied a differential display PCR technique to isolate molecules that are area-specific in expression in the primate neocortex, and found that growth/differentiation factor 7 (GDF7), a member of the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)/transforming growth factor (TGF) beta super-family, is preferentially expressed in ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Watakabe A,Fujita H,Hayashi M,Yamamori T

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a major pathological feature of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Human cerebrovascular smooth muscle (HCSM) cells, which are intimately associated with CAA, have been used as an in vitro model system to investigate pathologic interactions with amyloid beta protein (A beta...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Jung SS,Zhang W,Van Nostrand WE

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ts65Dn mice, trisomic for a portion of chromosome 16 segmentally homologous to human chromosome 21, are an animal model for Down's syndrome and related neurodegenerative diseases, such as dementia of the Alzheimer type. In these mice, cognitive deficits and alterations in number of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Contestabile A,Fila T,Bartesaghi R,Contestabile A,Ciani E

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptic scaffolding molecule (S-SCAM) is a synaptic protein that consists of PDZ domains, a guanylate kinase domain, and WW domains. It interacts with N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor subunits, neuroligin, and beta-catenin. Here, we identified Axin as a novel binding partner of S-SCAM. Axin was co-immunoprecipitated wit...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hirabayashi S,Nishimura W,Iida J,Kansaku A,Kishida S,Kikuchi A,Tanaka N,Hata Y

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of type I calmodulin-sensitive adenylyl cyclase in bovine and rat tissues was examined by northern blot analysis and in situ hybridization. Northern blot analysis using poly(A)(+)-selected RNA from various bovine tissues indicated that mRNA for type I adenylyl cyclase was found only in brain, retina, ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Xia Z,Choi EJ,Wang F,Blazynski C,Storm DR

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the transport characteristics of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), a neuroactive steroid, at the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in a series of functional in vivo and in vitro studies. The apparent BBB efflux rate constant of [(3)H]DHEAS evaluated by the brain efflux index method was 2.68 x 10(-2)...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Asaba H,Hosoya K,Takanaga H,Ohtsuki S,Tamura E,Takizawa T,Terasaki T

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular basis of neuroendocrine-specific expression of chromogranin B gene (Chgb) has remained elusive. Utilizing wild-type and mutant Chgb promoter/luciferase reporter constructs, this study established a crucial role for the cAMP response element (CRE) box at -102/-95 bp in endocrine [rat pheochromocytoma (chr...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Mahapatra NR,Mahata M,Ghosh S,Gayen JR,O'Connor DT,Mahata SK

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of endogenous and exogenous stimulators of innate immunity was examined in primary cultures of mouse microglial cells and macrophages after application of defined Toll-like receptor (TLR) agonists [lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (TLR4), the synthetic lipopeptide Pam3Cys-Ser-Lys4 (Pam3Cys) (TLR2) and single-s...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Lotz M,Ebert S,Esselmann H,Iliev AI,Prinz M,Wiazewicz N,Wiltfang J,Gerber J,Nau R

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidation of ketone bodies (KBs) generates acetyl coenzyme A (AcCoA), which can be further incorporated into fatty acid. We have determined the rates of lipogenesis from ketone bodies in developing rats and their relation to the activities of enzymes involved in the production of cytoplasmic AcCoA via different pathwa...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Yeh YY,Ginsburg JR,Tso TB

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00