Regional specialization of the quail retina: ganglion cell density and oil droplet distribution.

abstract：:The processing of sound information is mediated by the cochlea and the central auditory system. Among the central auditory system, the inferior colliculus (IC) has leading roles in the acoustic processing. In a previous study, we demonstrated psychiatric disorder-related behavioral abnormalities in a genetically modif...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nakajima M,Nishikawa C,Miyasaka Y,Kikkawa Y,Mori H,Tsuruta M,Okuyama S,Furukawa Y

更新日期：2014-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotaxic injections of ibotenic acid (IBO) and kainic acid (KA) into either the dorsal hippocampus or the lateral cerebroventricle were performed in order to determine the relative potencies of the drugs and the vulnerability of different hippocampal cell types to their neurotoxic action, IBO was found to be approx...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Köhler C,Schwarcz R,Fuxe K

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural cell adhesion molecules (NCAMs) are members of the immunoglobulin superfamily and are involved in synaptic rearrangements in the mature brain. There are three major NCAM forms: NCAM 180, NCAM 140 and NCAM 120. Several studies report that NCAMs play a central role in memory. In the present study we investigated ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Baydas G,Nedzvetsky VS,Nerush PA,Kirichenko SV,Demchenko HM,Reiter RJ

更新日期：2002-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatigue of the lumbar extensor muscles has been associated with a degradation of balance, but the mechanism is not well understood. The ankle plays a major role in upright standing, and loss of proprioceptive acuity at the ankle could contribute to a degradation of balance. Therefore, the first objective of this study...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Pline KM,Madigan ML,Nussbaum MA,Grange RW

更新日期：2005-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Statins were recently shown to possess anti-inflammatory activities, which might be responsible for their favourable effects in cardiovascular or CNS disorders independently from the inhibition of hydroxy-methyl-glutaryl CoA reductase. Here we investigated the effects of the statins lovastatin and mevastatin on prosta...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tringali G,Vairano M,Dello Russo C,Preziosi P,Navarra P

更新日期：2004-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In fetal and adult human brains, calbindin immunoreactivity (CB-ir) of neostriatal neuropil showed inhomogeneous pattern. A mosaic of CB-ir neuropil patches matching the acetylcholinesterase (AChE)-reactive patches and most of the encapsulated cell-dense islands was distributed in a lighter stained background matrix. ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Letinić K,Kostović I

更新日期：1996-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The most current human-based studies in which brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels in the peripheral blood system are analyzed use it as an indicator that represents BDNF levels in the CNS. However, whether circulating BDNF (serum and plasma) is positively or inversely associated with cardiorespiratory fitn...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Cho HC,Kim J,Kim S,Son YH,Lee N,Jung SH

更新日期：2012-06-21 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：:Early intervention following combat deployment has the potential to prevent posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but there is a need for greater understanding of the factors that contribute to PTSD symptom progression. This study investigated: (1) fear-potentiated startle during a fear extinction, (2) white matter mi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Costanzo ME,Jovanovic T,Pham D,Leaman S,Highland KB,Norrholm SD,Roy MJ

更新日期：2016-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The motor activity of the rat bladder elicited by transmural electrical stimulation was abolished in the presence of 200 nM tetrodotoxin but not of 1 microM atropine plus 3.4 microM guanethidine. Tissue preincubation with 20 microM, alpha, beta-methylene ATP reduced but did not obliterate the electrically-induced moto...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Acevedo CG,Lewin J,Contreras E,Huidobro-Toro JP

更新日期：1990-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurotrophin 3 (NT3) is a potent neurotrophic factor for promoting remyelination and recovery of neuronal function; upregulation of its expression in the central nervous system (CNS) is thus of major therapeutic importance for neurological deficits. Matrine (MAT), a quinolizidine alkaloid derived from the herb Radix S...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zhang ML,Zhang XJ,Kang J,Zhang HJ,Chen XL,Liu N,Liu SQ,Ma WD,Zhang GX,Zhu L

更新日期：2017-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Localizations of thalamic relay neurons of vibrissae, common fur of the muzzle and head, as well as those projecting to the cortical vibrissal field in mice with vibrissae coagulated at birth, have been studied by retrograde transport of peroxydase. The tracer was injected in the corresponding cortical areas. In coagu...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Verney C,Farkas-Bargeton E,Verley R

更新日期：1982-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat neocortical slices maintained in Mg2(+)-free Krebs medium developed spontaneous paroxysmal discharges which were attenuated or suppressed by the gamma-aminobutyric acid-B (GABAB) receptor agonist baclofen, occasionally accompanied by a slight hyperpolarisation, and antagonised by the specific GABAB-receptor antago...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ong J,Kerr DI,Johnston GA,Hall RG

更新日期：1990-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat spinal cord slice preparation has been used to investigate the sensitivity of deep dorsal horn neurones to the excitatory amino acids N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), quisqualate and L-glutamate. Intracellular recordings were made from 44 neurones in laminae III-VI of 14- to 16-day rats. Superfusion of quisqualate...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： King AE,Thompson SW,Urban L,Woolf CJ

更新日期：1988-07-08 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：:Recent evidence demonstrated that lesion-induced central nervous system changes are at least partly mediated by the action of the gaseous transmitter nitric oxide (NO). We investigated the hypothesis that the frequency of peripheral C-fibre stimulation determines the number of neurones in the dorsal horn that can be v...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hoheisel U,Kaske A,Reinert A,Mense S

更新日期：1997-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory responses have been shown to modulate the pattern and degree of ischemic injury. Previously, we demonstrated that intracorpus callosum microinjection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS, a well-known endotoxin) markedly induced inflammatory responses confined to ipsilateral hemisphere and aggravated cerebral ische...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Cho GS,Lee JC,Ju C,Kim C,Kim WK

更新日期：2013-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested whether the stimulation of acupoints in the same spinal segments could induce different central responses with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study. Stimulation of acupoints ST36/SP6 (Zusanli/Sanyinjiao) or GB34/BL57 (Yanglingquan/Chengshan) both activated primary and secondary somatosensory ar...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zhang WT,Jin Z,Luo F,Zhang L,Zeng YW,Han JS

更新日期：2004-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Contradictory results have been reported regarding the participation of bulbospinal inspiratory (BSI) neurons in vomiting contractions of the diaphragm in dogs and cats maintained at low and high end-tidal CO2 levels, respectively. To resolve this discrepancy, effects of CO2 levels on vomiting activities were observed...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Koga T,Fukuda H

更新日期：1994-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) increased neuronal excitability specifically in type II neurons of the dorsolateral part of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (dlBNST). Because the majority of type II dlBNST neurons are thought to be GABAergic interneurons, at least a portion of w...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nagano Y,Kaneda K,Maruyama C,Ide S,Kato F,Minami M

更新日期：2015-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Sickle cell disease (SCD) describes a group of disorders associated with a point mutation in the beta chain of hemoglobin. The mutation leads to the creation of sickle hemoglobin (HbS) and causes distortion of erythrocytes through polymerization under low oxygen, resulting in characteristic sickle red blood cells. Vas...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Uhelski ML,Simone DA

更新日期：2019-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparative study was made of the enzyme choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) from normal and Alzheimer (senile dementia of the Alzheimer type) brain. The number of molecular weight and charge forms of the enzyme were determined in the caudate region of both brains. Efficient purification of active ChAT was achieved usi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Bruce G

更新日期：1985-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysbindin gene (DTNBP1) has been associated with schizophrenia, but literature findings are inconsistent, and further analyses are required. This study is aimed to investigate if a set of DTNBP1 variations might influence clinic psychotic phenotype or treatment response in a sample of 240 Korean schizophrenic in-patie...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Pae CU,Drago A,Kim JJ,Patkar AA,Jun TY,Lee C,Mandelli L,De Ronchi D,Paik IH,Serretti A

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several lines of evidence indicate that the histaminergic (HA) system is important for wakefulness and behavioral state regulation. We investigated the hypothesis that age-related changes in HA system occur which may be related to decreased alertness in aging. Although histidine decarboxylase mRNA levels did not chang...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Terao A,Steininger TL,Morairty SR,Kilduff TS

更新日期：2004-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The depth and complexity of the non-coding transcriptome in nervous system tissues provides a rich substrate for adenosine de-amination acting on RNA (ADAR). Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) serve diverse regulatory and computational functions, coupling signal flow from the environment to evolutionarily coded analog and digit...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： St Laurent G 3rd,Savva YA,Reenan R

更新日期：2009-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Dorsal root potentials (DRPs) and dorsal cord potentials (DCPs) were recorded from the lumbar spinal cord in anaesthetised rats. With the spinal cord intact, low-voltage low-frequency spontaneous DRPs were recorded in synchrony on all lumbar dorsal roots. When the cord was cut at T12, spontaneous large-voltage approxi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lidierth M,Wall PD

更新日期：1996-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Whale brains have attracted the attention of neuroscientists but there are only sparse studies on whale glial cells. Here we report on immunolabeling of astrocytes by antibodies to glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) or protein S-100 beta (both by the streptavidin/biotin technique), and labeling of microglial cells...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Pritz-Hohmeier S,Härtig W,Behrmann G,Reichenbach A

更新日期：1994-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysregulated brain glucose metabolism and lactate accumulation are seen following traumatic brain injury (TBI). The underlying molecular mechanism is poorly understood. Pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH), the rate-limiting enzyme coupling cytosolic glycolysis to mitochondrial citric acid cycle, plays a critical role in main...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Xing G,Ren M,Watson WD,O'Neill JT,Verma A

更新日期：2009-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroimmune mechanisms play critical roles in brain development and can be impacted by early life adversity. Microglia are the resident immune cells in the brain, with both sex-specific and region-specific developmental profiles. Since early life adversity is associated with several neuropsychiatric disorders with dev...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Gildawie KR,Orso R,Peterzell S,Thompson V,Brenhouse HC

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The affective meaning of words can be quantified statistically by the 'semantic differential technique'. We studied a total of 55 Chinese adults in two experiments: first, 210 nouns were rated by 32 subjects. Factor analysis on these data yielded three independent semantic dimensions. Semantically unique words were us...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Skrandies W,Chiu MJ

更新日期：2003-04-24 00:00:00