Synaptosomal and brain mitochondrial lipids in hibernating and cold-acclimated golden hamsters.

abstract：:We applied our in vivo fatty acid method to examine concentrations, incorporation, and turnover rates of docosahexaenoic acid (22:6 n-3) in brains of rats subject to a dietary deficiency of alpha-linolenic acid (18:3 n-3) for three generations. Adult deficient and adequate rats of the F3 generation were infused intrav...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Contreras MA,Greiner RS,Chang MC,Myers CS,Salem N Jr,Rapoport SI

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amino acid neurotransmitters in the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) are thought to play a key role in the mediation of visceral reflexes and glutamate has been proposed as the neurotransmitter of visceral afferent nerves projecting to this region. The present studies sought to characterize the use of in vivo microdia...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Sved AF,Curtis JT

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding of tetanus toxin to rat brain membranes was of lower affinity and capacity when binding was determined in 150 mM NaCl, 50 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.4) than in 25 mM Tris-acetate (pH 6.0). Binding under both conditions was reduced by treating the membranes with neuraminidase. Pronase treatment, however, reduced toxin b...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Critchley DR,Habig WH,Fishman PH

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biophysical properties of NMDA receptors are thought to be critical determinants involved in the regulation of long-term synaptic plasticity during neocortical development. NMDA receptor channel properties are strongly dependent on the subunit composition of heteromeric NMDA receptors. During neocortical developme...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hoffmann H,Gremme T,Hatt H,Gottmann K

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic stress in the brain induces acute and massive neuronal death in the targeted area, which is followed by a second round of detrimental processes, called delayed neuronal death, in the neighboring areas. To test the hypothesis that transcriptional control plays a role in the pathophysiology of the postischemic ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kim JB,Piao CS,Lee KW,Han PL,Ahn JI,Lee YS,Lee JK

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A non-invasive (13)C magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) technique is described for the determination of the N-acetyl-L-aspartate (NAA) synthesis rate, V(NAA), in the human brain in vivo. In controls, the mean V(NAA) was 9.2 +/- 3.9 nmol/min/g. In Canavan disease, where [NAA] is increased (p < 0.001) and [aspartate]...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Moreno A,Ross BD,Blüml S

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transamination of the branched-chain amino acids produces glutamate and branched-chain alpha-ketoacids. The reaction is catalyzed by branched-chain aminotransferase (BCAT), of which there are cytosolic and mitochondrial isoforms (BCATc and BCATm). BCATc accounts for 70% of brain BCAT activity, and contributes at least...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： García-Espinosa MA,Wallin R,Hutson SM,Sweatt AJ

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine (DA)-producing neurons in the ventral midbrain are generated from a specified neuronal lineage and form selective axonal pathways that mediate multiple CNS functions. Expression of the gene encoding tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), which is a key enzyme of catecholamine biosynthesis, is regulated during the develop...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Matsushita N,Okada H,Yasoshima Y,Takahashi K,Kiuchi K,Kobayashi K

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously observed that gangliosides GM2, GM1, and GM3 inhibit Ca2+-uptake via the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) in neurons and in brain microsomes. We now systematically examine the effect of various gangliosides and their analogs on Ca2+-uptake via SERCA and demonstrate that an exposed carboxyl...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Ginzburg L,Li SC,Li YT,Futerman AH

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular matrix (ECM) is important for both structural integrity and functions of the brain. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play major roles in ECM-remodeling under both physiological and pathological conditions. Reversion-inducing cysteine-rich protein with Kazal motifs (Reck) is a membrane-anchored MMP-re...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Wang H,Imamura Y,Ishibashi R,Chandana EP,Yamamoto M,Noda M

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic cocaine use in humans and animal models is known to lead to pronounced alterations in glutamatergic function in brain regions associated with reinforcement. Previous studies have examined ionotropic glutamate receptor (iGluR) subunit protein level changes following acute and chronic experimenter-administered c...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Tang W,Wesley M,Freeman WM,Liang B,Hemby SE

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve growth factor (NGF) serves a critical survival-promoting function for developing sympathetic neurons. Following removal of NGF, sympathetic neurons undergo apoptosis characterized by the activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs), up-regulation of BH3-only proteins including BcL-2-interacting mediator of cell...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Lomb DJ,Straub JA,Freeman RS

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The consequences of H(2)O(2)/Fe(2+)-induced oxidative stress on translocation of ethanolamine phosphoglyceride (EPG) and serine phosphoglyceride (SPG) were studied in an oligodendroglia-like cell line (OLN 93) following 3 days of supplementation with 0.1 mM docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and a series of polar head group p...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Brand A,Yavin E

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following a previous report on detection of muscarinic receptors in myelin with the implied presence of G proteins, we now demonstrate by more direct means the presence of such proteins and their quantification. Using [35S]guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) ([35S]GTP gamma S) as the binding ligand, purified myelin fr...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Larocca JN,Golly F,Ledeen RW

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we have studied (a) the contents of gangliosides, glycoproteins, and phospholipids of the vesicle and plasma membrane fractions from brains of anesthetized and control rats and chickens and (b) the labeling of gangliosides and glycoproteins in the retina ganglion cell layer and optic tectum of urethane-a...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Domowicz MS,Kivatinitz SC,Caputto BL,Caputto R

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The administration of nicotine activates tyrosine hydroxylase in the rat adrenal gland. This activation is apparently maximal 25 min after a single subcutaneous injection of nicotine at 2.3 mg/kg. Repeated injections of nicotine (seven injections once every 30 min) are associated with a persistent activation of adrena...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Fossom LH,Sterling C,Tank AW

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a neurotrophic factor essential for maintenance of motor neurons. Loss of this factor produces a phenotype similar to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We recently showed that ALS-producing mutations of Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD1) disrupt post-transcriptional regul...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Li X,Lu L,Bush DJ,Zhang X,Zheng L,Suswam EA,King PH

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of lead ions on the release of acetylcholine (ACh) was investigated in intact and digitonin-permeabilized rat cerebrocortical synaptosomes that had been prelabeled with [3H]choline. Release of ACh was inferred from the release of total 3H label or by determination of [3H]ACh. Application of 1 microM Pb2+ to...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Shao Z,Suszkiw JB

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The turnover rate of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the rat striatum was estimated by measuring its accumulation after inhibition of GABA-transaminase (GABA-T) with gabaculine. Intrastriatal injections of 100 micrograms gabaculine induced a rapid and complete inhibition of GABA-T. GABA accumulation was linear with ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Giorgi O,Meek JL

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elemental (Na, Cl, K) and water contents of leech (Macrobdella decora) neurons and glial cells were determined under steady-state exposure to 4, 10, and 20 mM KCl concentrations (bathing media) using x-ray microanalysis for quantitative digital imaging of frozen hydrated and dried cryosections. Effects of furosemide, ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Saubermann AJ,Stockton JD

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous in vitro studies have shown that group III metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) regulate synaptic glutamate release. The present study used microdialysis to characterize this regulation in vivo in rat nucleus accumbens. Reverse dialysis of the group III mGluR agonist l-(+)-2-amino-4-phosphonobutyric acid...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Xi ZX,Shen H,Baker DA,Kalivas PW

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), a single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) virus, is the leading cause of encephalitis in Asia. Microglial activation is one of the key events in JEV-induced neuroinflammation. Although the various microRNAs (miRNAs) has been shown to regulate microglia activation during pathological conditions i...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Thounaojam MC,Kaushik DK,Kundu K,Basu A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelin basic protein (MBP) dissociated from brain myelin membranes when they were incubated (37 degrees C; pH 7.4) at physiological ionic strength. Zinc ions inhibited, and calcium promoted, this process. Protease activity in the membrane preparations cleaved the dissociated MBP into both small (less than 4 kilodalton...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Earl C,Chantry A,Mohammad N,Glynn P

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholinergic signaling plays an important role in regulating the growth and regeneration of axons in the nervous system. The α7 nicotinic receptor (α7) can drive synaptic development and plasticity in the hippocampus. Here, we show that activation of α7 significantly reduces axon growth in hippocampal neurons by coupli...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Nordman JC,Phillips WS,Kodama N,Clark SG,Del Negro CA,Kabbani N

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein biosynthesis in the retina and fast axonal transport along the optic pathway were studied in rabbits in which diabetes had been experimentally induced. Retinal protein biosynthesis and axonal transport were significantly reduced in the diabetic rabbits, and the reduction was correlated to the severity of the d...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Chihara E

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In rats rendered hyperthyroid by chronic treatment with L-triiodothyronine (T3) hormone there was a 21 and 27% decrease, respectively, in the number of binding sites for [3H]flunitrazepam ([3H]FNZ) and [3H]ethyl-beta-carboline-3-carboxylate ([3H]beta-CCE) without changes in affinity for the two ligands. Two weeks afte...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Medina JH,De Robertis E

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned Caenorhabditis elegans lev-8 and demonstrated that it encodes a novel nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subunit (previously designated ACR-13), which has functional roles in body wall and uterine muscles as part of a levamisole-sensitive receptor. LEV-8 is an alpha subunit and is the first to be ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Towers PR,Edwards B,Richmond JE,Sattelle DB

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superfusion of striatal slices with a medium deficient in Ca2+ and Mg2+ caused a large and sustained increase in release of lactate dehydrogenase, a finding indicative of the disruption of plasma membranes. This was associated with an efflux of dopamine (DA) and the depletion of DA from the tissue. In addition, wherea...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Lonart G,Zigmond MJ

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies suggest that the chemotactic G protein-coupled receptor formyl-peptide-receptor-like-1 (FPRL1) or the scavenger receptor MARCO (macrophage receptor with collagenous structure) plays an essential role in the inflammatory response of host defense mechanisms and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheime...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Brandenburg LO,Konrad M,Wruck CJ,Koch T,Lucius R,Pufe T

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the cloning, genome mapping, functional expression, pharmacology and anatomical distribution of three melanocortin (MC) receptors from zebrafish (z). Phylogenetic analysis showed with high bootstrap support that these genes represent one MC4 receptor and two MC5 receptors. Chromosomal mapping showed conserve...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Ringholm A,Fredriksson R,Poliakova N,Yan YL,Postlethwait JH,Larhammar D,Schiöth HB

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00