The role of cholesterol in the biosynthesis of beta-amyloid.

abstract：:Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is an autosomal dominant muscular dystrophy characterized by late onset ptosis, proximal muscle weakness and swallowing difficulties. This disease has been recently linked to chromosome 14q11.2-q13 in French-Canadian pedigrees. We studied three unrelated American families with...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Grewal RP,Cantor R,Turner G,Grewal RK,Detera-Wadleigh SD

更新日期：1998-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, an algorithm is introduced for the automatic detection and simultaneous topographic classification of interictal regional spike activity in pediatric surface EEG records. The algorithm is based on the classification of the topographic distribution of instantaneous power by means of a 'group' trained cla...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Feucht M,Hoffmann K,Steinberger K,Witte H,Benninger F,Arnold M,Doering A

更新日期：1997-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroblastoma is an important problem in children. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) exhibit important roles in tumorigenicity of neuroblastoma. However, the role and mechanism of lncRNA small nucleolar RNA host gene 16 (SNHG16) in neuroblastoma tumorigenicity remain poorly understood. Forty-six neuroblastoma samples and ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Ge Y,Tan S,Bi J,Rao M,Yu Y,Tian L

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:CIRCLING training (CT) decreases muscarinic acetyl-choline receptor (mAchR) binding in rat striatum. As cholinergic and dopaminergic systems interact strongly we evaluated the expression of D2-subtype dopamine receptor (DA D2) and mAchR together after CT. Animals trained from 30 to 37 days of age and sacrificed 2 mont...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Ibarra GR,Paratcha GC,Wolansky MJ,Azcurra JM

更新日期：1996-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the functional neuroanatomy involved in retrieval of structured versus unstructured verbal information. We compared cerebral blood flow using PET with the [15O]water method while subjects engaged in recall of novel and practised narratives and lists of unrelated words. Left orbital frontal cort...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Paradiso S,Crespo Facorro B,Andreasen NC,O'Leary DS,Watkins LG,Boles Ponto L,Hichwa RD

更新日期：1997-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-Synuclein is a major component of neuronal and glial cytoplasmic inclusions in multiple system atrophy (MSA), one of the alpha-synucleinopathies. Recent studies have shown that beta-synuclein, a homolog of alpha-synuclein, inhibits alpha-synuclein aggregation in vitro. We immunohistochemically examined the MSA b...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Mori F,Nishie M,Yoshimoto M,Takahashi H,Wakabayashi K

更新日期：2003-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Auditory evoked magnetic fields were recorded with a 24-SQUID magnetometer on a patient with a vascular lesion in the right auditory cortex and its vicinity. The contralateral transient 100 ms response (N100m) was absent over the damaged side, with no recovery within 16 months. Responses were normal over the healthy s...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Mäkelä JP,Hari R

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) are concentrated in the postsynaptic membrane at the adult rat neuromuscular junction (NMJ). We have used immunolabelling to determine the pattern of initial VGSC accumulation during development. At birth, but not 3 days before, VGSC labelling is detectable at the NMJ and in the p...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Wood SJ,Shewry K,Young C,Slater CR

更新日期：1998-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effect of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR) antagonist scopolamine on eyeblink conditioning in glutamate receptor subunit 62 null mice, which have severe impairments in cerebellar long-term depression (LTD). Mice were injected intraperitoneally with scopolamine (0.5 mg/kg) or saline, an...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Takatsuki K,Kawahara S,Mori H,Mishina M,Kirino Y

更新日期：2002-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The glomerular layer of the olfactory bulb contains a substantial population of dopaminergic neurons. We determined the quantity and location of D1 and D2 dopamine receptors which are the presumed targets of these neurons. Binding of the D1 selective ligand [3H]SCH23390 was slightly above background and was distribute...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Nickell WT,Norman AB,Wyatt LM,Shipley MT

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a guessing paradigm we measured visual sensitivity in the blind and normal half-fields of four cerebrally hemidecorticated patients. In the blind field, sensitivity was reduced by approximately 3 long units. Stimuli which produced significant detection also evoked conscious sensations of light and colour. Contro...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Stoerig P,Faubert J,Ptito M,Diaconu V,Ptito A

更新日期：1996-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal models suggest that the asymmetry of monocular optokinetic nystagmus (OKN) in young infants can be explained by a direct pathway from retina to the midbrain nucleus of the optic tract. However, earlier studies with hemispherectomized infants showed no evidence for OKN responses towards the damaged cortex that c...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Morrone MC,Atkinson J,Cioni G,Braddick OJ,Fiorentini A

更新日期：1999-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Various clinical populations display atypical volume asymmetry of language structures and also the auditory M100 source. Although such atypical volume asymmetries have also been observed in autism, M100 source asymmetries have not yet been investigated. We examined M100 asymmetry in autism and its relationship with la...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Schmidt GL,Rey MM,Oram Cardy JE,Roberts TP

更新日期：2009-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Low, nonsedative doses of γ-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) produce short-term anterograde amnesia in humans and memory impairments in experimental animals. We have previously shown that acute systemic treatment of GHB in adolescent female rats impairs the acquisition, but not the expression, of contextual fear memory while...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Ishiwari K,Sircar R

更新日期：2016-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The hippocampus is the key structure for learning and memory in mammals and long-term potentiation (LTP) is an important cellular mechanism responsible for learning and memory. The influences of norepinephrine (NE) on the modulation of learning and memory, as well as LTP, through β-adrenoceptors are well documented, w...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Lv J,Zhan SY,Li GX,Wang D,Li YS,Jin QH

更新日期：2016-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of neurones expressing neuropeptide Y (NPY) mRNA in the brain of the goldfish was investigated using a non-radioactive in situ hybridization technique. Neurones expressing NPY mRNA were located in cell groups previously shown to exhibit NPY immunoreactivity in the ventral telencephalon, thalamus, opti...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Vecino E,Perez MT,Ekström P

更新日期：1994-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) neurotoxicity reproduces many of the features of Parkinson's disease (PD). alpha-Synuclein has been identified as a prominent component of the Lewy body (LB), the pathological hallmark of PD. MPTP-treated primates have been reported to develop intraneuronal inclusion...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kowall NW,Hantraye P,Brouillet E,Beal MF,McKee AC,Ferrante RJ

更新日期：2000-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:This fMRI study explores brain regions involved with perceptual enhancement afforded by observation of visual speech gesture information. Subjects passively identified words presented in the following conditions: audio-only, audiovisual, audio-only with noise, audiovisual with noise, and visual only. The brain may use...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Callan DE,Jones JA,Munhall K,Callan AM,Kroos C,Vatikiotis-Bateson E

更新日期：2003-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Levels of mRNAs encoding for the two isoforms of glutamate decarboxylase, GAD67 and GAD65, were quantified in the rat striatum and cerebral cortex following single injections of the non-competitive NMDA receptor antagonist MK-801. Acute MK-801 induced a dose-dependent decrease in GAD65 mRNA levels in ventral sectors o...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Laprade N,Soghomonian JJ

更新日期：1995-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether short-term saccadic adaptation modifies hand pointing. Subjects were presented with double-step targets, the second target jump occurring during the saccade to the first one and bringing the target back to 66% of the first target eccentricity, in order to reduce the gain of their gaze saccades....

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： de Graaf JB,Pélisson D,Prablanc C,Goffart L

更新日期：1995-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia or global ischemia causes rapid loss of consciousness and a sudden increase in spontaneous transmitter release suggesting that coordinated synaptic activity is impaired. Gamma oscillations (30-100 Hz) are thought to provide for binding of parallel processed information in the brain, contributing to cognition a...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Fano S,Behrens CJ,Heinemann U

更新日期：2007-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:It is assumed that in esotropic cats the behavioural suppression of the nasal field reflects inhibition of the input conveyed through the temporal retinal afferents of the strabismic eye. We hypothesized that inhibition underlying the field defect might be actively operated by interocular competitive mechanisms. If so...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Di Stefano M,Gargini C

更新日期：1995-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Flurothyl kindling initiates a time-dependent process that results in a facilitated propagation from the forebrain to the brainstem seizure system and in an increase in the complexity of behavioral seizure expression. We investigated the involvement of the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (VMH) in mediating th...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Ferland RJ,Applegate CD

更新日期：1998-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Calpain activation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Okadaic acid, a protein phosphatase-2A inhibitor, has been used in Alzheimer's disease research models to increase tau phosphorylation and induce neuronal death. We previously reported that okadaic acid induced predominant activation of...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Yoon S,Choi J,Huh JW,Hwang O,Kim D

更新日期：2006-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with left visual neglect after right hemisphere lesions were examined with a line bisection and a reading task under five different conditions: head and trunk straight ahead, head or trunk oriented 20 degrees to the left and head or trunk oriented 20 degrees to the right. Fixation was always straight ahe...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Schindler I,Kerkhoff G

更新日期：1997-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of high frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on sensory perception and the pain tolerance thresholds were investigated applying both motor cortex stimulation and medial frontal cortex stimulation in normal study participants. Both the sensory perception and pain tolerance thresholds were ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Yoo WK,Kim YH,Doh WS,Lee JH,Jung KI,Park DS,Park ES

更新日期：2006-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of Alzheimer's disease-related beta-amyloid (Abeta) peptides on the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-evoked cell firing rate were studied in hippocampal CA1 neurons of the rat. Extracellular single-unit recordings were combined with iontophoretic applications that allowed quantitative analyses of the interactio...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Molnár Z,Soós K,Lengyel I,Penke B,Szegedi V,Budai D

更新日期：2004-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study examined the hemodynamic response during the Go/NoGo task in children with/without attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Using near-infrared spectroscopy, oxy-Hb and deoxy-Hb concentration changes in the frontal areas were compared during the conditions with/without inhibitory demand. Comp...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Inoue Y,Sakihara K,Gunji A,Ozawa H,Kimiya S,Shinoda H,Kaga M,Inagaki M

更新日期：2012-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Models of corticostriatal motor circuitry have focused on the role of the circuit in the hemisphere of the motor cortex providing primary control (contralateral to the movement). We used functional magnetic resonance imaging and functional connectivity analyses to study circuit function in both the controlling and non...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Marchand WR,Lee JN,Thatcher JW,Hsu EW,Rashkin E,Suchy Y,Chelune G,Starr J,Barbera SS

更新日期：2008-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficits in processing of auditory stimuli are known to play an important role in the aetiology of dyslexia. To specify the auditory deficit in children at risk for dyslexia, 19 children with a phonological deficit and 15 controls were tested using the mismatch negativity event-related potential, which reflects preatt...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Bitz U,Gust K,Spitzer M,Kiefer M

更新日期：2007-06-11 00:00:00