Abstract:
:Injury to the central nervous system causes glial reactions, which eventually lead to the formation of a glial scar and inhibit axonal regeneration. The present study aimed to reduce the extent of glial scar formation in injured cerebral cortex using heparin hexasaccharide (6-mer) and octasaccharide (8-mer). A single injection of 20 microl of heparin 6-mer or heparin 8-mer (10mg/ml), native heparin (10mg/ml), or saline vehicle was given into the wound cavity just after cryo-injury in the cerebral cortex. In saline-injected control rats, strong chondroitin sulfate-A (CS-A) immunoreactivity using 2H6 antibody was observed around the injured site. Double labeling using an antibody against glial fibrillary acidic protein, a glial marker, further demonstrated that CS-A immunoreactivity was mainly expressed on the reactive astrocytes at the glial scar, indicating that CS-A immunohistochemistry is useful for evaluating glial scar formation. Quantitative morphometrical analysis revealed that the area of CS-A immunoreactivity was significantly decreased by 53% in heparin-6-mer-injected animals and 44% in heparin-8-mer-injected ones 6 days after the injury, but native heparin had no effect on CS-A-immunoreactive areas. Both heparin oligosaccharides also attenuated the intensity of CS-A immunoreactivity in the reactive astrocytes and caused astrocytic cellular processes to be less branched. These results demonstrate that a single injection of heparin oligosaccharides attenuates glial scar formation, indicating that heparin oligosaccharides may be applicable to many fibrotic diseases and restore functional integrity.
journal_name
Neurosci Resjournal_title
Neuroscience researchauthors
Hayashi N,Miyata S,Kariya Y,Takano R,Hara S,Kamei Kdoi
10.1016/j.neures.2004.01.007subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2004-05-01 00:00:00pages
19-27issue
1eissn
0168-0102issn
1872-8111pii
S0168010204000112journal_volume
49pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Communication in the central nervous system (CNS) occurs through initiation and propagation of action potentials at excitable domains along axons. Action potentials generated at the axon initial segment (AIS) are regenerated at nodes of Ranvier through the process of saltatory conduction. Proper formation and maintena...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.neures.2016.09.010
更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::In rat models of Parkinson's disease, injections of 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) into different areas of the basal ganglia result in dopaminergic neurodegeneration in the substantia nigra. The extent and time course of the dopaminergic lesions varies between the models. While the effects on neurons have been extensively...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.neures.2008.09.001
更新日期:2008-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::A significant activity of [3H]glutamate binding was detected in homogenate particulate preparations obtained from the rat pituitary, in addition to central structures including the cerebral cortex. In contrast to the cerebral binding, the pituitary binding was significantly inhibited by Na+ ions. It was also found tha...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0168-0102(86)90034-9
更新日期:1986-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::In previous studies we provided evidence for changes in prolactin (PRL) receptor levels in the male rat brain after continuously infusing morphine using subcutaneously implanted miniosmotic pumps. In this work we have studied the binding of PRL in the male rat brain following morphine administration by both subcutaneo...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0168-0102(95)00953-1
更新日期:1995-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Expressions of Cry1 and Cry2 mRNA in the rat pineal gland were examined by Northern blot. The levels of Cry1 and Cry2 transcript had a marked circadian rhythm with peaks at circadian time (CT) 20 in constant darkness. But the amplitude of the Cry1 rhythm was higher than that of the Cry2 rhythm. Furthermore, a signific...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0168-0102(01)00255-3
更新日期:2001-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Given the amygdala's role in survival mechanisms, and its pivotal contributions to psychological processes, it is no surprise that it is one of the most well-studied brain regions. One of the common methods for understanding the functional role of the amygdala is the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.neures.2019.01.009
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a major component of the cell wall of gram negative bacteria contributing to the pathogenesis of bacterial infection, in particular in those diseases affecting central nervous system and reproductive tissues. The present work is an attempt to study the regulation of steroidogenic ...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.neures.2014.02.011
更新日期:2014-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::After horseradish peroxidase was applied to the main trunk of the mouse vagal nerve, anterogradely labeled cells in the vagal ganglia and fibers in the solitary complex, and retrogradely labeled cells in the dorsal motor nucleus and the ambiguous nucleus were observed. Most of the cells in the nodose ganglion were lab...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0168-0102(89)90018-7
更新日期:1989-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The Approach-Avoidance Task (AAT) measures automatic approach-avoidance tendencies and their regulation: compatible reactions (approach positive, avoid negative) are faster than incompatible ones (approach negative, avoid positive). The present study assessed event-related potentials (ERPs) in 15 healthy persons for d...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.neures.2012.12.005
更新日期:2013-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::To elucidate biophysical mechanisms underlying the Zn2+ block on the low-threshold T-type Ca2+ current (I(T)), we examined the Zn(2+)-induced alterations of gating properties of I(T) of a rat thalamic relay neuron and of alpha1G channels expressed in HEK-293 cells, using a whole-cell voltage clamp technique. The effec...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.neures.2009.12.005
更新日期:2010-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The hypothalamic paraventricular nuclei (PVN) inhibits spinal nociception. Furthermore, projections from the PVN to other structures related to pain modulation exist, but a functional interaction has not yet been fully demonstrated. As an initial approach, we show here that PVN electric stimulation with the same param...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.neures.2015.04.004
更新日期:2015-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Changes in voltage-dependent Na+ (INa) and Ca2+ currents (ICa) were investigated in PC12 cells cultured without or with either nerve growth factor (NGF) or 8-Br-cAMP for 10 days. Current recordings were made in the whole-cell mode by using the conventional patch-clamp technique under voltage-clamp conditions. Membrane...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0168-0102(93)90081-z
更新日期:1993-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The synthesis of glial-fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) or the re-expression of progenitor markers such as Nestin increases in reactive astrocytes after brain ischemia. We investigated the dynamics of reactive astrocytes after transient focal brain ischemia by examining the expression of Musashi1 (Msi1), an RNA-bindin...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.neures.2009.12.013
更新日期:2010-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Small teleost fish including zebrafish and medaka have been used as animal models in basic science research due to the relative ease of handling and transparency during embryogenesis. Current advances in genetic engineering and progress in disease genetics allowed utilization of these fish to study neurological diseas...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.neures.2017.02.004
更新日期:2017-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Adult neurogenesis is a process of generating new neurons from neural stem/precursor cells (NS/PCs) in restricted adult brain regions throughout life. It is now generally known that adult neurogenesis in the hippocampal dentate gyrus (DG) and subventricular zone participates in various higher brain functions, such as ...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.neures.2018.05.007
更新日期:2019-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Lateral (L) and medial (M) midbrain astrocytes differ in their ability to support neuritic growth (L, permissive; M, non-permissive) with properties of M glia depending on heparan sulfate (HS). Here we show by atomic force microscopy that the surfaces of formaldehyde-fixed astrocytes differ by conspicuous 250 nm protr...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0168-0102(00)00159-0
更新日期:2000-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Using immunohistochemistry and retrograde transport techniques, this study demonstrates that serotonin (5-HT) cells in the dorsal tegmental gray of the pons at rostrocaudal from P1 to P6 levels are sources of bilateral serotonergic projections to the gigantocellular tegmental field of the medial pontine and medullary ...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0168-0102(94)90021-3
更新日期:1994-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::In rat hippocampal CA1 neurons recorded intracellularly from tissue slices, a rapid depolarization occurred approximately 5 min after application of ischemia-simulating medium. In extracellular recordings obtained from CA1 region, a rapid negative-going DC potential (rapid DC potential) was recorded, corresponding to ...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0168-0102(99)00119-4
更新日期:2000-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::This experiment tested the effect of haloperidol on the sympathetic and thermogenic effects induced by orexin A. The firing rates of the sympathetic nerves to interscapular brown adipose tissue (IBAT), along with IBAT and colonic temperatures and heart rate were monitored in urethane-anesthetized male Sprague-Dawley r...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0168-0102(02)00191-8
更新日期:2003-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::In the past few years, the plasticity of the regional specification of the CNS has been widely debated on the results from in utero transplantation. Two different results are reported with this transplantation method. One is that the distribution of transplanted cells is dependent on the donor origin, and the other is...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.neures.2007.06.1467
更新日期:2007-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Damage to the central nervous system (CNS) leads to the disruption of the axonal network and causes neurological dysfunction. Recovery of neurological functions requires restoration of the axonal network; however, injured axons in the adult mammalian CNS rarely regenerate after injury. Failure of the injured axon to r...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.neures.2013.07.002
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The organization of the sagittal Zone C of the cerebellar cortex of the rat was studied with respect to its efferent projections and to its inferior olive (IO) afferent connections. Wheat-germ agglutinin conjugated to horseradish peroxidase was used as a tracer. Zone C has been defined as the cortical region projectin...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0168-0102(88)90039-9
更新日期:1988-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Epidermal growth factor (EGF) is a well-known neurotrophic factor regulating the development of various neuronal cells, including dopaminergic neurons, and dysfunction of EGF signals has been demonstrated as a risk factor for schizophrenia. Recently, several researchers have investigated associations including age at ...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.neures.2006.08.004
更新日期:2006-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Electrical stimulation could enhance nerve regeneration and functional recovery. The objective of this study was to evaluate the regenerative effects of implanted electrodes with different contacts in resected sciatic nerve. Sciatic nerve resection and microsurgical repair models were established and randomly divided ...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.neures.2018.08.007
更新日期:2019-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::NMDA receptors play an important functional role in the neuron excitability and plasticity. The conditions and consequences of their activation are of interest for many neuroscientists. This investigation was designed to explore an activation of the NMDA receptors of frog tectal neurons in vivo by a burst of spikes of...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.neures.2005.12.014
更新日期:2006-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Recently, we reported a profound depletion of cardiac sympathetic nerve fibers in Parkinson's disease (PD). This cardiac sympathetic denervation is a characteristic hallmark of PD. Cardiac sympathetic dysfunction was also observed in 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydroxypyridine (MPTP)-treated mice, a model of PD. Al...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.neures.2007.11.011
更新日期:2008-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Acupuncture of the sacral vertebrae has therapeutic effects in patients with overactive bladders. The mechanism of these effects, however, remains unclear. The present study, using urethane-anesthetized rats, investigated the effects of acupuncture stimulation of the sacral vertebrae on bladder activity and bladder ac...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.neures.2011.09.007
更新日期:2012-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Long-term depression at parallel fiber-Purkinje cell synapses plays a principal role in learning in the cerebellum, which acts as a supervised learning machine. Recent experiments demonstrate various forms of synaptic plasticity at different sites within the cerebellum. In this article, we take into consideration syna...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.neures.2019.03.001
更新日期:2019-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Alcoholism is a psychiatric condition that develops through neuroadaptations in response to neuronal stresses caused by chronic ethanol intake. Neurons can adapt to ethanol-induced metabolic changes by activating cellular protective mechanisms, including autophagy. Here we show that expression of Ulk1, a gene critical...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.neures.2016.12.004
更新日期:2017-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Avian cochlear neurons of the nucleus magnocellularis (NMC) are known to encode temporal information of sound. The neuron generated only a single action potential at a stable timing even though suprathreshold currents of long duration (> 100 ms) was injected. The threshold for the action potential was -42 mV. In volta...
journal_title:Neuroscience research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0168-0102(96)01071-1
更新日期:1996-09-01 00:00:00