Nitric oxide synthase containing neurons in the ventral lateral geniculate of the rat project to the optic pretectal nuclei.

abstract：:Antidepressants such as tricyclic antidepressants, and serotonin noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors are a first-line treatment for neuropathic pain. Here, we aimed to determine the involvement of the spinal dopaminergic system in the antihyperalgesic effects of antidepressants in a rat model of neuropathic pain induced...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Chen M,Hoshino H,Saito S,Yang Y,Obata H

更新日期：2017-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) is a powerful antioxidant with suggested neuroprotective action. This study investigated the protective effects of EGCG against retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) degeneration in an animal model of glaucoma. C57BL/6J mice (n=54) were divided randomly into four groups: normal control group ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Shen C,Chen L,Jiang L,Lai TY

更新日期：2015-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain and nasal region of a fetal (124 days) female rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) were fixed in situ, decalcified, sectioned and treated for the immunocytochemical demonstration of LHRH. Immunoreactive neurons and fibers were found in expected sites and also in sites not reported to date in primates: there was a...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Witkin JW

更新日期：1987-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal motor neurones in the adult mouse were labelled retrogradely with both True Blue and horseradish peroxidase (HRP). Using the cell sorter, motor neurones were separated on the basis of cell size and the intensity of True Blue fluorescence. Cultures of the sorted cells were then prepared and the motor neurones we...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Eagleson KL,Bennett MR

更新日期：1983-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRs) are endogenous small RNAs that regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level by mediating mRNA degradation or transcriptional inhibition. MiRs were implicated in the pathogenesis of numerous neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease (PD). In this study we analyzed the poss...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lungu G,Stoica G,Ambrus A

更新日期：2013-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrastructure of astrocytic foot processes at the glia limitans in rat optic nerve was studied by freeze-fracture. Two classes of astrocytic end-foot processes were observed. Most astrocytic foot processes in this region show a high density of orthogonal arrays of P-face particles (assemblies) that are randomly o...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Black JA,Waxman SG

更新日期：1985-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus (SNB) in rodents is a neuromuscular system consisting of lumbar motoneurons and the perineal muscles they innervate, the bulbocavernosus and levator ani. This system is present prenatally in both males and females but degenerates postnatally in females because of the lack of p...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Smith MR,Hamson DK,Poort JE,Jordan CL,Breedlove SM

更新日期：2012-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The comorbidity between migraine and depression not only provides a major treatment challenge, but also represents a heavy burden on society. However, the relationship between depression and migraine and their molecular biological mechanisms remain unclear. This study investigated the effects of depression elicited by...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zhang M,Dai W,Liang J,Chen X,Hu Y,Chu B,Pan M,Dong Z,Yu S

更新日期：2013-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:By the use of the peroxidase--antiperoxidase (PAP) technique in the sinus node of several mammalian species, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), neurotensin (NT) and substance P (SP) immunoreactive structures were detected. VIP and NT as well as SP immunoreactive fibers were found in close association to the vasc...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Weihe E,Reinecke M

更新日期：1981-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphine injections in 16-day-old rats caused an increase in norepinephrine concentration in both superior cervical ganglion and iris after 1 h. Although the increase in the ganglion was blocked by naloxone pretreatment, the increase in the iris was not prevented. The morphine-induced increase did not require the pres...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Mattio TG,Kirby ML

更新日期：1983-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We assess in mice, the electrophysiological criteria developed in humans and rats in vivo for unmyelinated (C) fibre differentiation into sub-classes, derived from the activity-induced latency increase ("slowing") in response to electrical stimulation during 6 min at 0.25 Hz followed by 3 min at 2 Hz. Fibres are consi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hoffmann T,De Col R,Messlinger K,Reeh PW,Weidner C

更新日期：2015-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Purinoceptor agonists produced potassium currents with the order of potency: ATP > adenosine = ADP = AMP > beta,gamma-methylene ATP, while a small response or no response was induced by 2-methylthio ATP, UTP, or alpha,beta-methylene ATP. The response induced by beta,gamma-methylene ATP was completely inhibited in the ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Matsuoka T,Nishizaki T,Nomura T,Mori M,Okada Y

更新日期：1998-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a clinically complex and multifactorial psychiatric disorder of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. Family, twin and adoption studies suggest a genetic influence in the etiology of ADHD. Two variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) polymorphic systems have bee...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Gabriela ML,John DG,Magdalena BV,Ariadna GS,Francisco de LP,Liz SM,Lino PC,Josefina RG,Ernesto RZ,Carlos CF

更新日期：2009-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In astrocytes, ion currents are predominantly carried by K(+) ions, and their potassium channel expression changes during development. Here, we studied ion current generated by voltage-ramp protocols in cultured astrocytes from the corpus callosum of newborn (P0) and 28-day-old (P28) rats. Inward currents measured at ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Montiel-Herrera M,García-Colunga J

更新日期：2010-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhythms of plasma melatonin levels were determined in lizards (Tiliqua rugosa) subjected to a 12 h photocycle (12 h light: 12 h dark) at constant 33 degrees C, and at 7 different thermoperiods (33 degrees C thermophase and 15 degrees C cryophase) whose thermophase duration ranged from 1.5 to 21 h. The melatonin secret...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Firth BT,Kennaway DJ,Belan I

更新日期：1991-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The pituitary-adrenal responsiveness to a mild stressor was assessed in rats that were deprived of paradoxical sleep (PS) and in controls that were not deprived. Animals were either individually- or group-deprived for 96 h and hormone levels were assessed at 0, 5, 20 or 60 min after a saline injection+novelty and comp...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Suchecki D,Tiba PA,Tufik S

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the neurotoxic properties of the glutamate agonist quisqualic acid (QA) in immature brain, we injected this compound (100 nmol QA/1 microliter) directly into the striatum of 7-day-old rats. QA produced neuronal necrosis and glial infiltration in 14 pups and reduced the size of the striatum and hippocampus on...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Silverstein FS,Chen R,Johnston MV

更新日期：1986-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:By recording the locomotor activity rhythm of hagfish, Eptatretus burgeri, in which surgical lesions of the pretectal areas were made, we searched for the route of light information from the eyes to the circadian pacemaker, which is considered to be located in the preoptic nucleus. The entrainment of circadian activit...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ooka-Souda S,Kadota T,Kabasawa H,Takeuchi H

更新日期：1995-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkin Co-Regulated Gene (PACRG) is a gene that shares a bi-directional promoter with the Parkinson's disease associated gene parkin. The functional role of PACRG is not well understood, although the gene has been associated with parkinsonian syndromes and more recently with eukaryotic cilia and flagella. We investiga...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Wilson GR,Tan JT,Brody KM,Taylor JM,Delatycki MB,Lockhart PJ

更新日期：2009-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of treadmill exercise training on prepro-galanin (GAL) and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) gene expression in the locus coeruleus (LC) were examined. Male Fischer-344 rats (n=9) were assigned to 6 weeks of treadmill running. An additional group of animals comprised the sedentary home cage control group (n=9). Le...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： O'Neal HA,Van Hoomissen JD,Holmes PV,Dishman RK

更新日期：2001-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of increases in extracellular potassium ([K+]o) and/or decreases in extracellular calcium ([Ca2+]o) to induce epileptiform activity in hippocampal slices was studied by systematically varying [K+]o and [Ca2+]o. Slices prepared from kindled rats, both 1 week and 1 month after the last kindled seizure, showe...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Stringer JL,Lothman EW

更新日期：1988-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The present investigation examined the effect of inflammation produced by intravesical zymosan on spinal dorsal horn neuronal responses to urinary bladder distension (UBD). Extracellular single-unit recordings of neurons excited by UBD were obtained in spinalized female Sprague-Dawley rats. Neurons were classified as ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ness TJ,Castroman PJ,Randich A

更新日期：2009-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of intrathecally (i.t.) administered R-phenylisopropyl adenosine (R-PIA), an adenosine A1 receptor agonist, on presumed pain behaviour were assessed in a rat model of chronic central pain. Spinal cord injury was induced photochemically via laser irradiation of the spinal cord after intravenous injection of ery...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Sjölund KF,von Heijne M,Hao JX,Xu XJ,Sollevi A,Wiesenfeld-Hallin Z

更新日期：1998-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression by rat motoneurons of mRNAs for the alpha subunit of the ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor (CNTFR alpha), receptor tyrosine kinase-C (trkC), calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and galanin was studied by in situ hybridisation, 6d after rat facial nerve transection on postnatal day 1. Similar numbers o...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Duberley RM,Johnson IP

更新日期：1996-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The 5-HT(1A) receptor agonist 8-OH-DPAT (0.5mg/kg) enhances behavioral recovery when administered 15min after experimental traumatic brain injury (TBI). To determine if benefits are still attainable at clinically relevant times, treatment was delayed 1 and 2h post-TBI and motor/cognitive performance was compared to ea...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Cheng JP,Aslam HA,Hoffman AN,Zafonte RD,Kline AE

更新日期：2007-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the main source of circulating ghrelin is the stomach, it is also present in physiologically relevant amounts in the hypothalamus. It is reported that pharmacological doses of melatonin decrease blood levels of ghrelin. Thus, melatonin (MT) may be a candidate for the regulation of ghrelin synthesis in the bra...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Canpolat S,Aydin M,Yasar A,Colakoglu N,Yilmaz B,Kelestimur H

更新日期：2006-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful transplantations have been made of cultured explants of human fetal spinal cord into surgically created cavities in the motor cortical area of non-immunosuppressed young adult rats. The cultured cells were marked by brief incubation with Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin (PHA) just prior to transplantation...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kamo H,Kim SU,McGeer PL,Araki M,Tomimoto H,Kimura H

更新日期：1987-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous studies showed that corticospinal excitability during imagery of squeezing a foam ball was enhanced by somatosensory input generated by passively holding the ball. In the present study, using the same experimental model, we investigated whether corticospinal excitability was influenced by holding the obje...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Mizuguchi N,Sakamoto M,Muraoka T,Moriyama N,Nakagawa K,Nakata H,Kanosue K

更新日期：2012-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the anti-hyperalgesic effect of FR140423, 3-(difluoromethyl)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl-5-[4-(methylsulfinyl)phenyl]pyrazole, in a rat model of postoperative pain. Oral administration of FR140423 at doses between 1 and 100 mg/kg after surgery dose dependently attenuated the punctate mechanical hyperalgesia cau...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ochi T,Ohkubo Y,Mutoh S

更新日期：2003-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Global cerebral ischemia-reperfusion (GCI/R) may occur after any of several clinical conditions such as cardiac arrest and anesthetic accident. Some dopamine receptor agonists possess neuroprotective effects. However, some of them may produce side effects during treatment. Piribedil, which is a dopamine D2/D3 receptor...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Wang W,Liu L,Chen C,Jiang P,Zhang T

更新日期：2018-09-25 00:00:00