Process formation in astrocytes: modulation of cytoskeletal proteins.

abstract：:VGF nerve growth factor inducible (VGF) is a neuropeptide precursor induced by brain-derived neurotrophic factor and nerve growth factor. VGF is increased in the prefrontal cortex and cerebrospinal fluid in schizophrenia patients. In our previous study, VGF-overexpressing mice exhibited schizophrenia-like behaviors an...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Mizoguchi T,Shimazawa M,Ohuchi K,Kuse Y,Nakamura S,Hara H

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormally high levels of iron are observed in the brain of patients suffering from neurodegenerative disorders. The mechanisms involved in iron accumulation in neurodegenerative disorders remain poorly understood. In the present study we investigated the effects of aging and neonatal iron overload on the mRNA express...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Dornelles AS,Garcia VA,de Lima MN,Vedana G,Alcalde LA,Bogo MR,Schröder N

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paclitaxel (PTX) is an antineoplastic agent commonly used in the treatment of solid tumors and is known to cause dose-limiting peripheral neurotoxicity. This study was performed to evaluate the protective effect of curcumin (CUR) against PTX-induced spinal cord and sciatic nerve injuries in rats. The rats were adminis...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Yardım A,Kandemir FM,Çomaklı S,Özdemir S,Caglayan C,Kucukler S,Çelik H

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Some crustacean axons remain functional for months after injury. This unusual property may require stress proteins synthesized by those neurons or provided to them by glial cells. To begin to explore this hypothesis, we examined the conditions that stimulated stress protein synthesis by crayfish CNS tissue in vitro. I...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Rochelle JM,Grossfeld RM,Bunting DL,Tytell M,Dwyer BE,Xue ZY

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibition has been described as the main mechanism of organophosphate (OP)-evoked toxicity. OPs represent a human health threat, because chronic exposure to low doses can damage the developing brain, and acute exposure can produce long-lasting damage to adult brains, despite post-exposure ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Berríos VO,Boukli NM,Rodriguez JW,Negraes PD,Schwindt TT,Trujillo CA,Oliveira SL,Cubano LA,Ferchmin PA,Eterović VA,Ulrich H,Martins AH

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Association of the candidate gene DLST with late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) risk has been suggested on the basis of case-control studies. This gene, located on chromosome 14q24.3, encodes a subunit of a mitochondrial component known to be defective in AD, the alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex. Positive r...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Brown AM,Gordon D,Lee H,Caudy M,Haroutunian V,Blass JP

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is an honour to have this opportunity write an article in recognition of the immense contributions of Bruce Ransom to the field of glial research. For me (BAM) personally there are many highlights both as a colleague and a friend that come to mind when I reflect on the many years that I have known Bruce. My own ent...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： MacVicar BA,Choi HB

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage still has a high mortality and morbidity despite notable advances in surgical approaches to cerebral aneurysm (CA). We examined the role of aspirin in vascular inflammation and degeneration. CA was induced in male Sprague-Dawley rats by ligating left common carotid artery and bilater...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Li S,Wang D,Tian Y,Wei H,Zhou Z,Liu L,Wang D,Dong JF,Jiang R,Zhang J

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human neuroblastoma cholinergic LA-N-2 cells were used as an experimental model to test the possibility that the methylation of phosphoethanolamine (PEtn) to phosphocholine (PCho) and free choline (Cho) (Andriamampandry et al. 1989) could contribute to acetylcholine (AcCho) synthesis. LA-N-2 cells were incubated with ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Haidar NE,Carrara M,Andriamampandry C,Kanfer JN,Freysz L,Dreyfus H,Massarelli R

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was found that acute ethanol intoxication caused an imbalance of the neurotransmitters in the CNS: accumulation of GABA and serotonin and depletion of catecholamines. Alcohol depression was characterized by suppression of the evoked potentials of the various rat brain structures. Under chronic ethanol intoxication ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Blagova OE,Budantsev AY,Sytinsky IA,Lajtha A

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pig brain cerebral cortex was subfractionated by isopycnic centrifugation in sucrose gradients. In each subfraction the content of the agonist [3H]R-PIA binding, the activity of adenosine metabolizing enzymes (5'-nucleotidase and adenosine deaminase) and the activity of membrane marker enzymes were determined. The fra...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Casadó V,Lluis C,Canela E,Franco R,Mallol J

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parecoxib is a recently described novel COX-2 inhibitor whose functional significance and neuroprotective mechanisms remain elusive. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to investigate whether delayed administration of parecoxib inhibited mitochondria-mediated neuronal apoptosis induced by ischemic reperfusion injury vi...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Ye Z,Wang N,Xia P,Wang E,Yuan Y,Guo Q

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive hyperbilirubinemia can cause irreversible neurological damage in the neonatal period. However, the complete understanding of the pathogenesis of unconjugated bilirubin (UCB) encephalopathy remains a matter of debate. This study investigates whether UCB inhibits the endocytosis of cationized ferritin (CF) by ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Silva RF,Mata LM,Gulbenkian S,Brites D

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GABAA-receptors were localized in explant cultures of rat cerebellum and in dissociated primary cultures of rat cerebellar granule cells and rat cerebellar astrocytes using the monoclonal antibody bd-17 directed against the beta-subunit of the GABAA/benzodiazepine/chloride channel complex. At the light microscope leve...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Hansen GH,Hösli E,Belhage B,Schousboe A,Hösli L

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When excised goldfish spinal cord is kept in physiological saline at room temperature, the myelin multilayers swell. As studied by X-ray diffraction, the original repeating distance of 150 A (AS myelin) swells to 177 A (AL myelin); no intermediate distances are seen. At least 70% of the myelin can undergo this gradual...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Blaurock AE,Yale JL,Roots BI

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of theophylline (2.5--100 mg/kg p.o.) on cyclic 3',5'-adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and cyclic 3',5'-guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) in brain of Sprague-Dawley rats (0.5--3.0 hr after administration of theophylline) was investigated. It was found that theophylline increases cAMP and cGMP levels when admi...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Stefanovich V

更新日期：1979-10-01 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：:The spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) has been proposed as an animal model for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The behavioural problems have been suggested to be secondary to altered reinforcement mechanisms in which nucleus accumbens dopaminergic activity plays an important role. Interaction betwe...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： de Villiers AS,Russell VA,Sagvolden T,Searson A,Jaffer A,Taljaard JJ

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) activity and levels of tyrosine were measured in whole brains from mice subjected to brief electric foot shock or to single or multiple injections of hydrocortisone acetate (HCA; 20 mg/kg). Adult brain tyrosine levels showed a rapid increase after either foot shock or a single injection of HC...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Diez JA,Sze PY,Ginsburg BE

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of repulsive guidance molecule A (RGMa) in cerebral ischemia remains unclear. In the study, we examined the expression of RGMa in ischemic brain tissues following focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (IR) in rats. An established middle cerebral artery suture occlusion model was employed. A dipolar electrode wa...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Jiang F,Yin H,Qin X

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocyte-neuron communication has recently been proposed as a potential mechanism participating to synaptic transmission. With the development of this concept and accumulating evidences in favor of a modulation of synaptic transmission by astrocytes, has emerged the term gliotransmission. It refers to the capacity of...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Ben Achour S,Pascual O

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zinc (Zn2+) was shown to invariably inhibit muscimol-stimulated 36Cl- uptake by synaptoneurosomes in the cerebral cortex, hippocampus and cerebellum. The Zn2+ sensitivity of the GABAA receptor-gated 36Cl- uptake in the cerebral cortex was comparable to that in the hippocampus, whereas the uptake in the cerebellum was ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Ito Y,Segawa K,Kobayashi M,Fukuda H

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The release of labeled norepinephrine from preloaded synaptosomes requires the presence of potassium and calcium. ATP-dependent binding of calcium to synaptic plasma membranes (SPM) may provide a means of maintaining the cation in a readily available pool for the triggering of transmitter release. A high Ca-binding ca...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Corpus V,Sun AY

更新日期：1983-04-01 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：:Hypoglycemia is the major problem to blood glucose homeostasis in treatment of diabetes and is associated with severe irreversible consequences including seizures, coma and death. GABAergic inhibitory function in the cerebral cortex plays an important role in controlling the excitability and responsiveness of cortical...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Antony S,Kumar TP,Kuruvilla KP,George N,Paulose CS

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under some pathological conditions in brain, a large amount of superoxide anion (O(2)(-)) is produced, causing various cellular damages. Among three isozymes of superoxide dismutase (SOD), extracellular (EC)-SOD should play a role to detoxify O(2)(-) in extracellular space; however, a little is known about EC-SOD in b...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Takano K,Tanaka N,Kawabe K,Moriyama M,Nakamura Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acrylamide, a prototype neurotoxin, alters neurofilament protein (NF) gene expression in rat brain. Levels of mRNA coding for neurofilament protein subunits NF-L, NF-M, and NF-H have been determined by Northern blot analysis using 32P-labeled cDNA probes. Acrylamide given acutely (100 mg/kg, single intraperitoneal inj...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Endo H,Kittur S,Sabri MI

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postmortem cerebral neocortical and hippocampal samples were taken from patients who died with dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT) and individuals without diagnoses of neurological or psychiatric disease (control). Nicotinic binding was assayed with 20 nM [3H]acetylcholine [( 3H]ACh) in the presence of atropine, or w...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： London ED,Ball MJ,Waller SB

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the many pharmacological targets of ethanol is the GABA inhibitory system, and chronic ethanol (CE) is known to alter the polypeptide levels of the GABA(A )receptor subunits in rat brain regions. In the present study, we investigated the regulation of the tyrosine kinase phosphorylation of the GABA(A) receptor ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Marutha Ravindran CR,Mehta AK,Ticku MK

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The patterns of cholesterol content in chick brain and liver were studied during embryonic development and compared with the variations in the specific activities of mevalonate-activating enzymes during the same period. Total cholesterol content in both embryonic chick brain and liver increased during incubation. The ...

journal_title：Neurochemical research

authors： Marco C,Gonzalez-Pacanowska D,Linares A,Garcia-Peregrin E

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00