Transfection of young guinea pig vestibular cells in vitro with an adenovirus vector.

abstract：:We used positron emission tomography to investigate whether tactile motion discrimination activates the dorsal visual stream in congenitally blind (CB) participants compared with sighted controls. The tactile stimuli consisted of either static dots, dots moving coherently in one of two possible directions, or in rando...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Ptito M,Matteau I,Gjedde A,Kupers R

更新日期：2009-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence suggests that dynein has an important role in the clearance of misfolded proteins by autophagy. Here we show that treatment of cells with 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP) cause alpha-synuclein overexpression and aggregation, leading to the accumulation of autophagic vacuoles and the recruitment of...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Cai ZL,Shi JJ,Yang YP,Cao BY,Wang F,Huang JZ,Yang F,Zhang P,Liu CF

更新日期：2009-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The serotonin transporter is a strong candidate for aetiological involvement in affective disorders and psychosis. We analysed a VNTR in intron 2 of the human serotonin transporter gene (hSERT) for allelic association with bipolar affective disorder, unipolar depression and schizophrenia. An increased frequency of all...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Collier DA,Arranz MJ,Sham P,Battersby S,Vallada H,Gill P,Aitchison KJ,Sodhi M,Li T,Roberts GW,Smith B,Morton J,Murray RM,Smith D,Kirov G

更新日期：1996-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effect of long-term potentiation (LTP) on paired-pulse responses across varied stimulus intensities and interstimulus intervals (ISIs), at ascending synapses from the intermediate and ventral hippocampus to the medial prefrontal cortex in urethane-anesthetized rats. LTP significantly shifted the median...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Takita M,Izaki Y,Kuramochi M,Yokoi H,Ohtomi M

更新日期：2010-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracerebral or intraspinal grafting of genetically modified primary fibroblasts has been shown to enhance functional recovery in several models of CNS disease, including spinal cord injury. Most of these studies utilized retrovirus vectors. In this report, we describe in vitro conditions for genetically modifying pr...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Liu Y,Himes BT,Tryon B,Moul J,Chow SY,Jin H,Murray M,Tessler A,Fischer I

更新日期：1998-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We used isolated IgG antibodies selective for P2X3 receptors to study the ultrastructural distribution of these receptors in rat sensory neurons. In trigeminal ganglia, P2X3 receptor immunoreactivity occurred in small and large nerve cell bodies and their processes. Endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus were heavi...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Llewellyn-Smith IJ,Burnstock G

更新日期：1998-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The anxiolytic-like potential of anpirtoline was assessed in a mouse light/dark aversion test. Anpirtoline (1.0 ng kg(-1)-1.0 micrograms kg-1 i.p.) reduced the aversive responding of mice. This was detected as an increase in the latency to locate the non-aversive compartment and by decreases in the percentage of the t...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Metzenauer P,Barnes NM,Costall B,Gozlan H,Hamon M,Kelly ME,Murphy DA,Naylor RJ

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tau protein phosphorylation has been implicated as a main process that regulates microtubule dynamics. A large number of tau isoforms is generated by phosphorylation through the action of a diversity of kinases. We have analysed variations in tau phosphorylation by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, where a great he...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Araujo HM,Sutton R,Moura Neto V

更新日期：1994-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA fragmentation, the hallmark of apoptosis, has been recently investigated with contradictory results in several skeletal muscle disorders. Using in situ labeling of nuclear DNA fragmentation, we have tested the possibility that apoptosis might occur in muscles from patients with mitochondrial respiratory chain defe...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Monici MC,Toscano A,Girlanda P,Aguennouz M,Musumeci O,Vita G

更新日期：1998-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effect of an NO synthase inhibitor, NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA), on the levels of endogenous GABA in the rat striatum using in vivo microdialysis. Rats were perfused with the artificial CSF containing L-NMMA (0.1, 0.3 and 1.0 mM) or its inactive isomer D-NMMA (1.0 mM) for 1 h. Infusion of L-N...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Semba J,Sakai M,Miyoshi R,Kito S

更新日期：1995-07-10 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：:Recent experiments have suggested that the process of visuomotor adaptation depends on how a visual distortion is introduced. The cerebellum is thought to be involved in adapting to rapidly introduced visual distortions; however its role in adapting to a gradually introduced distortion is unknown. We tested adaptation...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Robertson EM,Miall RC

更新日期：1999-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I is essential for cerebellar granule neuron survival and a decline in IGF-I is implicated in various age-dependent processes. Here we show that IGF-I mRNA levels are decreased in the cerebellum of old rats compared with young rats and this was associated with increased cell death and ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Pañeda C,Arroba AI,Frago LM,Holm AM,Rømer J,Argente J,Chowen JA

更新日期：2003-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene expression of cholecystokinin (CCK), a neuropeptide with anti-opioid properties, has been reported to be upregulated in some primary sensory neurons after a peripheral nerve lesion. We have recently demonstrated that the upregulation of CCK mRNA is not accompanied by an increased potassium-evoked release CCK-...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Afrah AW,Gustafsson H,Olgart L,Brodin E,Stiller CO

更新日期：2001-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In rapid serial visual presentation of pictures, an early event-related brain potential component shows enlarged negativity over occipital regions for emotional pictures compared with neutral pictures. The present study examined whether the processing of emotional target pictures varies as a function of stimulus repet...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Schupp HT,Stockburger J,Codispoti M,Junghöfer M,Weike AI,Hamm AO

更新日期：2006-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 is constitutively expressed in the superficial dorsal horn of the spinal cord, but its role in the spinal cord is still unclear. We examined the effect of intrathecally administered NS398, a selective COX-2 inhibitor and indomethacin, an non-selective COX-1 and COX-2 inhibitor, on the developmen...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Yamamoto T,Sakashita Y

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute mitochondrial dysfunction in the cochlea is likely to result in hearing loss as a consequence of local energy shortage, similar to ischemia- or noise-induced hearing loss. To establish an animal model of acute cochlear mitochondrial dysfunction, we applied a mitochondrial toxin, 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NP) in t...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Hoya N,Okamoto Y,Kamiya K,Fujii M,Matsunaga T

更新日期：2004-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain activation of 11 healthy right-handed subjects was studied with magnetoencephalography to estimate individual hemispheric dominance for speech sounds. The auditory stimuli comprised binaurally presented Finnish vowels, tones, and piano notes in groups of two or four stimuli. The subjects were required to detect ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Gootjes L,Raij T,Salmelin R,Hari R

更新日期：1999-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the changes in insular cortex metabolites and the correlation with clinical manifestations in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA). Lateral insular metabolite levels were measured and relevant ratios were calculated in OSA patients and healthy individuals, inclu...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kang J,Tian Z,Li M

更新日期：2018-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of Type I adrenal steroid receptors in prolonging synaptic plasticity in the dentate gyrus of freely behaving rats was investigated. Rats were implanted with chronic, bilateral stimulating and recording electrodes in the perforant pathway and dentate gyrus, respectively, and adrenalectomized (ADX). After a...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Pavlides C,Kimura A,Magariños AM,McEwen BS

更新日期：1994-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacological manipulation of brain dopamine concentration affects visuospatial working memory in humans and in animals, the latter effects localized to the prefrontal cortex. However, the effects of dopamine agonists on humans are poorly understood. We hypothesized that bromocriptine would have an effect on cogniti...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kimberg DY,D'Esposito M,Farah MJ

更新日期：1997-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously we found that musicians have significantly larger anterior corpus callosum (CC). In the current study, we intended to replicate and extend our previous results using a new and larger sample of gender-matched subjects (56 right-handed professional musicians and 56 age- and handedness-matched controls). We fo...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Lee DJ,Chen Y,Schlaug G

更新日期：2003-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged activation of brain N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) receptors increases intraneuronal (Ca2+) and nitric oxide (NO) synthesis, and may be responsible for neuronal death in acute brain insults and chronic neurodegenerative diseases. NO can be converted in vitro to toxic hydroxyl (OH) radical. Using microdialys...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Hammer B,Parker WD Jr,Bennett JP Jr

更新日期：1993-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotonin (5-HT) is known to reduce apoptosis and in rodent models of brain ischemia. Modulation of programmed cell death during neural development was assessed in early postnatal brains of serotonin transporter (5-HTT) knockout mice, characterized by elevated extracellular 5-HT levels. The number of apoptotic cells v...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Persico AM,Baldi A,Dell'Acqua ML,Moessner R,Murphy DL,Lesch KP,Keller F

更新日期：2003-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic nicotine exposure enhances axon reflexes in adult rats. Since smoking mothers expose their infants to nicotine, this study investigated whether late gestational and or lactational maternal nicotine exposure affects neonatal axon reflexes. Osmotic pumps, implanted subcutaneously in adult female rats, delivered ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Grunfeld JA,Tiedemann GJ,Westerman RA

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of the non-NMDA antagonist NBQX and of the NMDA antagonist dizocilpine (MK-801), administered separately or together, on the respiratory function of conscious cats. NBQX (20 mg kg-1) did not affect minute ventilation nor the timing of inspiratory and expiratory phases, but the addition of a smal...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Foutz AS,Pierrefiche O,Denavit-Saubié M

更新日期：1994-01-12 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：:Palmitoylethanolamine (PEA) is a ligand at peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors-α (PPARα), a nuclear receptor that has anti-inflammatory effects. Herein, complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA)-induced inflammatory pain model in rats and in-vitro calcium imaging studies were used to evaluate the mechanisms that underl...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Aldossary SA,Alsalem M,Kalbouneh H,Haddad M,Azab B,Al-Shboul O,Mustafa AG,Obiedat S,El-Salem K

更新日期：2019-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine D2 receptor (D2R) signalling is implicated in limbic seizure propagation and seizure-induced neurodegeneration. D2R-/- mice display increased susceptibility to kainic acid (KA) seizures and seizure-induced apoptosis of hippocampal neurons. Here we further investigated the molecular pathways of KA-induced apop...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Tripathi PP,Santorufo G,Brilli E,Borrelli E,Bozzi Y

更新日期：2010-08-23 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