Two-component desensitization of three types of responses of acetylcholine in Aplysia.

abstract：:Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) has strong neurotrophic effects both in vivo and in vitro on various brain neurons. bFGF enhanced the branching of laser beam-damaged axons of primary cultured hippocampal neurons with a suppression of the neurite's re-elongation. Conditioned medium prepared from astrocytes, on th...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Miyagawa T,Saito H,Nishiyama N

更新日期：1993-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate whether or not nitric oxide (NO) formation underlies the cellular mechanisms of ischemic brain damage, we examined the effects of N omega-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA), a NO synthase inhibitor, on ischemic brain edema and subsequent infarction in rats with middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAo). Fo...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nagafuji T,Matsui T,Koide T,Asano T

更新日期：1992-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Using specific radioimmunoassays, melatonin was quantified in the aqueous humor and serum of male pigmented rabbits adapted to 12L:12D with lights on at 06.00 h. Melatonin concentrations in the aqueous humor at 08.00 and 16.00 h were similar (mean: 5.23 pg/ml) and significantly lower than those at 22.00 and 01.00 h (m...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yu HS,Yee RW,Howes KA,Reiter RJ

更新日期：1990-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta,beta'-Iminodipropionitrile (IDPN) is known to produce a massive accumulation of neurofilaments in the proximal portion of axons of spinal anterior horn cells. The spinal cords of 20 Wistar rats treated with IDPN were examined immunohistochemically with a monoclonal antibody against heparan sulfate (HepSS-1). Virt...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Wada M,Kato T,Kurita K,Shikama Y,Toyoshima I,Sasaki H

更新日期：1995-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive age-related debilitating motor disorder and the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease. In this study, we aimed to investigate the expression of 24 candidate miRNAs in PD and to assess their diagnostic value in patients with PD. We collected ser...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Cao XY,Lu JM,Zhao ZQ,Li MC,Lu T,An XS,Xue LJ

更新日期：2017-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A common obstacle in clinical management of pathological pain is the poor response to opioid analgesics. We now report that delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta9-THC)-induced antinociception remained effective in rats with pathological pain. The selective central cannabinoid receptor antagonist SR141716A, but not the ge...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Mao J,Price DD,Lu J,Keniston L,Mayer DJ

更新日期：2000-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Application of a GABAA (gamma-aminobutyric acid-A) receptor antagonist through a microdialysis probe into the forelimb primary motor cortex of ketamine-anesthetized rats induced electromyographic activity in the contralateral forelimb. This activity consisted of spontaneous forelimb movements with a frequency of 0.8 +...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Castro-Alamancos MA,Borrell J

更新日期：1993-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the common neurodegenerative diseases that result in the progressive damage of dopaminergic neurons. Environmental exposure, including paraquat, is considered risky for PD. Epigenetics refer to the study of heritable changes in gene expression that occur without a change in DNA seque...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kong M,Ba M,Liang H,Ma L,Yu Q,Yu T,Wang Y

更新日期：2012-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Hibernation in mammals is a whole-body phenotype that involves profound reductions in oxygen consumption, metabolic reactions, core body temperature, neural activity and heart rate. An important aspect of mammalian hibernation is the ability to reverse this state of hypothermic torpor by rewarming and subsequent arous...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Oliver SR,Anderson KJ,Hunstiger MM,Andrews MT

更新日期：2019-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex differences are often reported in spatial abilities. However, some studies show conflicting results, which can be ascribed to the complexity of the variables involved in the visuo-spatial domain. Until a few years ago, it was widely accepted that men outperformed women on almost all spatial tasks. However, recentl...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Piccardi L,Iaria G,Ricci M,Bianchini F,Zompanti L,Guariglia C

更新日期：2008-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the topographical distribution of laser sensory thresholds on the human hairy skin, using a small laser beam for pinprick and a large beam for warmth sensations. The threshold for pinprick sensation correlated positively with the distance from the brain, suggesting that Adelta nociceptors, the fibers which ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Agostino R,Cruccu G,Iannetti G,Romaniello A,Truini A,Manfredi M

更新日期：2000-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A new modification of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH)-diaphorase reaction was used to study the distribution of a specific subset of neurons in rat striatum. These neurons are known to also contain somatostatin-like immunoreactivity (SLI). We have previously found a heterogeneous distribution o...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kowall NW,Beal MF,Ferrante RJ,Martin JB

更新日期：1985-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:This review attempts to explain the symptoms experienced by patients with inflammatory neuropathies by pathophysiological events. The emphasis is not on the primary events that may cause a particular illness but on downstream events taking place in peripheral nerves or muscles. Symptoms that will be discussed include ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Franssen H

更新日期：2015-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between phantom limb pain (PLP) and the movement representation of a phantom limb remains controversial in several areas of neurorehabilitation, although there are a few studies in which the representation of phantom limb movement was precisely evaluated. We evaluated the structured movement representatio...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Osumi M,Sumitani M,Wake N,Sano Y,Ichinose A,Kumagaya S,Kuniyoshi Y,Morioka S

更新日期：2015-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Miyoshi myopathy (MM) is an autosomal recessive distal muscular dystrophy caused by mutations in the dysferlin gene (DYSF), a 150-kb gene on chromosome 2p13 that contains 55 coding exons. Many patients with MM harbour mutations in the DYSF gene, and most of these mutations are inherited from the patients' parents. Rec...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hu YY,Lian YJ,Xu HL,Zheng YK,Li CF,Zhang JW,Yan SP

更新日期：2018-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Following various types of wounds and subsequent denervation, the reinnervation of the rabbit corneal epithelium was found to occur in two distinct phases that overlapped in time. In the first phase large numbers of collateral sprouts originated from the unmyelinated plexus at various distances proximal to the site of...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Beuerman RW,Rózsa AJ

更新日期：1984-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:DSP-4[N-(2-chloroethyl)-N-ethyl-2-bromobenzylamine hydrochloride] is a neurotoxin that depletes norepinephrine. The catecholaminergic system has been implicated in the regulation of blood glucose level. In the present study, the effect of DSP-4 administered intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) or intrathecally (i.t.) on...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Park SH,Kim SS,Lee JR,Sharma N,Suh HW

更新日期：2016-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The dopamine system in the limbic-prefrontal cortex has been assumed to play an important role in the cognitive dysfunction of schizophrenia and phencyclidine (PCP)-induced psychosis. In the present study, the role of metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptor subtypes on PCP-induced cortical dopamine release was investig...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Maeda J,Suhara T,Okauchi T,Semba J

更新日期：2003-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Immobilization stress induced interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) mRNA in the rat hypothalamus. IL-1 beta mRNA was induced at 30 min after the start of immobilization, reached a maximum at 60 min and then was still detected with a decreased level at 120 min. However, 240 min after the start of the immobilization, IL-1 beta...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Minami M,Kuraishi Y,Yamaguchi T,Nakai S,Hirai Y,Satoh M

更新日期：1991-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Lumbar spinal cord explants, harvested from neonatal rat pups aged between postnatal day 0 (P0) and P7, were cultured for a period of 48 h in the chemically defined medium R(12) [17] (Romijn, H.J., van-Huijen, F., Wolters, P.S., Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 8 (1984) 301-334), embedded in a collagen matrix. The outgrowth int...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Mouveroux JM,Lakke EA,Marani E

更新日期：2001-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of glutamate receptors in the central transmission of somatosympathetic reflexes was studied by examining, in anesthetized rats, the effects of MK-801, an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, and CNQX, a non-NMDA receptor antagonist, on two reflex components, the A- and C-reflexes evoked in...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nagata O,Li WM,Sato A

更新日期：1995-12-08 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：:Many biochemically diverse proteins can give rise to amyloid fibrils; however, they are all accompanied by P component and glucosaminoglycans. With antibodies specific to apolipoprotein E (apo E) we used immunohistochemical techniques to test for the presence of this protein in both cerebral and systemic amyloid. We f...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Wisniewski T,Frangione B

更新日期：1992-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of monokines and CNS-derived colony-stimulating factors (CSF) on the growth of microglia has been studied in mixed glial primary cultures stemming from mouse embryos. We observed that spontaneous growth of microglial cells in the presence of astrocytes is blocked by adding anti-colony-stimulating factor ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Théry C,Mallat M

更新日期：1993-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Tinnitus is the perception of sound in the absence of any external auditory stimulus. Based on previous research we have proposed a framework which postulates that the reduction of ongoing inhibitory alpha activity in tinnitus subjects favors a synchronization of neurons in the gamma frequency range while in a resting...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lorenz I,Müller N,Schlee W,Hartmann T,Weisz N

更新日期：2009-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian Period1 gene is rhythmically expressed and its proteins are found within the nucleus of the cells of the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN), the central circadian pacemaker in mammals; however, whether the target of the PER1 proteins is also the nucleus in the retinal peripheral clock cells is yet to be determ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： García-Fernández JM,Alvarez-López C,Cernuda-Cernuda R

更新日期：2007-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetylcholine, synthesized in the cytoplasm of cholinergic neurons by choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), is packaged in synaptic vesicles by vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT). The entire VAChT gene has been reported to be located within the first intron of the ChAT gene. In order to examine whether or not ChA...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Matsuura J,Ajiki K,Ichikawa T,Misawa H

更新日期：1997-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder with a complex aetiology displayed by multiple pathogenic factors. The APOE varepsilon4 allele represents the only established genetic risk factor for sporadic AD; in addition, previous findings on three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located on the APOE...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Valenza A,Bizzarro A,Marra C,Lauria A,Guglielmi V,Rossi C,Tiziano FD,Brahe C,Masullo C

更新日期：2010-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) often show impaired performance on visuospatial attentional tasks. The objective of the study was to examine the attentional function of PD patients performing the attentional network test (ANT). We used the ANT to compare PD patients with healthy controls with respect to the eff...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zhou S,Chen X,Wang C,Yin C,Hu P,Wang K

更新日期：2012-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the hypothesis that intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) administration of leptin would increase mean arterial pressure (MAP) in ad libitum (AL) fed and food deprived (FD) normotensive rats. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were chronically instrumented with a guide cannula directed at the lateral ventricle and a caroti...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Casto RM,VanNess JM,Overton JM

更新日期：1998-04-17 00:00:00