Preservation of acetylcholine muscarinic M2 receptor G-protein interactions in the neocortex of patients with Alzheimer's disease.

abstract：:The expression of dystrophin-protein 71 (Dp71) was investigated during nerve growth factor (NGF) induced differentiation of PC12 cells. A semi-quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay was designed to measure Dp71 mRNA, whereas the Dp71 protein amount was evaluated by immunoblot analy...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Cisneros B,Rendon A,Genty V,Aranda G,Marquez F,Mornet D,Montañez C

更新日期：1996-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The physiological role of mGluR1-induced inward current in a Purkinje neuron was studied in a cerebellar slice preparation. In a voltage-clamp condition, application of a mGluR1 agonist (RS)-3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycine (DHPG) induced both the transient and sustained phases of inward currents, which were blocked by simu...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yamakawa Y,Hirano T

更新日期：1999-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Occurrence of neurocalcin, a calcium-binding protein with three EF hand motifs, was examined immunohistochemically in the rat olfactory epithelium and vomeronasal organ epithelium. Immunoreactivity was detected in receptor cells in these epithelia. Immunoreactions were distributed in cytoplasm associated with outer mi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Iino S,Kobayashi S,Okazaki K,Hidaka H

更新日期：1995-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of acute phenylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase (PNMT) inhibition on rat brain catecholamine concentrations was studied. All PNMT inhibitors tested were effective in depleting hypothalamic and brain stem epinephrine. Norepinephrine concentrations were unaffected; however, dopamine levels were increased in a...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Mefford IN,Roth KA,Barchas JD

更新日期：1980-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the effect of acetylcholine (Ach) on parasympathetic vagal neurons in the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMNX). Patch-clamp techniques were utilized to examine voltage and ligand-gated currents in visualized DMNX neurons in an in vitro slice. Ach (100 microM) activated an inward current, -196.4...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Neff RA,Hansen MK,Mendelowitz D

更新日期：1995-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography (PET) during focal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has emerged as a promising approach to study cortical connectivity in awake humans. However, the noise caused by the discharging magnetic coil might have confounding effects on the rTMS-related cortical activation patte...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Siebner HR,Peller M,Willoch F,Auer C,Bartenstein P,Drzezga A,Schwaiger M,Conrad B

更新日期：1999-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic soluble Aβ oligomers are often used as a surrogate for biologic material in a number of model systems. We compared the activity of Aβ oligomers (synthetic and cell culture media derived) on the human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma and C2C12 mouse myoblast cell lines in a novel, modified MTT assay. Separating oligomer...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Weidner AM,Housley M,Murphy MP,Levine H 3rd

更新日期：2011-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic demyelination and the concomitant loss of trophic support and increased energy demands in axons are thought to contribute to neurodegeneration in a number of neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). Adult oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) play an important role in these demyelinating disease...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Harrington EP,Bergles DE,Calabresi PA

更新日期：2020-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance imaging was used to investigate the relation between the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) Val66Met polymorphism and volumetric measurements for the medial temporal lobe structures (amygdala, hippocampus, and parahippocampal gyrus) and prefrontal sub-regions (the superior frontal gyrus, middl...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Takahashi T,Suzuki M,Tsunoda M,Kawamura Y,Takahashi N,Tsuneki H,Kawasaki Y,Zhou SY,Kobayashi S,Sasaoka T,Seto H,Kurachi M,Ozaki N

更新日期：2008-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs) play a key role in regulating gastrointestinal tract motility. The pathophysiological basis of colonic aperistalsis in Hirschsprung's disease (HD) is still not fully understood. Many studies reported that decreased numbers or disrupted networks of ICCs were associated with HD. Little...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Wang H,Zhang Y,Liu W,Wu R,Chen X,Gu L,Wei B,Gao Y

更新日期：2009-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:UBB+1 protein is an aberrant ubiquitin associated with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). It leads to proteasome inhibition, heat-shock protein (HSP) expression and apoptosis in cell cultures. Despite UBB+1 polyubiquitination (an indication of proteasome inhibition), we demonstrate that UBB+1 and HSP40/HSP70 immuno...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hope AD,Lashley T,Lees AJ,de Silva R

更新日期：2004-04-08 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：:It remains unknown if tissue acidosis contributes to neuronal loss during cerebral ischemia. We report that brief intracellular acidification (pH 6.62) results in delayed neuronal loss in cultured hippocampal slices. Cell loss was located primarily in stratum pyramidale and the hilus suggesting that neurons were prefe...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Shen H,Chan J,Kass IS,Bergold PJ

更新日期：1995-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Injection of the triceps brachii muscle of the rat with horseradish peroxidase (HRP) led to labeling of motoneurons in the dorsolateral and ventral aspects of the ventral grey horn of the brachial spinal cord. Ventral, labeled neurons were absent, however, in rats in which the motor branches of the radial nerve to tri...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Haase P,Hrycyshyn AW

更新日期：1985-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Super-resolution microscopy techniques offer subdiffraction limited resolution that is two- to ten-fold improved compared to that offered by conventional confocal microscopy. This breakthrough in resolution for light microscopy has contributed to new findings in neuroscience and synapse biology. This review will focus...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Badawi Y,Nishimune H

更新日期：2020-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine which types of neuron in laminae I-III of the rat spinal dorsal horn contain the peptide galanin, pre-embedding immunocytochemistry with antiserum to galanin was combined with post-embedding detection of GABA- and glycine-like immunoreactivities. Sixty-eight galanin immunoreactive neurons in lami...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Simmons DR,Spike RC,Todd AJ

更新日期：1995-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette smoking is highly addictive and modern genetic research has identified robust genetic influences on nicotine dependence. An important step in translating these genetic findings to clinical practice is identifying the genetic factors affecting smoking cessation in order to enhance current smoking cessation tr...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Chen LS,Horton A,Bierut L

更新日期：2018-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunohistochemical and immunoblot techniques were employed to examine the distribution and expression of GABA(B) receptors in the prefrontal cortex of postmortem subjects with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. GABA(B)R1a/b immunoreactivity was observed in the neuronal soma and dendrites as well as in the neuropil i...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ishikawa M,Mizukami K,Iwakiri M,Asada T

更新日期：2005-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A prevailing hypothesis is that neurogenesis is reduced in depression and that the common mechanism for antidepressant treatments is to increase it in adult hippocampus. Reduced neurogenesis has been shown in healthy rats exposed to stress, but it has not yet been demonstrated in depressed patients. Emerging studies n...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Petersén A,Wörtwein G,Gruber SH,El-Khoury A,Mathé AA

更新日期：2009-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Cocaine's enhancement of dopaminergic neurotransmission in the mesolimbic pathway plays a critical role in the initial reinforcing properties of this drug. However, other neurotransmitter systems are also integral to the addiction process. A large body of data indicates that opioids and dopamine together mediate emoti...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ambrose LM,Gallagher SM,Unterwald EM,Van Bockstaele EJ

更新日期：2006-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) mediates cell-cell signalling in the brain and stimulates cyclic GMP (cGMP) production in target cells. We have used NADPH-diaphorase (reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-diaphorase) histochemistry to identify NO-producing neurones and cGMP immunohistochemistry to locate the targets o...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Southam E,Morris R,Garthwaite J

更新日期：1992-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Central diabetes insipidus can occur after hypothalamic-hypophyseal tract injury. This injury is linked with a deficit in circulating vasopressin and oxytocin, which are produced in the supraoptic nuclei and the hypothalamic paraventricular nuclei. Previous studies indicate that an ectopic neural lobe forms after pitu...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Feng Z,Ou Y,Zhou M,Wu G,Ma L,Zhang Y,Liu Y,Qi S

更新日期：2018-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain pericytes are involved in neurovascular dysfunction, neurodegeneration and/or neuroinflammation. In the present study, we focused on the proinflammatory properties of brain pericytes to understand their participation in the induction of inflammation at the neurovascular unit (NVU). The NVU comprises different ce...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Matsumoto J,Takata F,Machida T,Takahashi H,Soejima Y,Funakoshi M,Futagami K,Yamauchi A,Dohgu S,Kataoka Y

更新日期：2014-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene has been reported to be a candidate gene for susceptibility to Parkinson's disease (PD), but results of different studies are conflicting. Here, we conducted a meta-analysis of published case-control studies to evaluate the association between MTHFR C677T and A...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Liu L,Zhang L,Guo L,Yu Q,Li H,Teng J,Xie A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug addiction is a process that transits from recreative and regular drug use into compulsive drug use. The two patterns of drug use, controlled drug intake and escalated drug intake, represent different stages in the development of drug addiction; and escalation of drug use is a hallmark of addiction. Accumulating s...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Du HY,Cao DN,Chen Y,Wang L,Wu N,Li J

更新日期：2016-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Results from various genetic association studies of the lipoprotein lipase (LPL) S447X polymorphism and Alzheimer's disease (AD), range from a statistically significant negative association of clinically examined patients to a non-significant but consistent trend for under-representation of the X447 allele in neuropat...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Fidani L,Compton D,Hardy J,Petersen RC,Tangalos E,Mirtsou V,Goulas A,De Vrieze FW

更新日期：2002-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropathic pain (NP) is highly disabling, responds poorly to pharmacological treatment, and represents a significant cause of decreased quality of life in patients suffering from spinal cord injury (SCI). In recent years, cell therapy with autologous mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) has been considered as a potential...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Vaquero J,Zurita M,Rico MA,Aguayo C,Fernández C,Gutiérrez R,Rodríguez-Boto G,Saab A,Hassan R,Ortega C

更新日期：2018-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the complement system is believed to be involved in degenerative processes of certain neurological diseases, including Alzheimer disease. Recent data have shown that the mRNAs for these proteins can be detected in brain-derived mRNA. In this study, C4 mRNA was detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Walker DG,McGeer PL

更新日期：1993-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of short-term exercise (15 min step-exercise) on serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels was evaluated in healthy human subjects. Results showed a short-term, significant increase in serum BDNF levels after exercise. Intra-individual differences in serum BDNF levels were remarkably small on th...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tang SW,Chu E,Hui T,Helmeste D,Law C

更新日期：2008-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The trembler mouse suffers from a dominantly inherited mutation of the peripheral myelin protein 22 (PMP22) gene which results in an abnormal myelination of its peripheral nervous system. The recent identification of two different PMP22 mRNA differing in their 5' non-translated region led us to monitor their respectiv...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Garbay B,Boiron-Sargueil F,Cassagne C

更新日期：1995-10-06 00:00:00