Wisteria floribunda agglutinin-labelled nets surround parvalbumin-containing neurons.

abstract：:We investigated the brain mechanisms enabling one automatically discriminate phoneme category irrespective of the large inter-speaker variability in the acoustic features of the voices. For this purpose, subjects were presented with 450 different speech stimuli, each uttered by a different speaker, belonging to three ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Shestakova A,Brattico E,Huotilainen M,Galunov V,Soloviev A,Sams M,Ilmoniemi RJ,Näätänen R

更新日期：2002-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the acoustic startle reflex is a measure of sensorimotor gating which occurs in both rodents and humans. PPI is deficient in severe neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia. We investigated PPI in 10 adult monkeys (Cebus apella). Stimuli were 115 dB white noise startle pulses, eith...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Linn GS,Javitt DC

更新日期：2001-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Calsenilin, a multifunctional Ca2+-binding protein, has been identified as an Alzheimer's disease-associated presenilin interactor. Here, we investigated the histochemical localization of calsenilin and its expression levels in the brains of sporadic Alzheimer's disease. Both messenger RNA and protein expression of ca...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Jin JK,Choi JK,Wasco W,Buxbaum JD,Kozlowski PB,Carp RI,Kim YS,Choi EK

更新日期：2005-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of systemic treatment with 1-aminocyclopro-panecarboxylic acid (ACPC), a partial agonist at the glycine site of the NMDA receptor, on convulsions and neurodegeneration induced by intrahippocampal injection of NMDA was investigated in mice. Five days after intrahippocampal NMDA infusion, 80-100% pyramidal ce...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Zapata A,Capdevila JL,Viu E,Trullas R

更新日期：1996-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-electrode voltage clamp was used to examine the effects of the local anaesthetics (LAs) lidocaine, tetracaine and bupivacaine, and the meta-isomer of lidocaine (LL33), on the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-gated Cl- channel in the crayfish stretch receptor neurone. The voltage-induced current changes were record...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Nordmark J,Rydqvist B

更新日期：1997-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Bicuculline- and baclofen-insensitive GABA receptors (GABAC receptors) on bipolar cells acutely dissociated from carp retina were investigated with using the whole-cell patch-clamp recording technique. The currents of these cells mediated by GABAC receptors showed striking desensitization, even at low concentrations o...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Han MH,Li Y,Yang XL

更新日期：1997-04-14 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 relationship between cerebral ischemia and Alzheimer's disease has been evaluated extensively. However, the association between cerebral ischemia and the deposition of beta-amyloid (Abeta) remains to be clarified. Here, we used mice bilateral common carotid artery ligation model to investigate the alterations in m...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Ye JT,Pi RB,Mao XX,Chen XH,Qin J,Xu SW,Liu PQ

更新日期：2009-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of congenital human cytomegalovirus infection on the expression levels of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NRs) and Ca/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) in the hippocampal neurons of neonatal Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats. Pregnant SD rats were divided into ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Wu,Yang L,Bu X,Tang J,Fan X

更新日期：2017-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined 'prepulse inhibition' in the context of an auditory two-tone discrimination task performed by 15 healthy subjects. In order to distinguish between masking or excitatory information processes, weak acoustic pulses immediately preceded or succeeded a target or non-target tone in the discrimination. B...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Schall U,Ward PB

更新日期：1996-01-31 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：: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

abstract：:We reported differential expression of the transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1), the transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1), and the (TRPM8) in the geniculate ganglions (GGs) of naive rats. In medical practice, the chorda tympani nerve (CTN) is injured in some patients during middle-ear surgery, an...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Tatsumi E,Katsura H,Kobayashi K,Yamanaka H,Tsuzuki K,Noguchi K,Sakagami M

更新日期：2015-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the neural activation associated with the expectancy of emotional stimuli using whole brain fMRI. Fifteen healthy subjects underwent fMRI scanning during which they performed a warned reaction task using emotional pictures carrying pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral content. The task involved an expected or u...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Ueda K,Okamoto Y,Okada G,Yamashita H,Hori T,Yamawaki S

更新日期：2003-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Low doses of estrogen (E) were given to ovariectomized (OVX) rats and the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMN) was examined at the ultrastructural level. Administration of 10 micrograms of E for two consecutive days resulted in an increase in the number of axodendritic synapses in the VMN in comparison to OVX rats ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Frankfurt M,McEwen BS

更新日期：1991-07-01 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：:Recent studies on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) homeostasis emphasize the importance of water flux through the pericapillary (Virchow-Robin) space for both CSF production and reabsorption (Oreskovic and Klarica hypothesis), and challenge the classic CSF circulation theory, which proposes that CSF is primarily produced by ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Igarashi H,Tsujita M,Kwee IL,Nakada T

更新日期：2014-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that spatial memory retention is affected by the metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) influencing agents (R,S)-alpha-methyl-4-carboxyphenylglycine (MCPG) and trans-azetidine-2,4-dicarboxylic acid (tADA). In the present investigation we examined whether the mGluR antagonist MCPG (20 mM an...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Wetzel W,Wagner T,Reymann KG,Riedel G

更新日期：1995-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular pH transients were evoked in rat hippocampal brain slices by activation of a monosynaptic inhibitory pathway following pharmacological blockade of glutaminergic transmission. Repetitive stimulation in stratum radiatum near the recording site in stratum pyramidale evoked an immediate alkaline shift which ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kaila K,Paalasmaa P,Taira T,Voipio J

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Other-race faces are less accurately recognized than same race faces but classified faster by race. Using event-related potentials (ERPs), we captured the brain temporal dynamics of face classification by race processing performed by 12 Caucasian participants. As expected, participants were faster to classify by race ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Caldara R,Rossion B,Bovet P,Hauert CA

更新日期：2004-04-09 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：:There is abundant psychophysical evidence in humans suggesting the existence of parallel pathways subserving different aspects of vision. However, there is little direct proof of the neural structures underlying the two pathways. We present direct anatomical evidence that in the normal human optic tract fibres are seg...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Tassinari G,Campara D,Balercia G,Chilosi M,Martignoni G,Marzi CA

更新日期：1994-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Zinc appears to have a role in binding amyloid precursor protein in vitro, but it is not known whether zinc plays a role in senile plaque formation in vivo in humans. Serum zinc concentrations were available from 12 sisters who died in the Nun Study, a longitudinal study of aging and Alzheimer's disease. Fasting serum...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Tully CL,Snowdon DA,Markesbery WR

更新日期：1995-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate how pheromonal information is processed in the rat accessory olfactory bulb, we optically imaged intrinsic signals to obtain high-resolution maps of activation induced by urinary stimulation. Application of volatile components in male urine mainly induced activation in the anterior accessory olfactory b...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Sugai T,Yoshimura H,Kato N,Onoda N

更新日期：2006-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Chimeric mice stably reconstituted with bone marrow cells represent a good model for analysis of the mechanism of bone marrow cell infiltration in the brain. However, in preparing chimeric mice, irradiation of the recipient mice is necessary to kill their own bone marrow before transplantation, which induces gliosis a...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Furuya T,Tanaka R,Urabe T,Hayakawa J,Migita M,Shimada T,Mizuno Y,Mochizuki H

更新日期：2003-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that lower motor neurons containing calcium-binding proteins (CBP) may be resistant to degeneration in motor neuron disease. The testing of this hypothesis is hampered by lack of comprehensive information regarding the presence of CBPs in motor neurons. To address this shortcoming, we investigate...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Fahandejsaadi A,Leung E,Rahaii R,Bu J,Geula C

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aminoglycoside ototoxicity is a well-documented process via several pathophysiological pathways. The protective role of cochlear dopamine, released from the lateral olivocochlear efferents, was implicated previously in case of ischemia or acoustic trauma, as it postsynaptically inhibits the effect of excessively relea...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Gáborján A,Halmos G,Répássy G,Vizi ES

更新日期：2001-10-29 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：:Muller glial cells of the sensory retina mediate K+ and water fluxes that are facilitated by aquaporin-4 (AQP4) water channels and by Kir4.1-K+ channels. However, it is not known which subtypes of aquaporins are expressed in the mammalian retina. Using RT-PCR, we found that both human and rat retinas express mRNA for ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Tenckhoff S,Hollborn M,Kohen L,Wolf S,Wiedemann P,Bringmann A

更新日期：2005-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultured cerebellar granule neurons were used to examine the hypothesis that NMDA or KCl-dependent Ca2+ influx activates a signaling cascade mediating transcription, translation and assembly of neurofilaments. The data indicate that 25 mM KCl and 140 microM NMDA induce neurofilament protein, mRNA, and assembly in neur...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Bui CJ,Beaman-Hall CM,Vallano ML

更新日期：2003-11-14 00:00:00