Interleukin-1 beta and interleukin-6 are elevated in the cerebrospinal fluid of Alzheimer's and de novo Parkinson's disease patients.

abstract：:We have assessed whether apolipoprotein E (ApoE) genotype influences the age of onset of dementia in a series of families with frontal temporal dementia with defined mutations in the tau gene. In contrast to the situation in Alzheimer's disease (AD), we could find no evidence that the age of onset of disease was influ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Houlden H,Rizzu P,Stevens M,de Knijff P,van Duijn CM,van Swieten JC,Heutink P,Perez-Tur J,Thomas V,Baker M,Morris H,Rossor M,Jannsen JC,Petersen RC,Dodd P,Dark F,Boeve B,Dickson D,Davies P,Pickering-Brown S,Mann D

更新日期：1999-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of long-term effects of dark-rearing on visuo-motor coordination is still controversial. In this study 2 dark-reared (DR) cats were trained, after 5-6 years of recovery, to perform a reaching movement towards a stationary or a moving target. The accuracy, and the reaction and movement times were evaluate...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Fabre-Thorpe M,Levesque F,Gary-Bobo E

更新日期：1990-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) on long-term potentiation (LTP) was studied in the hippocampal slice preparation of the rat. Field excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) were recorded and evoked in the stratum radiatum of the CA1. Both the low frequency EPSP and LTP of the EPSP were significantly increased by...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lee WL,Anwyl R,Rowan M

更新日期：1986-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of radioiodinated omega-conotoxin GVIA, a probable Ca channel antagonist, to synaptic plasma membranes of rat brain was examined. Two kinds of specific binding sites were found with apparent dissociation constants of 10 pM and 0.5 nM and maximum binding capacities of 0.5 and 3.4 pmol/mg prot., respectively...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Abe T,Koyano K,Saisu H,Nishiuchi Y,Sakakibara S

更新日期：1986-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Following unilateral electrolytic lesioning of the rat entorhinal cortex, we assessed changes in messenger RNA (mRNA) levels for four neuron-associated proteins, GAP-43, SCG10, 68 kDa neurofilament (NF68), and alpha 1-tubulin that encode proteins of importance to synaptic remodelling. The mRNA levels for GAP-43 and SC...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zarow C,Finch CE

更新日期：1995-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of CACNA1G, the gene encoding alpha1G, a human brain T Ca2+ channel alpha1 subunit, was determined by comparison of polymerase chain reaction-amplified brain cDNA and genomic sequences. The gene consists of at least 38 exons, two of them newly-identified, spanning at least 66490 basepairs of chromosome 1...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Mittman S,Guo J,Agnew WS

更新日期：1999-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to understand the changes of circulating neuropeptide Y (NPY) during hypoxia, the plasma level of NPY was investigated by radioimmunoassay. Exposure of rats to hypobaric hypoxia at an altitude of 18,000 ft for 4 weeks causes an increase of pulmonary pressure and an elevation of plasma NPY-like immunoreac...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Cheng JT,Chen CF,Shum AY,Wang JY,Chen HI

更新日期：1992-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient retinal fibers to the inferior colliculus were found in newborn albino rats. After horseradish peroxidase injection into the vitreous cavity of rats of 1-3 days of age, anterogradely-labeled retinal fibers were traced through the superior colliculus to the inferior colliculus. These retinal fibers to the inf...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kato T

更新日期：1983-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Agmatine (decarboxylated arginine) has been proposed as an endogenous ligand for non-adrenoceptor, imidazoline binding sites, but also binds to alpha 2-adrenoceptors. The interaction of agmatine with alpha 2-adrenoceptors was evaluated by studying the effect of agmatine on the firing rate of locus coeruleus (LC) neuro...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Pineda J,Ruiz-Ortega JA,Martín-Ruiz R,Ugedo L

更新日期：1996-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of the present study was to explore the relation between speed-accuracy trade-off phenomena and action kinematics in the case of pointing under isometric conditions. Increasing task difficulty resulted in a linear increase in movement time (as predicted by Fitts' law) and in systematic changes in the spatio-t...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Billon M,Bootsma RJ,Mottet D

更新日期：2000-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The origin of nerve fibers projecting to the guinea pig heart that contain nitric oxide synthase (NOS) were studied by unilateral cervical vagotomy. Three kinds of NOS-immunoreactive (NOS-ir) nerve fibers are distributed in the control guinea pig heart: the sparse network covering the right atrium, the basket-like end...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tanaka K,Chiba T

更新日期：1998-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have demonstrated the changes of the physiological characteristics of nucleus accumbens (NAc) neurons with the postnatal development of rats. In the present study, spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic currents (sEPSCs) were recorded in the slices of NAc shell (NAcS) of adult and juvenile rats. Our results demon...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Liu XD,Liu Z,Kong QY,Zhang JJ,Wang Y,Yu LC

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, an excitatory amino acid (EAA) pathway in the spinal cord which maintains sympathetic vasomotor tone in conscious rats has been investigated. To this end, the cardiovascular effects of an intrathecally administered EAA antagonist, kynurenate (KYN), were studied in conscious rats. KYN (0.5 mumol i...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Verberne AJ,Widdop RE,Maccarrone C,Jarrott B,Beart PM,Louis WJ

更新日期：1990-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of increases in extracellular potassium ([K+]o) and/or decreases in extracellular calcium ([Ca2+]o) to induce epileptiform activity in hippocampal slices was studied by systematically varying [K+]o and [Ca2+]o. Slices prepared from kindled rats, both 1 week and 1 month after the last kindled seizure, showe...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Stringer JL,Lothman EW

更新日期：1988-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the gerbil model of post-ischemic neuron death in the hippocampal CA1 region, it was recently shown that there is a strong down-regulation of voltage-gated Ca2+ influx in neurons examined at 2 days after the ischemic insult (Connor, J.A., Razani-Boroujerdi, S., Greenwood, A.C., Cormier, R.J., Petrozzino, J.J. an...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Shuttleworth CW,Greenwood AC,Connor JA

更新日期：2000-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The thickness of the dura mater was obtained from ultrasound probes on the skull and fast Fourier transform-Cepstrum through a probability process at various intracranial pressures (ICP), measured with pressure transducers, in 12 anesthetized dogs. There was a constant relationship between changes in thickness (micron...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kuchiwaki H,Inao S,Ishii N,Ogura Y,Sakuma N

更新日期：1995-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A hybridoma cell line secreting a monoclonal antibody against catalytic subunits of acetylcholinesterase in the electric organ of Narke japonica has been obtained by using a mouse immunized with the nerve terminal membranes prepared from the electric organ of Narke japonica. This monoclonal antibody (Nj-501) reacted w...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Abe T,Sakai M,Saisu H

更新日期：1983-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The human hypothalamus is at the center of the human limbic system anatomically and physiologically. The hypothalamus plays pivotal roles in controlling autonomic responses and instinctive behaviors such as regulating fear, aggression, learning, feeding behavior, circadian rhythm, and reproductive activities. The deta...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kamali A,Ghazi Sherbaf F,Rahmani F,Khayat-Khoei M,Aein A,Gandhi A,Shah EG,Sair HI,Riascos RF,Esquenazi Y,Zhu JJ,Keser Z,Hasan KM

更新日期：2020-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound can be heard by bone conduction in man. However, there has been no consensus about the perception mechanism of bone-conducted ultrasound (BCU). In the current study, to clarify the central auditory system of BCU, the effects of stimulus duration for 30 kHz BCU on N1m were compared with those for air-conduct...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nishimura T,Nakagawa S,Sakaguchi T,Hosoi H,Tonoike M

更新日期：2002-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiological differences between the shell and core of the rat nucleus accumbens were investigated by intracellular recordings from an in vitro slice preparation. The average input resistance of neurons recorded in the shell was larger than in the core. Neurons in the core were characterized by a more negative...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Pennartz CM,Dolleman-Van der Weel MJ,Lopes da Silva FH

更新日期：1992-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The adult hagfish, Myxine glutinosa, does not exhibit a lateral line system. The hypodermal layer of the dorsal head and body skin contains a prominent receptor system--lamellated corpuscles--arranged in a segmental pattern close to the body fascia. The topography and the structural organization of the lamellated rece...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Andres KH,von Düring M

更新日期：1993-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurotrophic factors may be used to improve the growth and repair of injured peripheral nerves. In this study we determined the effectiveness of recombinant human growth hormone on peripheral nerve injury in the Wistar rat. The ulnar nerve of the rat was sectioned and its proximal and distal ends were sutured to eithe...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Saceda J,Isla A,Santiago S,Morales C,Odene C,Hernández B,Deniz K

更新日期：2011-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified "cross-modal delayed response" paradigm was used to investigate putative processing of face expression in the absence of focused attention to the face. Neutral, happy and sad faces were presented during intervals occurring between a tone and a response imperative signal (a faint click), while subjects were ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zhao L,Li J

更新日期：2006-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that treatment of cultured dorsal root ganglion neurons (DRGN) with a highly specific, reversible acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitor, BW284c51, retards neuritic outgrowth in a dose dependent manner and is accompanied by the presence of abnormal, perikaryal neurofilament (NF) inclusions in a...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Dupree JL,Maynor EN,Bigbee JW

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive technique that moderates cognitive and motor function. The effects of tDCS on cognitive and motor tasks vary among individuals. However, the source of the inter-individual variability remains unknown. The purpose of the present study was to examine wheth...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kasahara K,Tanaka S,Hanakawa T,Senoo A,Honda M

更新日期：2013-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The present investigation assessed the effect of chronic blockade of kainate/quisqualate binding sites with 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (CNQX) on preproenkephalin (PPE) and preprotachykinin (PPT) mRNA abundance in the neostriatum of the rat brain. Daily injection of CNQX for seven consecutive days decreased P...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Villegas M,Angulo JA

更新日期：1995-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacological blocking agents were used to assess the contributions of different K(+)-currents to spike-repolarization and early spike-afterhyperpolarization recorded in dissociated, tissue-cultured rat superior cervical sympathetic neurones using both patch-clamp and impalement microelectrode techniques. Effects of...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Marsh SJ,Brown DA

更新日期：1991-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Methamphetamine (METH) is a well-known drug of abuse and neurotoxin that may cause temporary or permanent disturbances in the dopaminergic systems of the brain, predisposing individuals to Parkinsonism. Previously, we have shown that METH causes dopaminergic cell death by increasing the production of reactive oxygen s...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ajjimaporn A,Phansuwan-Pujito P,Ebadi M,Govitrapong P

更新日期：2007-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used Lucifer Yellow for histological tracing of displaced amacrine cells within the ganglion cell layer (GCL) during the embryonic development of the chicken retina. Incubating whole eyes in the dye leads to bright staining of all displaced amacrine cells, whereas ganglion cells and glial cells are not stained...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Layer PG,Vollmer G

更新日期：1982-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We are constantly exposed to symbols such as traffic signs, emoticons in internet communication, or other abstract representations of objects as well as, of course, the written words. However, aside from the word reading, little is known about the way our brain responds when we read non-lexical iconic symbols. By usin...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Shin YW,Kwon JS,Kwon KW,Gu BM,Song IC,Na DG,Park S

更新日期：2008-05-16 00:00:00