Extracellular Ca2+ changes during transmitter application in the leech central nervous system.

abstract：:The aim of the present experiment was to study how hypnotic susceptibility and hypnosis affect motoneuron excitability. In a first trial, human subjects were selected according to their hypnotic susceptibility. In a second trial, the Hoffmann (H) reflex amplitude of the soleus muscle was studied in 3 groups: (1) highl...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Santarcangelo EL,Busse K,Carli G

更新日期：1989-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) may be initiated or precipitated by endogenous toxins with a structure similar to 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine in genetically-predisposed individuals. Nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT) catalyzes N-methylation of nicotinamide and other pyridines to form pyridinium ions. Th...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Aoyama K,Matsubara K,Kondo M,Murakawa Y,Suno M,Yamashita K,Yamaguchi S,Kobayashi S

更新日期：2001-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Two types of cone horizontal cells were identified morphologically in the retina of a trichromatic fish by fluorescent labelling with Lucifer Yellow and confocal laser scanning microscopy. H1 cells are located adjacent to the outer plexiform layer, have large somata, small dendritic fields, and contact all cone types....

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Braun SC,Kröger RH,Wagner HJ

更新日期：1997-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the rubrospinal projection to forelimb motoneurons (Mns) in cats, in comparison with the corticospinal projection. Under pentobarbital anesthesia, intracellular recordings were made from forelimb Mns following stimulation of the red nucleus (RN) and the cerebral peduncle (CP). Single pulse stimulation of t...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Fujito Y,Imai T,Aoki M

更新日期：1991-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroimaging studies have identified cognitive tasks that can selectively activate specific parts of the brains. However, the subsequent effect of localized brain activation on the cognitive functioning remains unclear. We discovered that after being engaged in the novel picture encoding task to activate hippocampus f...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Chan AS,Cheung M,Ho Y,Jing He W

更新日期：2000-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the hypothetical role of ovarian hormones, estrogen and progesterone, in cocaine-induced behavioral activity and self-administration, this study investigated the effects of cocaine, estrogen, and progesterone administration on monoamine levels in the medial prefrontal cortex of ovariectomized hormone-treated ra...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Perrotti LI,Beck KD,Luine VN,Quiñones V

更新日期：2000-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Five picrotoxinin analogues were examined on GABA-gated chloride channels of an identifiable cockroach (Periplaneta americana) motor neurone (Df). Substitution of the bridgehead hydroxyl at the C-6 position of the picrotoxinin molecule by a fluorine atom (fluoropicrotoxinin) had little effect, whereas acetylation of t...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Anthony NM,Holyoke CW Jr,Sattelle DB

更新日期：1994-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the functional C957T single-nucleotide polymorphism of the dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) gene and the risk for schizophrenia. We therefore conducted a case-control association study of 188 Finnish schizophrenia patients meeting the DSM-IV criteria and 384...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hänninen K,Katila H,Kampman O,Anttila S,Illi A,Rontu R,Mattila KM,Hietala J,Hurme M,Leinonen E,Lehtimäki T

更新日期：2006-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior motor skill learning (original learning; OL) with one hand (original hand; OH) can affect relearning of the same skill (transfer learning; TL) with the opposite hand (transferred hand; TH). This phenomenon is known as intermanual transfer of learning. We explored specialization of brain activation underlying too...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Obayashi S,Suhara T,Kawabe K,Okauchi T,Maeda J,Nagai Y,Iriki A

更新日期：2003-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperactivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis is associated with depression. We investigated the effect of various types of antidepressant agents in vitro on the function of glucocorticoid receptor (GR). Desipramine, clomiplamine, fluoxetine, milnacipran and clorgyline all induced rapid and sustained transl...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Okuyama-Tamura M,Mikuni M,Kojima I

更新日期：2003-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that Tyr-Leu (YL) exhibits potent anxiolytic-like activity comparable to diazepam in mice. In the current study, we revealed that aromatic amino acid-Leu, Phe-Leu and Trp-Leu (FL and WL, respectively), exhibited anxiolytic-like activity in the elevated plus-maze and open-field tests. FL and WL w...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Mizushige T,Kanegawa N,Yamada A,Ota A,Kanamoto R,Ohinata K

更新日期：2013-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported here that SNCA triplication results in a doubling in the amount of alpha-synuclein protein in blood from cases with hereditary Lewy body disease. This observation shows that alpha-synuclein levels in blood accurately reflect gene dosage, which we assume drives pathogenesis in these individuals. A ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Miller DW,Crawley A,Gwinn-Hardy K,Lopez G,Nussbaum R,Cookson MR,Singleton AB,Hardy J,Dogu O

更新日期：2005-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Neocortical neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) revealed by Bodian technique and anti-tau immunolabelling were seen in 5/5 cases of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) aged 58-76 years. These lesions differed from Alzheimer's disease or age-related changes: (1) they were most frequent in the precentral gyrus (Brodmann's ar...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hauw JJ,Verny M,Delaère P,Cervera P,He Y,Duyckaerts C

更新日期：1990-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a specific radioimmunoassay (RIA), we have quantitated the hypothalamic and extrahypothalamic distribution of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) in the rat brain. Highest concentrations of VIP were found in cerebral cortex, suprachiasmatic nucleus, and medial amygdaloid nucleus. Lower concentrations were fo...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Samson WK,Said SI,McCann SM

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thoracolumbar and lumbosacral spinal segments that receive afferent input from the descending colon and rectum were stained immunocytochemically for c-Fos- and c-Jun-like proteins following repetitive, noxious colorectal distention (CRD). Noxious CRD (80 mmHg) resulted in significantly more c-Fos- and c-Jun-like immun...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Traub RJ,Herdegen T,Gebhart GF

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral inflammation induced by intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection of Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is known to cause functional impairments in the brain affecting memory and learning. One of mechanisms may be the interference with neurotrophin (NT) expression and function. In the current study we administered a single, h...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Schnydrig S,Korner L,Landweer S,Ernst B,Walker G,Otten U,Kunz D

更新日期：2007-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Antisera raised against 3 unrelated synthetic neuropeptides - salmon melanin-concentrating hormone, human growth hormone-releasing factor1-37, and alpha-melanotropin - stained the same extensive neuron population in lateral and dorsal areas of the posterior hypothalamus. Controls for specificity have shown that these ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Fellmann D,Bugnon C,Risold PY

更新日期：1987-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged exposure of hippocampal slices to L-glutamate was found to produce a biphasic effect on excitatory synaptic transmission from Schaffer collateral-commissural fibers to CA1 pyramidal neurons: an early blockade of postsynaptic responses was followed by a progressive recovery. Antagonists of N-methyl-D-aspartat...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Krishtal OA,Smirnov SV,Osipchuk YuV

更新日期：1988-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study forms part of an ongoing investigation of pyramidal cell structure in the cingulate cortex of primates. Recently we have demonstrated that layer III pyramidal cells in the anterior cingulate gyrus are considerably larger, more branched and more spinous than those in the posterior cingulate gyrus (areas 24 a...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Elston GN,Benavides-Piccione R,Elston A,DeFelipe J,Manger P

更新日期：2005-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Field potentials were recorded with electrodes implanted in various cortical areas while a naive monkey was learning reaction time hand movements with complex tone. When cortical surface-negative, depth-positive potential (at a latency of about 80 ms after a stimulus onset) appeared in the rostral bank of the inferior...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Gemba H,Miki N,Sasaki K

更新日期：1995-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Ideomotor theory states that the neural codes that represent action and the perceptual consequences of those actions are tightly bound in a common code. For action imagination, bound action, and perceptual codes are thought to be internally activated at a sub-threshold level through action simulation. In support of th...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yoxon E,Tremblay L,Welsh TN

更新日期：2015-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Freshly dissected chick neural retina and pigmented epithelium do not apparently contain asymmetric molecular forms (A-forms) of acetylcholinesterase (AChE). The neighboring choroid, and the ciliary muscles and iris, are however rich in type II A-forms (high salt/EDTA-extractable). Most if not all the asymmetric AChE ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Barat A,Ramos M,Prada C,Ramírez G

更新日期：1990-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic polymorphism has been reported in the 3'-untranslated region (3'-UTR) of the human dopamine transporter (DAT) gene and the variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) polymorphism has been proposed to be associated with normal personal traits or psychoneurological disorders. To assess the variation of this region ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Inoue-Murayama M,Adachi S,Mishima N,Mitani H,Takenaka O,Terao K,Hayasaka I,Ito S,Murayama Y

更新日期：2002-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The representation of time, space and numbers are strictly linked in the primate's cognitive system. Here we show that merely looking at number symbols biases a temporal judgment on their duration depending upon the number's magnitude. In a first experiment, a group of healthy subjects was submitted to a time estimati...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Oliveri M,Vicario CM,Salerno S,Koch G,Turriziani P,Mangano R,Chillemi G,Caltagirone C

更新日期：2008-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Although metabolic syndrome (MS) is recognized as a risk factor for ischemic stroke, little is known about genetic variants that confer susceptibility to ischemic stroke among individuals with or without MS. This study was completed to investigate whether the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) 677C>T polymorp...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kim OJ,Hong SH,Jeon YJ,Oh SH,Kim HS,Park YS,Kim EJ,Kim NK

更新日期：2013-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:English /l/ and /r/ sounds are not distinctive for Japanese speakers and they are loosely associated with corresponding graphemes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the brain activities in the memory process for the graphemes containing 'l' and 'r' in Japanese speakers. Two functional magnetic resonance ima...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Sumiyoshi C,Matsuo K,Kato C,Ozawa F,Takehara Y,Isoda H,Isogai S,Sakahara H,Nakai T

更新日期：2003-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoking cessation strategies are of prime medical importance. Despite availability of various pharmacological agents in combating addiction to nicotine, more effective medications are needed. Based on recent findings, the glutamatergic system in the brain may provide novel targets. Here, we evaluated the effects of ac...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Rezvani AH,Tizabi Y,Slade S,Getachew B,Levin ED

更新日期：2018-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine if an event-related brain potential (ERP) effect described for syntactic violations (P600/SPS) varies with the amount of reprocessing entailed by a violation, number incongruencies were presented either within simple declarative or within subordinate clauses. ERPs were recorded while 12 German su...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Münte TF,Szentkuti A,Wieringa BM,Matzke M,Johannes S

更新日期：1997-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of systematic investigations, the existence of a specific cortex that could encode for the intensities of somatosensory stimuli, including within nociceptive ranges, is still a matter of debate. The present consensus is that pain is expressed in a distributed network made of thalamus, SII, insula, ACC, and, l...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Peyron R,Fauchon C

更新日期：2019-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The projection of the substantia nigra-ventral tegmental area (SN-VTA) to the ipsilateral and contralateral caudate-putamen was studied with double-labeling fluorescence techniques in the albino rat. By combining glyoxylic acid histofluorescence with retrograde fluorescence tracers, we were able to determine that 93% ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Fallon JH,Wang C,Kim Y,Canepa N,Loughlin S,Seroogy K

更新日期：1983-10-10 00:00:00