Sigma 1 receptor subtype is involved in the facilitation of cortical dopaminergic transmission in the rat brain.

abstract：:The conversion of phosphoethanolamine to phosphocholine requires 3 separate N-methyltransferases. We had previously purified the enzyme catalyzing the last methylation, phosphodimethylethanolamine N-methyltransferase. We have successfully purified the enzyme catalyzing the initial methylation of phosphoethanolamine. A...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Mukherjee S,Freysz L,Kanfer JN

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial division inhibitor 1 (Mdivi-1) is the most effective pharmacological inhibitor of mitochondrial fission. Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a common and serious trauma, which lacks efficient treatment. This study aimed to detect the role of Mdivi-1 in neuronal injury and its underlying mechanism after acute SCI...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Li G,Jia Z,Cao Y,Wang Y,Li H,Zhang Z,Bi J,Lv G,Fan Z

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CNS trauma has been associated with an increase in free radical production, but the cellular sources of this increase or the mechanism involved in the production of free radicals are not known. We, therefore, investigated the effects of trauma on free radical production in cultured neurons, astrocytes and BV-2 microgl...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Panickar KS,Jayakumar AR,Norenberg MD

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously showed that peptide neurotensin inhibits neuronal Na(+), K(+)-ATPase activity, an effect which involves high affinity neurotensin receptor. Nitric oxide (NO) acts as a neurotransmitter or as a neuromodulator when it is synthesized by neuronal nitric oxide synthase. Neurotensin effect on Na(+), K(+)-...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： López Ordieres MG,Álvarez-Juliá A,Kemmling A,Rodríguez de Lores Arnaiz G

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The p53 tumor suppressor gene is a sequence-specific transcription factor that activates the expression of genes engaged in promoting growth arrest or cell death in response to multiple forms of cellular stress. p53 expression is elevated in damaged neurons in acute models of injury such as ischemia and epilepsy and i...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Morrison RS,Kinoshita Y,Johnson MD,Guo W,Garden GA

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potassium-stimulated release of acetylcholine, norepinephrine, serotonin, glutamate, and 4-aminobutyrate from superfused rat cortical slices was studied during hypoxia. A reduction in oxygen tensions from 603 +/- 6 to 22 +/- 2 mm Hg selectively altered the calcium-dependent efflux of these neurotransmitters, but d...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Hirsch JA,Gibson GE

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic inflammation triggered by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) administration disrupts blood-brain barrier (BBB) homeostasis in animal models. This event leads to increased susceptibility of several encephalic structures to potential neurotoxicants present in the bloodstream. In this study, we investigated the effects of...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Gonçalves C,Dos Santos DB,Portilho SS,Lopes MW,Ghizoni H,de Souza V,Mack JM,Naime AA,Dafre AL,de Souza Brocardo P,Prediger RD,Farina M

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activities toward arachidonyl-labelled phospholipase A2 substrates were assayed in fractions of white matter and cerebral cortex from control subjects and in fractions of demyelinated plaque, normal-appearing white matter and cerebral cortex from subjects who died with multiple sclerosis. Membranous activity at pH 8.6...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Huterer SJ,Tourtellotte WW,Wherrett JR

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiretroviral protease inhibitors are a class of important drugs that are used for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus infections. Among those compounds, ritonavir is applied frequently in combination with other antiretroviral protease inhibitors, as it has been reported to boost their therapeutic efficienc...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Arend C,Brandmann M,Dringen R

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ellagic acid (EA, 2,3,7,8-tetrahydroxy-chromeno; C14H6O8) is a polyphenol derived from fruits (pomegranates, berries) and nuts. EA exhibits antioxidant capacity and induces anti-inflammatory actions in several mammalian tissues. EA has been characterized as a possible neuroprotective agent, but the number of reports i...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： de Oliveira MR

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metformin is the most frequently used drug for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in humans. However, only little is known about effects of metformin on brain metabolism. To investigate potential metabolic consequences of an exposure of brain cells to metformin, we incubated rat astrocyte-rich primary cultures with this...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Westhaus A,Blumrich EM,Dringen R

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothalamic and plasma dopamine-beta-hydroxylase [DBH, EC 1.14.2.1] activites were measured by a coupled radioenzymatic method. Animals representing five experimental groups [intact controls, adrenalectomized, pinealectomized, adrenalectomized pinealectomized, doubly sham-operated] were killed and sampled at 8 times ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Banerji TK,Quay WB,Kachi T

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence that brain glutamatergic activity is pathologically elevated in bipolar disorder suggests that mood stabilizers are therapeutic in the disease in part by downregulating glutamatergic activity. Such activity can involve the second messenger, arachidonic acid (AA, 20:4n - 6). We tested this hypothesis with rega...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Basselin M,Chang L,Chen M,Bell JM,Rapoport SI

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:These studies were designed to compare the effects of nitric oxide (NO) generating compounds with those of several iron containing compounds which do not generate NO on glutamate receptor function. Stimulation of primary cultures of cerebellar granule cells with N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) or kainate results in the el...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Oh S,McCaslin PP

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antibodies against omega-conotoxin GVIA (omega-CTX GVIA; N-type voltage-dependent calcium channel [VDCC] blocker) and B1Nt (N-terminal segment [residues 1-13] of BI alpha1 subunits of VDCCs) were prepared, and the selectivity for each antigen omega-CTX GVIA and B1Nt was investigated. For the antigen selectivity of...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Ichida S,Abe J,Sugimoto W,Uematsu M,Komoike K,Imoto K,Mori M,Wada T,Minami T,Kakutani K

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is thought that changes in gene expression in the brain mediate chronic ethanol-induced complex behaviors such as tolerance, dependence, and sensitization, and also relate to ethanol-induced brain toxicity. Using high-density filter-based cDNA microarrays (GeneFilters), we analyzed the expression of over 5000 genes...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Saito M,Smiley J,Toth R,Vadasz C

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Turnover rate of individual molecular species of sphingomyelin of adult rat brain myelin and microsomal membranes was determined after an intracerebral injection of 100 microCi of [C3H3]choline. Myelin and microsomal membrane sphingomyelins were isolated from the rest of the lipids. The individual molecular species of...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： LeBaron FN,Sanyal S,Jungalwala FB

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a functional impairment of the spinal cord caused by external forces, accompanied by limb movement disorders and permanent paralysis, which seriously lowers the life quality of SCI patients. Secondary injury caused by inflammation attenuated the therapeutic effects of SCI. Therefore, the ex...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Zhao L,Shen J,Jia K,Shi F,Hao Q,Gao F

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Fecal incontinence and constipation still remain the major complications after procedures for anorectal malformations (ARMs). Previous studies have demonstrated a decrease of neural cell in lumbosacral spinal cord of ARMs patients and rat models. However, the underlying mechanism remains elusive. In this study, the ne...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Yang Z,Geng Y,Yao Z,Jia H,Bai Y,Wang W

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identify and characterize two classes of immediate-early genes: (i) genes, induced by depolarization in neurons, that play a role in depolarization-induced neuronal plasticity and (ii) genes, induced in neuronal precursors by neurotrophins, that play a causal role in neurotrophin-directed neuronal differentiation. ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Herschman HR,Ferguson GD,Feldman JD,Farias-Eisner R,Vician L

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single prolonged stress (SPS) rats is a rodent model of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Abnormal hippocampal morphology and function were found in the PTSD patients. Our previous study has shown that SPS induce loss of hippocampal neurons. But the effects of SPS on glial cells in the hippocampus have not been e...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Han F,Xiao B,Wen L

更新日期：2015-05-01 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 particulars regarding the amine precursor therapy for treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders and their neurochemical background are described historically. Furthermore, peculiar or artificial amino acids which are metabolized into the brain amine or their derivatives and promised their clinical application are al...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Nakajima T

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent publication of the human genome sequence provides an opportunity both to combat diseases that are presently considered as pharmaceutically intractable and also to improve current therapies for many common human diseases. The identification of every human gene by ongoing bioinformatic efforts has the potenti...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Butcher SP

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to explore effects of hypoxia, glucose deprivation (HGD) and recovery on expression and activities of equilibrative nucleoside transporters (rENT) and concentrative nucleoside transporters (rCNT) in rat astrocytes in primary culture. Amounts of cellular ATP in the control group (CG, 5% CO(2) ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Redzic ZB,Malatiali SA,Al-Bader M,Al-Sarraf H

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on primary astrocytes cultured in vitro have shown that process formation involves changes in cytoskeletal proteins and release of tension on the substratum. Actin filament reorganization has previously been found to be the major cytoskeletal change occurring during process formation. These changes are relativ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Padmanabhan J,Shelanski ML

更新日期：1998-03-01 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：:The chemical warfare nerve agent (CWNA) soman irreversibly inhibits acetylcholinesterase (AChE) causing seizure, neuropathology and neurobehavioral deficits. Pyridostigmine bromide (PB), the currently approved pretreatment for soman, is a reversible AChE inhibitor that does not cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) to p...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Wang Y,Wei Y,Oguntayo S,Jensen N,Doctor BP,Nambiar MP

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma is one of the most frequent and aggressive primary tumor of glial brain tumors. Long non-coding RNA Prostate cancer-associated ncRNA transcript 6 (PCAT6) has been identified to influence the progression of many cancers, but its expression and functions in glioblastoma remain unclear. In this study, we int...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Liu P,Zhao P,Li B,Xu D,Wang K

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the impact of peroxiredoxin-I (Prx-I) and peroxiredoxin-II (Prx-II) stable transduction on oxidative stress in PC12 neurons and NIH3T3 fibroblasts and found variability depending on cell type and Prx subtype. In PC12 neurons, Prx-II suppressed reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation by 36% (p < 0.01) rela...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Simzar S,Ellyin R,Shau H,Sarafian TA

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00