Serotonin transporters are preserved in the neocortex of anxious Alzheimer's disease patients.

abstract：:We examined the positioning of human retinotopic areas, which were considered to be homologous with the macaque visual cortices, by applying computational geometry to MRI and fMRI data sets. We found a similarity between the positional relationship of the retinotopic areas in the human and macaque visual cortex, despi...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Ejima Y,Takahashi S

更新日期：2005-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The most important risk factor for developing Parkinson's disease (PD) is age. Aging is ascribed to different mechanisms, including telomere shortening. Telomeres consist of repetitive DNA sequences and stabilize chromosome integrity. Currently, however, the data reported on telomere shortening in PD patients are inco...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Oeckl P,Scheffold A,Lechel A,Rudolph KL,Ferger B

更新日期：2014-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Parturition plays a critical role in the full expression of maternal behavior in postpartum females, yet the precise mechanism remains unclear. Here we examined the role of parturition in the activation of Fos and FosB in the central oxytocin receptor (OTR) system in rats. Although expression of FosB, not Fos, was see...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Lin SH,Kiyohara T,Sun B

更新日期：2003-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha oscillations during cognitive performance have mostly been studied in memory and/or basic attention tasks. This study investigates task-related alpha power desynchronization during an attentional switching task requiring higher executive attentional control. Low 8-10 Hz and high 10-12 Hz alpha power responses ar...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Verstraeten E,Cluydts R

更新日期：2002-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The ATP-gated cation channel P2X3 is expressed selectively by rat sensory neurones, and may play a role in nociception by binding ATP released from damaged or inflamed tissues. However, the distribution of this channel in human sensory neurons is not known. Using a specific antibody, we have demonstrated intense P2X3 ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Yiangou Y,Facer P,Birch R,Sangameswaran L,Eglen R,Anand P

更新日期：2000-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies suggest that there is a dopamine lowering process during major depressive episodes (MDE). To investigate this, we measured the dopamine transporter binding potential (DAT BP) in the striatum of depressed and healthy subjects using [(11)C]RTI-32 PET. The DAT, a predominantly presynaptic receptor, decre...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Meyer JH,Krüger S,Wilson AA,Christensen BK,Goulding VS,Schaffer A,Minifie C,Houle S,Hussey D,Kennedy SH

更新日期：2001-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examined potential neuroprotective effects of HU-211, a synthetic non-psychotropic cannabinoid with non-competitive NMDA antagonist properties on neurones exposed to various excitotoxins in culture. HU-211 was found to protect neurones from NMDA and quisqualate-induced toxicity but not that produced ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Eshhar N,Striem S,Biegon A

更新日期：1993-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:STC-1 cells have been established as an enteroendocrine cell line from the small intestine. By monitoring the level of intracellular Ca using a calcium-imaging technique, cellular responses of intestinal STC-1 cells to compounds of five basic tastants were investigated. Although this cell line was known to respond to ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Saitoh O,Hirano A,Nishimura Y

更新日期：2007-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We screened proteins for interaction with presenilin (PS) 1, and cloned the full-length cDNA of human delta-catenin, which encoded 1225 amino acids. Yeast two-hybrid assay, GST binding assay and immunoprecipitation demonstrated that delta-catenin interacted with a hydrophilic loop region in the endoproteolytic C-termi...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Tanahashi H,Tabira T

更新日期：1999-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular recordings of activity in response to acoustic stimuli were obtained from units of the dentate nucleus of conscious cats. Twelve units with short latency responses to 70 dB clicks or hisses were injected intracellularly with biocytin and identified morphologically. The identified cells were small, relati...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Xi MC,Woody CD,Gruen E

更新日期：1994-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two functional magnetic resonance imaging experiments which reveal similarities and differences between perceptual and imaginal networks within the single visual submodality of colour. The first experiment contrasted viewing of a coloured and grey-scale Mondrian display, while the second contrasted a relativ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Howard RJ,ffytche DH,Barnes J,McKeefry D,Ha Y,Woodruff PW,Bullmore ET,Simmons A,Williams SC,David AS,Brammer M

更新日期：1998-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:High homocysteine serum level has been regarded as one of the important factors that influence the development of schizophrenia. Genetic variations of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, which is a main enzyme reducing homocysteine level, are reported in schizophrenic patients. We measured the serum level of homocyst...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Lee YS,Han DH,Jeon CM,Lyoo IK,Na C,Chae SL,Cho SC

更新日期：2006-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Autopsy material from three patients with Rett syndrome and six control cases (frontal, temporal and motor cortical areas) were studied. Pyramidal and non-pyramidal neurones, 100-200 in each specimen, were visualized by Lucifer Yellow microinjection. 3-D reconstructions and rotations were computed using the VoxelView/...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Belichenko PV,Oldfors A,Hagberg B,Dahlström A

更新日期：1994-07-21 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：:The amount of backward walking induced in mice by co-administration of clenbuterol, a beta-adrenoceptor agonist and putative antidepressant, and the benzodiazepine chlordiazepoxide was plotted as a three-dimensional surface, using modified Uniras software. The surface was compared with the theoretical surface to be ex...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Hughes MJ,Sykes EA,Steinberg H

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human kallikrein gene family consists of 15 serine proteases. We examined the expression of the kallikrein genes in human cerebral cortex and hippocampus by RT-PCR and compared their expression between Alzheimer's disease (AD) and control tissue. KLK1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13 and 14 are expressed in both cerebra...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Shimizu-Okabe C,Yousef GM,Diamandis EP,Yoshida S,Shiosaka S,Fahnestock M

更新日期：2001-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Segmental ligation of spinal nerves in the rat induces a long-lasting hyperalgesia and allodynia that mimicks neuropathic conditions in humans. In the present study we attempted to determine whether supraspinal NMDA receptors contribute to the induction of the long-lasting hypersensitivity to noxious and innocuous mec...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Wei H,Pertovaara A

更新日期：1999-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The tonic discharge of rat medial vestibular nucleus (MVN) neurons, and their responsiveness to GABA receptor agonists were investigated in slices prepared from aged rats (24 months old). Aged MVN neurons showed regular spontaneous activity similar to that seen in slices from young adults. However the inhibitory effec...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Him A,Johnston AR,Yau JL,Seckl J,Dutia MB

更新日期：2001-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In the adult rat hippocampal formation, neurogenesis occurs in the dentate gyrus subgranular zone (SGZ). We used laser capture microdissection and an antidepressant-related genes microarray to analyze gene expression profiles of cells from the SGZ and from the outermost granule cell layer. Of the differentially expres...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Yamada M,Takahashi K,Ukai W,Hashimoto E,Saito T,Yamada M

更新日期：2010-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Voltage-gated ionic current and the response to quinine were studied on the four types of morphologically identified taste cells of the bullfrog fungiform papilla by whole-cell patch clamp recording with a Lucifer yellow-filled pipette. Dye-coupled type Ia cells (mucous cells) did not show voltage-activated currents. ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Takeuchi H,Tsunenari T,Kurahashi T,Kaneko A

更新日期：2001-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Items in working memory guide visual attention toward a memory-matching object. Recent studies have shown that when searching for an object this attentional guidance can be modulated by knowing the probability that the target will match an item in working memory. Here, we recorded the P3 and contralateral delay activi...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kawashima T,Matsumoto E

更新日期：2016-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The current study aims to investigate whether computer generated (CG) expressions of emotion evoke similar emotional appraisal processing in the lateral orbitofrontal cortex (lOFC) compared to real human expressions, as well as how speech cues would influence the processing. METHODS:Functional near-infrared ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Zhao T,Chen J,Wang L,Yan N

更新日期：2020-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Melatonin has been shown to exert potent antinociception but the sites and mechanisms of action underlying this effect have not yet been clarified. The effect of melatonin on spinal cord nociceptive transmission was studied in rats by assessing wid-up activity in a C-fiber reflex responses paradigm evoked by repetitiv...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Laurido C,Pelissie T,Soto-Moyano R,Valladares L,Flores F,Hernández A

更新日期：2002-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and erythropoietin (EPO) are induced in brain cells after brain ischemia and show synergistic neuroprotective effects. In LN215 astrocytoma cells, IGF-1 induced the activation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1, leading to increases in EPO mRNA levels and the secretion of EPO. Interesti...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kim I,Kim CH,Yim YS,Ahn YS

更新日期：2008-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:AMPA (EC50 = 1.0 x 10(-6) M) and NMDA (EC50 = 1.3 x 10(-4) M) trigger 45Ca2+ influx in 13-day chick embryonic retinal explants. This agonist-driven cationic flux is specifically inhibited by typical competitive antagonists, such as 6,7-dinitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (DNQX) and 2-amino-7-phosphonoheptanoate (AP7), respec...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Burgos JS,Barat A,Ramírez G

更新日期：2000-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of chronic treatment with vitamin E (VE) on acute 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-induced neurotoxicity, as assessed by striatal dopamine (DA) depletion, was studied. Male C57B1/6J mice were fed VE (48 mg kg-1 per day, intragastric) for 4, 8, or 12 weeks prior to administration of MPTP (...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Gong L,Daigneault EA,Acuff RV,Kostrzewa RM

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we examined the expression of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and its receptor (IGF-IR) in dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons in two rodent models of nerve injury: sciatic nerve axotomy and streptozotocin-induced (STZ) painful diabetic neuropathy. We demonstrate that IGF-I and its receptor are prefe...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Craner MJ,Klein JP,Black JA,Waxman SG

更新日期：2002-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-related depletion of androgens in men results in functional impairments in androgen-responsive tissues, such as the brain, resulting in increased risk for Alzheimer's disease. To investigate the relationship between normal age-related hormone loss and Alzheimer's disease risk, we evaluated the brain and serum leve...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Rosario ER,Chang L,Beckett TL,Carroll JC,Paul Murphy M,Stanczyk FZ,Pike CJ

更新日期：2009-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the first identification of an association between mutations in the connexin26 (Cx26) gene and autosomal recessive non-syndromic deafness it has been shown that several mutations in this gene cause recessive, sporadic, and dominant non-syndromic deafness. Three novel mutations in the Cx26 gene were identified in...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Fuse Y,Doi K,Hasegawa T,Sugii A,Hibino H,Kubo T

更新日期：1999-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to reveal a potential effect of emotion on cognitive control in the implicit memory task with emotionally neutral and unpleasant words in healthy controls and patients with schizophrenia using a 3.0 T functional MRI (fMRI). A total of 15 patients with schizophrenia and 15 healthy controls und...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kim GW,Yang JC,Jeong GW

更新日期：2015-08-05 00:00:00