Differences in the developmental expression of the vesicular acetylcholine transporter and choline acetyltransferase in the rat brain.

abstract：:A fundamental question in human sexuality regards the neural substrate underlying sexually-arousing representations. Lesion and neuroimaging studies suggest that dorsolateral pre-frontal cortex (DLPFC) plays an important role in regulating the processing of visual sexual stimulation. The aim of this Functional Near-In...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Leon-Carrion J,Martín-Rodríguez JF,Damas-López J,Pourrezai K,Izzetoglu K,Barroso Y Martin JM,Dominguez-Morales MR

更新日期：2007-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolactin (PRL) has been shown to be altered by psychotropic drugs, including antidepressant drugs (ADs). Many studies have focused on the response to antidepressant treatment (especially related to the serotonergic system) using the fenfluramine test (PRF), however some data suggest lack of correlation between PRF an...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Faron-Górecka A,Kuśmider M,Szafran-Pilch K,Kolasa M,Żurawek D,Gruca P,Papp M,Solich J,Pabian P,Dziedzicka-Wasylewska M

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A free radical scavenger edaravone is clinically used in Japan for acute stroke, and several basic researches have carefully examined the mechanisms of edaravone's protective effects. However, its actions on pro-inflammatory responses under stroke are still understudied. In this study, we subjected adult male Sprague-...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Fujiwara N,Som AT,Pham LD,Lee BJ,Mandeville ET,Lo EH,Arai K

更新日期：2016-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The MgATP-dependent priming step of exocytosis has been suggested to be regulated negatively by GTP-binding protein G0 in permeabilized adrenal chromaffin cells. We have reported that synaptosomal-associated protein of 25 kDa (SNAP-25) and vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 (VAMP-2) form a complex in chromaffin cel...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Misonou H,Ohara-Imaizumi M,Kumakura K

更新日期：1997-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of 5-HTTLPR and 5-HT2C Cys23Ser polymorphisms in the psychopathology of mood disorders and suicide behavior is controversial. The aim of present study was to investigate the association between 5-HTTLPR and 5-HT2C Cys23Ser variants and susceptibility to bipolar I disorder (BID). The 5-HT2C genotypes were stud...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Mohammadi S,Khazaie H,Rahimi Z,Vaisi-Raygani A,Zargooshi N,Rahimi Z

更新日期：2015-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the anti-hyperalgesic effect of FR140423, 3-(difluoromethyl)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl-5-[4-(methylsulfinyl)phenyl]pyrazole, in a rat model of postoperative pain. Oral administration of FR140423 at doses between 1 and 100 mg/kg after surgery dose dependently attenuated the punctate mechanical hyperalgesia cau...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ochi T,Ohkubo Y,Mutoh S

更新日期：2003-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular homeostasis of glutamate in the brain is maintained by the efficient uptake into astroglial cells. The high extracellular glutamate levels seen during seizures are therefore probably a result of both an increased synaptic release and a deranged glutamate uptake. In this study we used immuno-blotting ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Samuelsson C,Kumlien E,Flink R,Lindholm D,Ronne-Engström E

更新日期：2000-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Senile plaques (SPs) and cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) in the brains of five aged (20-26 years old) cynomolgus monkeys were investigated immunohistochemically using two monoclonal antibodies (anti-A beta 40 (BA27) and anti-A beta 42(43) (BC05)) that can differentiate the carboxyl termini of amyloid beta protein (A...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nakamura S,Tamaoka A,Sawamura N,Shoji S,Nakayama H,Ono F,Sakakibara I,Yoshikawa Y,Mori H,Goto N

更新日期：1995-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was undertaken of the effects of iontophoretically applied amino acids, acetylcholine and monoamines on suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) neurons of rat pups, at the 11th postnatal day, using a hypothalamic slice preparation. GABA and taurine inhibited 97 and 42% of SCN neurons, respectively, while glycine had no ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Shibata S,Liou SY,Ueki S

更新日期：1983-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the consequences of a progressive damage to the muscular system on the organization of anticipatory postural adjustments (APA) in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). We used a bimanual load-lifting task requiring the stabilization of the forearm position despite its voluntary or imposed un...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Jover M,Schmitz C,Bosdure E,Chabrol B,Assaiante C

更新日期：2006-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of insulin on the infarct volume due to middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion was investigated in rats. A small dose of insulin (1 unit/kg) was injected i.p. just after MCA occlusion. The infarct areas were measured by planimetry from brains perfused with 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium-chloride (TTC) 48 h a...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Izumi Y,Pinard E,Roussel S,Seylaz J

更新日期：1992-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the changes in the expression of regulators of G-protein-coupled signaling proteins RGS2, 7 and 8 in gerbil hippocampus to better understand alterations of G-protein-coupled receptors signaling after cerebral ischemia. In situ hybridization revealed a transient, robust early increase in ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Shelat PB,Coulibaly AP,Wang Q,Sun AY,Sun GY,Simonyi A

更新日期：2006-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Agonist-induced turnover or release of inositolphosphates (IP) was studied in the dorsal and the ventral hippocampus 24 h, 1 month, and 3 months after the last electrical stimulus of kindled rats. A significant increase in acetylcholine (ACh)-stimulated IP turnover was observed in dorsal, but not ventral, hippocampus ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zhang WQ,Tandon P,Sobotka TJ,Hong JS,Tilson HA

更新日期：1990-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Some granule neurons naturally undergo apoptosis in the external granular layer (EGL) of the postnatally developing rat cerebellum. We analyzed the developmental stage-specificity of this apoptosis using double staining by in situ nick end labeling and immunohistochemistry against three proteins expressed at specific ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tanaka M,Marunouchi T

更新日期：1998-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of neurons in the primary motor cortex (MI) and the primary somatosensory cortex (SI) were estimated in the same locations of brains from sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) cases and controls. The number of MI and SI neurons and Betz cells were significantly decreased in the ALS cases as compared ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Mochizuki Y,Mizutani T,Shimizu T,Kawata A

更新日期：2011-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of aging on the stress response of the septo-hippocampal cholinergic neurons was assessed by monitoring hippocampal acetylcholine (ACh) release. Young (3-4 month old) and aged (23-24 month old) male rats were subjected to restraint stress for 1 h. ACh was elevated within 15 min of the onset of restraint st...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Mizuno T,Kimura F

更新日期：1997-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasminogen belongs to the plasminogen activator system of cell signaling proteins and has recently been identified to bind to pathological prion protein PrPSC, but not to its normal conformer, PrPC. Plasminogen binds specifically to the urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) to promote pericellular prot...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Deininger MH,Trautmann K,Magdolen V,Luther T,Schluesener HJ,Meyermann R

更新日期：2002-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Remacemide is a potential anticonvulsant drug with an active metabolite, desglycinyl-remacemide (DGR). Both moieties have been reported to block neuronal Na(+) channels and the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) subtype of glutamate receptor. The effects of remacemide and DGR on zero Mg(2+)/4-aminopyridine-induced epileptifo...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Santangeli S,Sills GJ,Stone TW,Brodie MJ

更新日期：2002-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The intervibrissal fur-evoked activity in the rat somatosensory cortex was investigated using high-resolution optical imaging with a voltage-sensitive dye. The optical imaging revealed that the intervibrissal fur representation forms a U-shaped band around the borders of the posteromedial barrel subfield (PMBSF), and ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Takashima I,Kajiwara R,Iijima T

更新日期：2005-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The psychostimulant amphetamine (AMPH) is known to act as an indirect dopamine agonist by promoting dopamine release. Here we demonstrate direct AMPH inhibition of field potentials and Na+ currents in rat nucleus accumbens (NAc) neurons. The experiments were done with field potential recordings from NAc slices and who...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Huang RC,Lin JY

更新日期：1998-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytoplasmic acidification in taste receptor cells is thought to be involved, at least in part, in acid taste transduction. Since in taste buds about 20% of the receptor cells are electrically coupled, we have tested whether reduction in intracellular pH affects these lateral synaptic interactions. By applying the patc...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Bigiani A,Roper SD

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of anxiety on perceptual-motor organisation of rhythmical forearm movements were examined using an interrupted time series design with staggered baselines. Participants were exposed to repeated baseline sessions interrupted with two anxiety-inducing sessions. Results showed that under moderate levels of anxiet...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Court ML,Bennett SJ,Williams AM,Davids K

更新日期：2005-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Life choice (e.g. occupation choice) often includes situations with two or more possible answers. How does the brain respond to such conflict-ridden situations? We investigated whether the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) evaluates the degree of conflict between possible answers. Additionally, we investigated w...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nakao T,Osumi T,Ohira H,Kasuya Y,Shinoda J,Yamada J

更新日期：2009-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The human nervous system displays remarkable functional plasticity following long-term sensory deprivation. For example, the auditory cortex of congenitally deaf humans may start to process tactile information. To further explore this type of cross-modal plasticity, we examined the tactile accuracy of congenitally dea...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Levänen S,Hamdorf D

更新日期：2001-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclophosphamide (CP) has been used as an antitumour agent or immunosuppressant clinically, though the potential biological role of CP in the central nervous system (CNS) has not been clarified. In the present study, we found that pretreatment with CP prevented neuronal cell death caused by serum deprivation in cultur...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kitazawa H,Numakawa T,Adachi N,Kumamaru E,Tuerxun T,Kudo M,Kunugi H

更新日期：2010-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated changes in the corticospinal pattern of activity in healthy volunteers during sustained noxious and non-noxious mechanical stimulation of the first hand digit, resulting from active (self-stimulation) or passive (externally-induced) pressing against a sharp or blunted tip. The results indicate that, in...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Fadiga L,Craighero L,Dri G,Facchin P,Destro MF,Porro CA

更新日期：2004-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Almost all of the important pathophysiological targets for ethanol in the nervous system appear to be specific membrane proteins involved in signal transduction. In this paper we have examined levels and functionality of the alpha subunit of the Go protein (Goalpha) in cerebral cortex and cerebellum from rats that hav...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Guillén A,García-Villafranca J,Mata F,Homburger V,Castro J

更新日期：2003-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies using 2-deoxyglucose (2-DG) autoradiography have demonstrated that the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus, a putative neural circadian pacemaker, displays circadian rhythmicity in its metabolic activity. In the present study, we show that distinct circadian variations in 2-DG uptake occ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Rosenwasser AM,Trubowitsch G,Adler NT

更新日期：1985-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathological features of Alzheimer's disease include deposition of amyloid-beta (Abeta) containing plaques and increases in the expression of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) enzymes. Chemical inhibition of CDKs prevents the neurotoxicity of the Abeta peptide. The activity of these kinases requires the binding of a c...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Milton NG

更新日期：2002-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of type-1 astrocytes, by a number of agonists, has been shown to increase cytosolic Ca2+ concentrations in an oscillatory manner. However, it is unknown how these are driven or altered by aging, injury or disease. Therefore, we characterized the signaling properties of rat type-1 astrocytes in monolayer cu...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Johnston JM,Burnett P,Thomas AP,Tezapsidis N

更新日期：2006-03-06 00:00:00