The neurosteroid 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one induces catalepsy in mice.

abstract：:N-Methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), quisqualate, kainate and potassium increased, in a dose-dependent manner, the efflux of radioactivity from rat cerebral cortex minislices preincubated with [3H]choline. Ketamine (1-5 microM) and magnesium (0.1-1 mM) reduced only the release evoked by NMDA. The non-parallel shift of the NMD...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lodge D,Johnston GA

更新日期：1985-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement is implicated in the pathogenesis of inflammatory disorders of the central nervous system (CNS), like multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, and trauma. The anaphylatoxins C3a and C5a are thought to be the major contributors to complement-mediated inflammation in the CNS, likely mediating their effects vi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Boos L,Szalai AJ,Barnum SR

更新日期：2005-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that 5HTR2A (rs6311) receptors have high concentration in the cortical layer-5 pyramidal neurons and that these receptors play an important role in the modulation of neurocognitive functions. For example, layer-5 pyramidal neurons mediate cellular level integrative interaction of primary sensory afferent s...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Maksimov M,Vaht M,Harro J,Bachmann T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice were treated with N-2-chloroethyl-N-ethyl-2-bromobenzylamine hydrochloride (DSP4), which causes severe noradrenaline (NA) depletions in brain regions and the spinal cord, or vehicle i.p. They were tested 14 days later for antinociception induced by intrathecal injections of different doses of NA. A potentiation o...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Post C,Arweström E,Minor BG,Wikberg JE,Jonsson G,Archer T

更新日期：1985-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the guinea pig is used widely in experimental medical research, including in studies on micturition control, the spinal origin of preganglionic parasympathetic bladder and somatic external urethral sphincter motoneurons is not known. In the male guinea pig using wheat germ agglutinin-conjugated horseradish pe...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kuipers R,Izhar Z,Gerrits PO,Miner W,Holstege G

更新日期：2004-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Imagining a familiar environment is different from imagining an environmental map and clinical evidence demonstrated the existence of double dissociations in brain-damaged patients due to the contents of mental images. Here, we assessed a large sample of young and old participants by considering their ability to gener...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Piccardi L,Nori R,Palermo L,Guariglia C,Giusberti F

更新日期：2015-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of the present study was to explore the relation between speed-accuracy trade-off phenomena and action kinematics in the case of pointing under isometric conditions. Increasing task difficulty resulted in a linear increase in movement time (as predicted by Fitts' law) and in systematic changes in the spatio-t...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Billon M,Bootsma RJ,Mottet D

更新日期：2000-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen not only modulates nigrostriatal function but also developmental processes in the striatum. Recently, we have demonstrated the presence of the estrogen-synthesizing enzyme aromatase in the developing mouse striatum. This study is concerned with the expression of estrogen receptor-alpha/beta (ER) mRNA in the d...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Küppers E,Beyer C

更新日期：1999-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a growing body of evidence that the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC) is implicated in the new learning of visual items. Little is known, however, as to the involvement of that portion of the prefrontal cortex in the learning of temporal and spatial relationship of those items. The aim of the present stu...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Szatkowska I,Szymańska O,Grabowska A

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electromyographic responses elicited in the first dorsal interosseus muscle by small muscle stretches or by electrical stimulation of the median nerve were investigated in parkinsonian patients and in age-matched healthy subjects. Stimuli were applied during a steady level of contraction in the intrinsic hand musc...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Noth J,Schürmann M,Podoll K,Schwarz M

更新日期：1988-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice exposed to intermittent cold stress (ICS), but not constant cold stress (CCS) showed sustained thermal hyperalgesia for up to 12 days. Systemic or intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of morphine caused no significant analgesia in ICS mice, but induced dose-dependent analgesia in control mice. However, sign...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nishiyori M,Nagai J,Nakazawa T,Ueda H

更新日期：2010-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouse dopamine D4 receptor gene was isolated from a genomic DNA library by plaque hybridization. The D4 receptor gene encoded an open reading frame consisting of 387 amino acids, interrupted by three introns. Distribution of the D4 receptor mRNA in brain regions and peripheral tissues of mice was examined by rever...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Suzuki T,Kobayashi K,Nagatsu T

更新日期：1995-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We have demonstrated the existence and localization of two angiotensin II (AII) receptor subtypes in different regions of the rat brain using competitive radioligand binding technique. The identification of the subtypes was made by the reciprocal selectivity of DuP 753 and PD123177 for the AII-1 and AII-2 receptors, r...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Leung KH,Smith RD,Pieter,Timmermans BM,Chiu AT

更新日期：1991-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to investigate the relationship between DNA methylation and expression of human dopamine transporter (hDAT). We examined methylation status of hDAT in cells with various hDAT expression levels, including two dopaminergic neural cell lines (SK-N-AS and SH-SY-5Y) and one non-dopaminergic cell line (HEK29...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zhai D,Li S,Dong G,Zhou D,Yang Y,Wang X,Zhao Y,Yang Y,Lin Z

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) is an anti-inflammatory cytokine and is expressed in the injured spinal cord. TGF-β signals through receptors to activate Smad proteins, which translocate into the nucleus. In the present study, we investigated the chronological alterations and cellular locations of the TGF-β/Smad ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Joko M,Osuka K,Usuda N,Atsuzawa K,Aoyama M,Takayasu M

更新日期：2013-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Interhemispheric coherence for 19 channel EEG activity collected over a three year period from 184 men and women who relaxed in a quiet, darkened chamber showed significant increased coherence between caudal temporal regions for the 11 Hz frequency band during increased (>∼8 nT) global geomagnetic activity at the time...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Saroka KS,Caswell JM,Lapointe A,Persinger MA

更新日期：2014-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A highly significant endogenous lateral asymmetry in striatal dopamine (D2) receptors was found utilizing the binding of [3H]spiroperidol (0.6 nM) to homogenates prepared from the left and the right striata of male rats individually assayed. The mean level of binding was 23% greater in left than in right striatum, whi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Schneider LH,Murphy RB,Coons EE

更新日期：1982-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We and others have previously reported that neurons expressing neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) do not co-express GTP cyclohydrolase I, the enzyme that synthesize its cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4). BH4 is released from catecholaminergic cells and nNOS-expressing cells are located close to BH4-producing catec...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Choi HJ,Kim SW,Im JH,Lee SG,Kim M,Hwang O

更新日期：2003-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the relationship of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glutamate levels from the anterior and posterior cingulates (AC and PC) with cerebral blood flow (CBF) at rest. (1)H magnetic resonance spectroscopy measurements in the AC and PC and pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling data were acquired from ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Krause BW,Wijtenburg SA,Holcomb HH,Kochunov P,Wang DJ,Hong LE,Rowland LM

更新日期：2014-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglia, the resident immune cells of the brain, are activated in response to any kind of CNS injury, and their activation is critical for maintaining homeostasis within the CNS. However, during inflammatory conditions, sustained microglial activation results in damage to surrounding neuronal cells. beta-Glucans are...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Shah VB,Williams DL,Keshvara L

更新日期：2009-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of Sendai, a paramyxovirus, on the functional activity of 3 cell types, have been studied in vitro to establish whether a virus alone can cause pathophysiological changes. Neuronal cells are depolarized and suffer a loss of excitability which was attributed to an increase in membrane conductance. Spontaneo...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Forda SR,Gillies G,Kelly JS,Micklem KJ,Pasternak CA

更新日期：1982-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Hindlimb sensory deprivation is known to induce a decrease in the cortical representation of hindpaw, and an increase in the size of the cutaneous receptive fields. The aim of the present study was to determine (i) the time-course of recovery when the rat retrieves a normal use of its limbs after a 14-day period of se...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Dupont E,Canu MH,Langlet C,Falempin M

更新日期：2001-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Change of immunoreactive P-selectin was examined in rat brain after transient middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion (O) with anti-P-selectin monoclonal antibody using brain samples of sham control and after ischemia. Temporal, spatial, and cellular changes of immunohistochemical expressions of P-selectin were evaluat...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Suzuki H,Abe K,Tojo S,Morooka S,Kimura K,Mizugaki M,Itoyama Y

更新日期：1997-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated that differences in neuropathic pain-like behaviors after sciatic nerve injury genetically maps to the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) in rats carrying RT1(c) or RT1(av1) haplotypes on the Piebald Virol Glaxo (PVG) background. In order to further explore the genetic contribution ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Dominguez CA,Li L,Lidman O,Olsson T,Wiesenfeld-Hallin Z,Piehl F,Xu XJ

更新日期：2008-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Sciatic section in rats evokes chronic hyperalgesia, autotomy pain behavior, and hindpaw edema, a constellation resembling complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) in man. Glucocorticoid treatment inhibits these sequelae of sciatic section and also blocks neurogenic extravasation. Small diameter afferent neurons release ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kingery WS,Agashe GS,Guo TZ,Davies MF,Clark JD,Maze M

更新日期：2002-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The survival of developing sensory neurons is dependent upon target-derived growth factors, in their absence neurons undergo programmed cell death. The molecular mechanisms underpinning neuronal cell survival and death are poorly understood. Tyrosine kinases are important signalling proteins that have been implicated ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Bartlett SE

更新日期：1997-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:To search for brain molecules that share epitopes with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) proteins, we investigated non-AIDS human brains by immunohistochemical and Western blotting methods, and detected a 23 kDa protein which was immunoreactive with antibodies against HIVp17, a core protein of HIV with a molecular we...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kato T,Kurita K,Kawanami T,Sasaki H

更新日期：1994-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Amino acid release in the dorsal horn of awake rats was examined by microdialysis during the development of arthritis induced by injection of 3% kaolin and 3% carrageenan into the knee joint. The following amino acids were measured by HPLC at baseline and for the first 8 h of arthritis: Asp, Glu, Asn, Gln, Ser, Gly an...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Sluka KA,Westlund KN

更新日期：1992-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The function of acetylcholine (ACh) in the mammalian pineal gland is unknown. To test the hypothesis that ACh exerts a modulatory role in this organ, in the present study electrophysiogical multiunit recordings were carried out in ex-vivo rat pineal glands superfused with different drugs. It was found that ACh (10(-7)...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Schenda J,Vollrath L

更新日期：1998-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Noradrenergic fibers from the locus ceruleus were identified in close proximity to brain microvessels, and adrenoceptors exist in isolated brain capillaries. Yet, proof of innervation of brain microvessels by locus ceruleus remains elusive. We now demonstrate increased density of beta-adrenoceptors by pindolol binding...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kalaria RN,Stockmeier CA,Harik SI

更新日期：1989-02-13 00:00:00