Association of enkephalin catabolism inhibitors and CCK-B antagonists: a potential use in the management of pain and opioid addiction.

abstract：:Cationic lipid formulations consisting of 3beta [N-(N', N'-dimethylaminoethane)-carbamoyl] cholesterol (DC-Chol) and the helper lipid dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine (DOPE) (1.5: 1 molar ratio) were prepared by solvent evaporation and sized by high pressure extrusion. Liposomes made of 1:1 molar ratio 1 ,2-dioleoyl-3...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Ajmani PS,Hughes JA

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous study conducted in this laboratory revealed a decrease in total cholinesterase (total ChE) in the cerebral cortex, hippocampus and striatum in aged rats (24 months) of various strains, as compared with young animals (3 months). The purpose of the present experiments was to extend the study to other brain ar...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Meneguz A,Bisso GM,Michalek H

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microvessels were isolated from a bovine cortex and the transport of glucose was investigated by using 2-deoxy-D-[3H]glucose (2-DG). The apparent Km for 2-DG transport was 118 microM and therefore indicates a significant high affinity for the substrate. The inhibition of 2-DG uptake by D-glucose showed an apparent Ki ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Stefanovich V,Gojowczyk G

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in lysosomal proteases have been implicated in many neurodegenerative diseases. The current study demonstrates a concentration-dependent decrease in PC12 cell viability and transient changes in cystatin C (CYSC), cathepsin B (CATB), cathepsin D (CATD) and caspase-3 following exposure to H2O2. Furthermore, ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Lee DC,Mason CW,Goodman CB,Holder MS,Kirksey OW,Womble TA,Severs WB,Palm DE

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the isolation of fractions enriched in components of the myelin-like membranes surrounding the giant axons of the earthworm. Lumbricus terrestris L. The composition and purity of the fractions have been assessed using SDS-protein electrophoresis, Western immunoblots, and electron microscopy. Preliminary...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Pereyra PM,Roots BI

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that central dopaminergic system is implicated in the mechanism underlying general anesthesia. Whether dopamine (DA) neurons in midbrain ventral periaqueductal gray (vPAG) are involved in general anesthesia and how general anesthetics affect these neurons remain sparsely documented. To determine t...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Li J,Yu T,Shi F,Zhang Y,Duan Z,Fu B,Zhang Y

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyridostigmine bromide (PB), an inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase, has been used as a prophylactic for nerve gas poisoning. N,N'-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET) is the active ingredient in most insect repellents and is thought to interact synergistically with PB. Since PB can inhibit the binding of organophosphates to tubu...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Prasad V,Scotch R,Chaudhuri AR,Walss C,Fathy DB,Miller C,Ludueña RF

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The carnitine/acylcarnitine transporter is a transport system whose function is essential for the mitochondrial β-oxidation of fatty acids. Here, the presence of carnitine/acylcarnitine carrier (CACT) in nervous tissue and its sub-cellular localization in dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons have been investigated. Weste...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Tonazzi A,Mantovani C,Colella M,Terenghi G,Indiveri C

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabbits sensitized with whole nervous tissue or myelin basic protein (MBP) plus adjuvant and developing experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) were studied for the presence of oligoclonal immunoglobulin (Ig) bands in spinal fluid and serum. Samples obtained prior to sensitization and at the time of sacrifice we...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Whitacre CC,Mattson DH,Paterson PY,Roos RP,Peterson DJ,Arnason BG

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:6-Hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) induces the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that are associated with various neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease. 3,3',4',7-Tetrahydroxyflavone (fisetin), a plant flavonoid has a variety of physiological effects such as antioxidant activity. In this study, we i...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Watanabe R,Kurose T,Morishige Y,Fujimori K

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diversification of neuronal subtypes during corticogenesis is fundamental to the establishment of the complex cortical structure. Although subtype specification has been assumed to occur in neural progenitor cells, increasing evidence has begun to reveal the plasticity of subtype determination in immature neurons....

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Oishi K,Nakajima K

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of guinea pig brain slices to low concentrations (10 microM) of NMDA caused decreases in PCr and ATP within 30 min, with a slower decrease in NAA and increase in lactate, both detectable after 1 h. Exposure to NMDA for over 1 h or at higher concentrations caused further increases in lactate and decreases in N...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Thatcher NM,Badar-Goffer RS,Ben-Yoseph O,McLean MA,Morris PG,Prior MJ,Taylor A,Bachelard HS

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ketogenic diet (KD) has been shown to be beneficial in a range of neurological disorders, with ketone metabolite β-hydroxybutyrate (βOHB) reported to block the nucleotide oligomerization domain-like receptor family, pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome in bone marrow-derived macrophages. In this study, we sh...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Kong G,Liu J,Li R,Lin J,Huang Z,Yang Z,Wu X,Huang Z,Zhu Q,Wu X

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a growing body of evidence confirming the involvement of oxidative stress and inflammation in pathogenesis of schizophrenia. Inter-individual variation in antioxidant capacity caused by different genetic profile could potentially influence patient's susceptibility to oxidative damage. In this study we evaluat...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Bošković M,Vovk T,Saje M,Goričar K,Dolžan V,Kores Plesničar B,Grabnar I

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of sepsis associated encephalopathy (SAE) is not yet clear: the blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption has been indicated among the possible causative mechanisms. S100B, a calcium binding protein, originates in the central nervous system but it can be also produced by extra-cerebral sources; it is passi...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Piazza O,Cotena S,De Robertis E,Caranci F,Tufano R

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Status epilepticus is a common manifestation of nerve agent toxicity and represents a serious medical emergency with high rates of mortality and neurologic injury in those that survive. The aim of the current study was to determine if targeting oxidative stress with the catalytic antioxidant, AEOL10150, would reduce p...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Pearson-Smith JN,Liang LP,Rowley SD,Day BJ,Patel M

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potent parkinsonian neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1, 2, 3, 6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) is known to cause dopaminergic neurodegeneration in nigrostriatal system. In the present study we investigated the nuclear morphology of cells in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) region of rats following unilateral intra...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Banerjee R,Sreetama S,Saravanan KS,Dey SN,Mohanakumar KP

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Any spinal cord injury carries the potential for persistent disability affecting motor, sensory and autonomic functions. To prevent this outcome, it is highly desirable to block a chain of deleterious reactions developing in the spinal areas immediately around the primary lesion. Thus, early timing of pharmacological ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Sámano C,Nistri A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Convection enhanced delivery of 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) to the rat striatum results in a model of Parkinson's disease. An important feature of this unilateral model is the progressive loss of dopaminergic (DA) neurons over the course of several weeks. To improve the understanding of this model, gene expression chan...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Na SJ,DiLella AG,Lis EV,Jones K,Levine DM,Stone DJ,Hess JF

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DYT1 dystonia is caused by a glutamic acid deletion (ΔE) in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) protein torsinA. Previous studies suggest that torsinA modulates the aggregation of cytosolic misfolded proteins and ER stress responses, although the mechanisms underlying those effects remain unclear. In order to investigate t...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Gordon KL,Glenn KA,Gonzalez-Alegre P

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We observed a spot on two-dimensional (2-D) gel in the epileptic mutant strain E1 mice with a similar molecular weight but with a different isoelectric point of approximately 0.2, compared with its mother strain ddY mice. The collected protein from the E1 mice was identified as cytosolic NADP+-dependent isocitrate deh...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Ohmori O,Hirano H,Mita T

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Correct timing and spatial location of growth factor expression is critical for undisturbed brain development and functioning. In terminally differentiated cells distinct biological responses to growth factors may depend on cell type specific activation of signalling cascades. We show that the hematopoietic growth fac...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Byts N,Samoylenko A,Woldt H,Ehrenreich H,Sirén AL

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review here the possible mechanisms of neuronal degeneration caused by L-cysteine, an odd excitotoxin. L-Cysteine lacks the omega carboxyl group required for excitotoxic actions via excitatory amino acid receptors, yet it evokes N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) -like excitotoxic neuronal death and potentiates the Ca2+ i...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Janáky R,Varga V,Hermann A,Saransaari P,Oja SS

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of maternal hypoxia on the modification of the fetal brain cell membrane N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor and its modulatory sites was investigated. Experiments were conducted in pregnant guinea pigs of 60 days of gestation. Guinea pig fetuses were exposed to maternal hypoxia (FiO2 = 7%) for 60 minutes....

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Mishra OP,Delivoria-Papadopoulos M

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5- and 6-Hydroxydopamine, which we had earlier identified as naturally occurring amines in human urine, were quantified in Parkinson's patients treated with L-DOPA, Parkinson's patients whose treatment did not include L-DOPA and in age matched controls. Analysis was carried out by GC-MS of the ditrifluoromethylbenzoyl...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Andrew R,Watson DG,Best SA,Midgley JM,Wenlong H,Petty RK

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GABAergic and cholinergic synaptosome populations were isolated by immunomagnetophoresis. Analysis of 8 amino acids showed that the GABAergic population was enriched in GABA (3 fold). The cholinergic population was enriched in citrulline (5 fold). CCK was found in both populations, but was enriched in the GABAergic. N...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Hughes PD,Foley P,Bradford HF,Ghatei M,Khandanian N,Bloom SR,Wu JY

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy drugs such as vincristine (VCR) can cause neuropathic pain, and there is still lack of ideal strategy to treat it. The current study was designed to investigate effect of matrine (MT) on VCR-induced neuropathic pain in animal model. VCR (75 μg/kg, i.p. for 10 consecutive days) was administered to induce p...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Gong SS,Li YX,Zhang MT,Du J,Ma PS,Yao WX,Zhou R,Niu Y,Sun T,Yu JQ

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have attempted to show eventual modifications in the brain protein synthesis apparatus of rat during the first three weeks after birth. Through this time we noted a steady decrease (about 60%) in the free polysomes, when expressed relative to tissue weight. This decrease does not correlate with changes in the polys...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Gauthier D,Ven Murthy MR

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) is an experimentally induced autoallergic demyelinating disease which is caused by immunization with a particular neuroantigen, such as myelin basic protein (MBP). Results have suggested that protease inhibitors might be useful therapeutically. Leupeptin (acetyl-L-leucyl-L...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Osanai T,Nagai Y

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The real time dynamics of K+ evoked neurosecretion in cerebellar slices has been monitored electrochemically. In the presence of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate a statistically significant diminution in secretory response occurs. Agonists to probe the pharmacological basis for this indicate it is not due to voltage sensitive...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Lucock MD,Levene MI,Hartley R

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00