Functional brain mapping of the relaxation response and meditation.

abstract：:To clarify possible interaction between the ventral hippocampal cannabinoid CB2 receptors and the cholinergic system in control of the memory process, the effects of cannabinoid and acetylcholine receptor agents on memory consolidation have been investigated in mice. Animals implanted with bilateral cannulas at the CA...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Nasehi M,Forouzanmehr E,Khakpai F,Zarrindast MR

更新日期：2020-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) was used in 17 normal individuals to modulate vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) and self-motion perception rotational thresholds. The electrodes were applied over the temporoparietal junction bilaterally. Both vestibular nystagmic and perceptual thresholds were increased duri...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kyriakareli A,Cousins S,Pettorossi VE,Bronstein AM

更新日期：2013-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim was to study whether there is indication of a dissociation in processing of visuospatial and colour information in working memory in humans. Experimental subjects performed visuospatial and colour n-back tasks with and without visuospatial and colour distractive stimuli presented in the middle of the delay per...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Vuontela V,Rämä P,Raninen A,Aronen HJ,Carlson S

更新日期：1999-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of interleukin-1beta in the paraventricular nucleus or caudal arcuate nucleus on hypertensive and tachycardiac responses induced by excitation of the central amygdaloid nucleus were studied. We observed that microinjection of sodium glutamate into central amygdaloid nucleus resulted in hypertension and tac...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Lu Y,Chen W,Zou CJ

更新日期：2002-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that neurons in the amygdala respond to visual cues that predict reward and aversive outcomes. However, it remains unclear whether the representation of reinforcement in the amygdala depends on the relative preference for an outcome compared with another simultaneously available outcome. In this s...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Hirai D,Hosokawa T,Inoue M,Miyachi S,Mikami A

更新日期：2009-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Regional brain activity associated with intentional and incidental memory retrieval was studied with PET. Previously studied and new words were presented in either an intentional or an incidental memory task. Type of task was crossed with an encoding manipulation ('deep' vs 'shallow') which varied the probability that...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Rugg MD,Fletcher PC,Frith CD,Frackowiak RS,Dolan RJ

更新日期：1997-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Experience affects how brains respond to sound. Here, we examined how the sensitivity and selectivity of auditory cortical neuronal responses were affected in adult rats by the repeated presentation of a complex sound that was paired with basal forebrain stimulation. The auditory cortical region that was responsive to...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Mercado E,Bao S,Orduña I,Gluck MA,Merzenich MM

更新日期：2001-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the use of an immunoblotting technique to investigate the potential role of reaction oxygen species in the pathogenesis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Quadriceps femoris muscle biopsy samples were obtained from six patients with Duchenne and six with Becker muscular dystrophy, and from six control subject...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Haycock JW,Mac Neil S,Mantle D

更新日期：1998-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural imaging studies have shown that the brains of skilled musicians respond differently to musical stimuli than do the brains of non-musicians, particularly for musicians who commenced practice at an early age. Whether brain attributes related to musical skill are attributable to musical practice or are hereditary ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Pantev C,Roberts LE,Schulz M,Engelien A,Ross B

更新日期：2001-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin sensory nerve nocifensor functions were investigated non-invasively in rats by measuring neurogenic inflammation and blister healing-rate after unilateral hindlimb denervation. Axon reflexes were evoked by transdermal iontophoresis of acetylcholine (ACh) or noxious electrical stimulation (TNS). Sodium nitroprussi...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Carr RW,Delaney CA,Westerman RA,Roberts RG

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several neurophysiological studies have highlighted the role of the midbrain periaqueductal gray matter (PAG) in the initiation of vocalization in various animal species, from frogs to primates. With regard to humans, only two cases of complete mutism following a lesion to the PAG have been reported so far. This artic...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Esposito A,Demeurisse G,Alberti B,Fabbro F

更新日期：1999-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-renewing neural stem cells and progenitor cells are cell populations that generate radial glial cells and neurons through asymmetric division. Regulation of intracellular pH in stem cells with high metabolic activity is critical for both cell signaling and proliferation. We have recently found that a S0859-inhibi...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Nordström T,Zhenyu G,Andersson LC,Åkerman KEO

更新日期：2020-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 consumes NAD to catalyze poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation of target proteins, which modulates various biological functions. However, excessive poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 activation mediates oxidative cell death. Our recent studies have indicated that NAD can enter into astrocytes to prevent poly...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Zhu K,Swanson RA,Ying W

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurotrophic factors such as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) are assumed to provide trophic support via a target-derived, retrograde mechanism of action. However, recent studies suggest that neurotrophic factors can act in an autocrine fashion and perhaps even in an anterograde direction similar to neurotrans...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Smith MA,Zhang LX,Lyons WE,Mamounas LA

更新日期：1997-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:It is a matter of dispute whether or not recurrent epileptic seizures cause neuronal damage in the human brain. We approached this question by measuring the volumes of the amygdala, hippocampus and parahippocampal gyrus with magnetic resonance imaging in 15 controls, 13 unmedicated patients with newly diagnosed epilep...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Saukkonen A,Kälviäinen R,Partanen K,Vainio P,Riekkinen P,Pitkänen A

更新日期：1994-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Myristoylated alanine-rich C kinase substrate (MARCKS), an acidic protein associated with cell motility and phagocytosis, is activated upon phosphorylation by protein kinase C (PKC) and proline-directed protein kinases. In Alzheimer disease (AD), activated microglia expressing MARCKS migrates around senile plaques. We...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Hasegawa H,Nakai M,Tanimukai S,Taniguchi T,Terashima A,Kawamata T,Fukunaga K,Miyamoto E,Misaki K,Mukai H,Tanaka C

更新日期：2001-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:When we perform a visually guided reaching action, the brain coordinates our hand and eye movements. Eye-hand coordination has been examined widely, but it remains unclear whether the hand and eye motor systems are coordinated during on-line visuomotor adjustments induced by a target jump during a reaching movement. A...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Abekawa N,Inui T,Gomi H

更新日期：2014-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroxyindole-O-methyltransferase (HIOMT), is the last enzyme of the melatonin biosynthesis pathway. We have applied immunocytochemistry and in situ hybridization to localize HIOMT producing cells, in the chicken epithalamus including the pineal gland. The selectivity of the hybridization signal over melatoninergic ce...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Grève P,Bernard M,Voisin P,Cogné M,Collin JP,Guerlotte J

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to clarify the neuroprotective effects of tanshinone IIA (TSA) following cerebral ischemic insult. Adult Sprague-Dawley rats were operated upon to achieve a middle cerebral artery occlusion to cause transient focal cerebral ischemia, which were then randomly divided into the sham-operated contr...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Wen PY,Li J,Lu BL,Liu J,Yang FZ,Zhou L,Luo H,Li WW,Zhou J

更新日期：2016-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Where and how the cortical areas are activated when a person receives the result of hypothesis testing is still unclear. By using a category induction task, this study provided participants with various batteries and asked them to learn which kind of batteries were charged. After learning, they were required to give a...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Li F,Cao B,Lei Y,Li H

更新日期：2009-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments using chimeric stimuli have shown that the right hemisphere is more influential in processing facial information. Here, again, we found clear evidence that study participants used the information from the left side of the face to inform their gender decisions when chimeric male/female, female/male stimuli ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Butler SH,Harvey M

更新日期：2005-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy and neurogenesis play a pivotal role in maintaining cellular homeostasis of neurons in the brain. Endurance exercise (EXE) serves as a potent regulator of both autophagy and neurogenesis in the hippocampus of the brain; however, the underlying molecular mechanisms of the dual expression remains unclear. Thus...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Jang Y

更新日期：2020-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:TECTA and DFNA5 are the mouse orthologues of the human deafness-associated genes TECTA and DFNA5. To determine how expression of these genes is regulated during development, relative mRNA abundance was examined in mice by non-radioactive RT-PCR. TECTA mRNA was detected on embryonic day 15 (E15), increased to its highe...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Maeda Y,Fukushima K,Kasai N,Maeta M,Nishizaki K

更新日期：2001-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional homology between human and macaque visual cortices has provided an important cue to functional subdivisions of the human visual cortex, but it is unclear beyond V1. We estimated the sizes and the visual field eccentricity functions of the extrastriate visual areas of human brains using MRI and fMRI measurem...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Ejima Y,Takahashi S,Yamamoto H,Fukunaga M,Tanaka C,Ebisu T,Umeda M

更新日期：2003-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Microinjection of neuropeptide Y (NPY) into the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus stimulates eating and increases respiratory quotient. In contrast, administration of opioid receptor antagonists reduces food intake and suppresses NPY-induced feeding. The present study examined whether naloxone methiodi...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Currie PJ,Coscina DV,Moretti J,Avellino MD

更新日期：2000-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Latest reports suggest the involvement of insulin in modulating memory. A few published in-vitro studies favor the antidementia effect of insulin. Thus, the present study aimed to evaluate the prophylactic role of insulin and its combination with glucose and its possible mechanism(s) in an aluminum chloride (AlCl3)-in...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Nampoothiri M,Kumar N,Venkata Ramalingayya G,Gopalan Kutty N,Krishnadas N,Mallikarjuna Rao C

更新日期：2017-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromodomain on Y-like (CDYL) is a chromodomain protein that has sequence homology to members of the enoyl CoA hydratase family. Although the chromodomain of CDYL has been implicated in chromatin remodeling during mammalian spermatogenesis, the function of the Cdyl gene remains unclear. Recently, induced pluripotent s...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Wan L,Hu XJ,Yan SX,Chen F,Cai B,Zhang XM,Wang T,Yu XB,Xiang AP,Li WQ

更新日期：2013-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and safety of thrombolysis with different dose regimens of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) and its combination with aspirin was tested in an embolic stroke model. In rats the carotid territory was embolized with a single clot formed in a polyethylene tube and washed with saline. Fifteen m...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Overgaard K,Sereghy T,Pedersen H,Boysen G

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was based on earlier findings that the observation of a coherently moving long bar induced gamma-band activity in humans. The power in the EEG-gamma-band was reduced during the presentation of two incoherently moving short bars. The present study demonstrates the replicability of this cortical activi...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Müller MM,Junghöfer M,Elbert T,Rochstroh B

更新日期：1997-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been widely shown that recognition memory includes two distinct retrieval processes: familiarity and recollection. Many studies have shown that recognition memory can be facilitated when there is a perceptual match between the studied and the tested items. Most event-related potential studies have explored the ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Cui X,Gao C,Zhou J,Guo C

更新日期：2016-09-28 00:00:00