The effect of phentolamine on synaptosomal phosphatidylinositol in experimental galactose toxicity.

abstract：:The effects of a number of drugs that deplete catecholamines or block their receptors were investigated on the levels of free amino acids and glutamate decarboxylase activity in rat striatum and substantia nigra, in an attempt to clarify the possible links between catecholamine and amino acid transmitter function. Whi...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Roberts PJ,Kapur H

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The SAM strains, a group of related inbred strains consisting of senescence-prone inbred strains (SAMP) and senescence-resistant inbred strains (SAMR), have been successfully developed by selective inbreeding of the AKR/J strain of mice donated by the Jackson laboratory in 1968. The characteristic feature of aging com...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Takeda T

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guanine nucleotides (GN) have been implicated in many intracellular mechanisms. Extracellular actions, probably as glutamate receptor antagonists, have also been recently attributed to these compounds. GN may have a neuroprotective role by inhibiting excitotoxic events evoked by glutamate. Effects of extracellular GN ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Tasca CI,Souza DO

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously showed that peptide neurotensin inhibits neuronal Na(+), K(+)-ATPase activity, an effect which involves high affinity neurotensin receptor. Nitric oxide (NO) acts as a neurotransmitter or as a neuromodulator when it is synthesized by neuronal nitric oxide synthase. Neurotensin effect on Na(+), K(+)-...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： López Ordieres MG,Álvarez-Juliá A,Kemmling A,Rodríguez de Lores Arnaiz G

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to explore effects of hypoxia, glucose deprivation (HGD) and recovery on expression and activities of equilibrative nucleoside transporters (rENT) and concentrative nucleoside transporters (rCNT) in rat astrocytes in primary culture. Amounts of cellular ATP in the control group (CG, 5% CO(2) ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Redzic ZB,Malatiali SA,Al-Bader M,Al-Sarraf H

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhesus macaque monkey brain microvessel endothelial cells (BMECs) were isolated and grown in culture in an effort to establish an appropriate primate in vitro model of the endothelial component of the blood-brain barrier. The presence of Factor VIII antigen, alkaline phosphatase, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, lactate...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Shi F,Audus KL

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The consumption of flavonoid-rich foods, in particular fruits and vegetables, has been epidemiologically associated with a reduced risk of heart disease, neurodegenerative disease, cancer and other chronic diseases. Flavonoid glycosides, the main class of flavonoids, have been shown to exert CNS-mediated activities, p...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Fernandez SP,Nguyen M,Yow TT,Chu C,Johnston GA,Hanrahan JR,Chebib M

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The release of endogenous amino acids from depolarized rat hippocampal mossy fiber synaptosomes was investigated to assess the possible role(s) of glutamate and aspartate in mediating the excitatory mossy fiber synaptic input. The relative proportions of prodynorphin-derived peptides concomitantly released with amino ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Terrian DM,Gannon RL,Rea MA

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Fatty Acid method was used to determine whether incorporation of plasma radiolabeled arachidonic acid into brain phospholipids is controlled by phospholipase A2. Awake rats received an i.v. injection of a phospholipase A2 inhibitor, manoalide (10 mg/kg), and then were infused i.v. with [1-(14)C]arachidonate or [3H...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Grange E,Rabin O,Bell J,Chang MC

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyroptosis is a newly identified lytic form of programmed cell death which is characterized by plasma membrane blebbing and rupture. Pyroptosis occurs in cerebral ischemia injury, and contributes to the activation and secretion of the inflammatory cytokines interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-18, and IL-6. Previous reports have f...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Liu D,Dong Z,Xiang F,Liu H,Wang Y,Wang Q,Rao J

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activation of caspase-3 is considered to be a reliable marker for apoptotic cell death, and a 120-kDa fragment of αII-spectrin is generated by caspase-3 mediated cleavage of this structural protein. In the present study, we compared cleaved αII-spectrin (120-kDa) and cleaved caspase-3-immunoreactive cells and thei...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Hwang IK,Ahn JH,Yoo DY,Lee CH,Yoo KY,Choi JH,Moon SM,Shin HC,Won MH

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review properties of lipid acetyltransferase enzymes are outlined. The three activities of interest are lyso PAF acetyltransferase (acetyl CoA: 1-alkyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine acetyltransferase), AGP acetyltransferase (acetyl CoA: 1-alkyl sn-glycero-3-phosphate acetyltransferase) and a transacetylase activ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Baker RR

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial dysfunction has been proposed to be one of the earliest triggering events in isoflurane-induced neuronal damage. Lidocaine has been demonstrated to attenuate the impairment of cognition in aged rats induced by isoflurane in our previous study. In this study, we hypothesized that lidocaine could attenuate...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Li J,Zhu X,Yang S,Xu H,Guo M,Yao Y,Huang Z,Lin D

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We estimated catecholamine levels in CSF of 15 epileptics and 75 non-neurological patients utilizing a high performance liquid chromatograph with a highly sensitive fluorometer and found the following results: The dopamine (DA) levels in males were significantly higher than those in females, while norepinephrine (NE) ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Hiramatsu M,Fujimoto N,Mori A

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ca(2+)-dependent release of aspartate from hippocampal preparations was first reported 35 years ago, but the functional significance of this process remains uncertain. Aspartate satisfies all the criteria normally required for identification of a CNS transmitter. It is synthesized in nerve terminals, is accumulate...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Nadler JV

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postmortem changes in the activity of GDH, GAD, GABA-T, and GS in the adult forebrain and cerebellum and in the forebrain of newborns have been investigated. The activities of GDH, GAD, and GS were stable till 12 hr after death in both adult and young brain regions studied. The activity of GABA-T was stable till 30 mi...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Bhargava HK,Telang S

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ellagic acid (EA, 2,3,7,8-tetrahydroxy-chromeno; C14H6O8) is a polyphenol derived from fruits (pomegranates, berries) and nuts. EA exhibits antioxidant capacity and induces anti-inflammatory actions in several mammalian tissues. EA has been characterized as a possible neuroprotective agent, but the number of reports i...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： de Oliveira MR

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suspensions of rat brain microsomes, synaptosomes, and synaptic vesicles were able to convert adenosine to inosine by means of adenosine deaminase. Isosbestic points of this transformation, at 222, 250 and 281 nm, remained unchanged with time-course. This fact suggests that adenosine deaminase (ADA, E.C. 3.5.4.4) is l...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Centelles JJ,Franco R,Canela EI,Bozal J

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice infected with the Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis virus showed a significant decrease in the GABA content of cerebral hemispheres. Activity of the enzyme which synthetizes GABA, glutamate decarboxylase, is also reduced in whole cerebral hemispheres, neostriatum, and frontal cortex of infected animals, as comp...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Bonilla E,Ryder E,Ryder S

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence to suggest that hepatic encephalopathy in acute liver failure is the result of altered glutamatergic function. In particular, the high affinity uptake of glutamate is decreased in brain slices and synaptosomes from rats with acute liver failure as well as by exposure of cultured astrocytes...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Chan H,Butterworth RF

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic brain injury continues to be of major concern in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) surgery for congenital heart disease. Striatum and hippocampus are particularly vulnerable to injury during these processes. Our hypothesis is that the neuronal injury resulting from CPB and the associated circul...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Pastuszko P,Schears GJ,Greeley WJ,Kubin J,Wilson DF,Pastuszko A

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The experiments reported in this paper address the hypothesis that [3H]leucine enkephalin labels both mu and delta receptors. As reported by other workers, this peptide dissociates from rat brain membranes in a biphasic manner. This is consistent with a two site binding model which hypothesizes that the peptide labels...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Rothman RB,Westfall TC

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seizures are accompanied by an exacerbated activation of cerebral ion channels. 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) is a pro-convulsive agent which mechanism of action involves activation of Na(+) and Ca(2+) channels, and several antiepileptic drugs control seizures by reducing these channels permeability. The antidepressant, sert...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Sitges M,Aldana BI,Reed RC

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatostatin (SS) is an inhibitory regulator of secretory and proliferative responses that activates a group of receptors in the plasma membrane termed SSR1-5. SSR2 is one of the most abundant SSR, which also is expressed in high numbers in many neuroendocrine tumor types. Here, we describe a study of the presence and...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Hashemi SH,Li JY,Ahlman H,Dahlström A

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pig brain cerebral cortex was subfractionated by isopycnic centrifugation in sucrose gradients. In each subfraction the content of the agonist [3H]R-PIA binding, the activity of adenosine metabolizing enzymes (5'-nucleotidase and adenosine deaminase) and the activity of membrane marker enzymes were determined. The fra...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Casadó V,Lluis C,Canela E,Franco R,Mallol J

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a common neurodegenerative condition that affects the elderly population. Its primary symptom is memory loss. The memory dysfunction in AD has been associated with cortical cholinergic deficiency and loss of cholinergic neurons of the nucleus basalis of Meynert (NBM). Zizyphus jujube (ZJ) a...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Rabiei Z,Rafieian-Kopaei M,Heidarian E,Saghaei E,Mokhtari S

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The preventive effect of dietary taurine supplementation on glial alterations in retina of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats was examined in this study. Blood glucose content, content of taurine, glutamate and -amino butyric acid (GABA) and expression of glial fibrillary acid protein (GFAP), vascular endothe...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Zeng K,Xu H,Mi M,Zhang Q,Zhang Y,Chen K,Chen F,Zhu J,Yu X

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse isolated vas deferens preincubated with [3-H]noradrenaline was superfused and the effect of alpha 1-adrenoceptor agonists was studied on the release of total radioactivity ([3H]noradrenaline + 3H-metabolites) and [3H]noradrenaline. Reverse phase high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) combined with scintillat...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Vizi ES,Somogyi GT,Harsing LG Jr,Zimanyi I

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid and specific method for assaying 4-aminobutyrate-2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase was developed. The method was based on the selectivity of ion exchange resin and the speed of vacuum filtration. With this new method, the aminotransferase activity in various tissues has been determined as follows: brain, 10.2; s...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Wu JY,Moss LG,Chude O

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we evaluated the expression of some proliferation and differentiation markers in 15 DIV astrocyte cultures pretreated or not with 0.5 mM glutamate for 24 h and than maintained under chronic or acute treatment with 50 μM R(+)enantiomer or raceme alpha-lipoic acid (ALA). GFAP expression significant...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Bramanti V,Tomassoni D,Bronzi D,Grasso S,Currò M,Avitabile M,Li Volsi G,Renis M,Ientile R,Amenta F,Avola R

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00