Calpain activation in okadaic-acid-induced neurodegeneration.

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine motor imagery ability in patients with peripheral nerve disorder using the hand mental rotation task. Five patients with left total avulsion brachial plexus palsy (BPP) and 16 healthy age-matched adults participated in this study. The mean±SD time from the injury was 103.6±49.7...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Date S,Kurumadani H,Yoshimura M,Fukae A,Onishi K,Hayashi J,Shinomiya R,Sunagawa T

更新日期：2019-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of glutamate on synaptic transmission in the submucosal plexus of guinea-pig small intestine were studied with intracellular electrophysiological recording methods. Glutamate suppressed stimulus-evoked slow excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) and increased the amplitude of slow inhibitory postsynaptic p...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Ren J,Hu HZ,Liu S,Xia Y,Wood JD

更新日期：1999-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Internet gaming disorder is defined as excessive and compulsive use of the internet to engage in games that leads to clinically significant psychosocial impairment. We tested the hypothesis that individuals with internet gaming disorder would be less sensitive to high-risk situations and show aberrant brain activation...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Lee D,Lee J,Yoon KJ,Kee N,Jung YC

更新日期：2016-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the implications of duration of deafness in the rehabilitation of unilateral deafness utilizing cochlear implantation. From the ongoing prospective cochlear implantation in unilateral deafness study, we looked at five adults who received a cochlear implant for long-term unilateral deafness. Speech perce...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Távora-Vieira D,Boisvert I,McMahon CM,Maric V,Rajan GP

更新日期：2013-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to investigate the neural mechanism of extending a brand in a specific product category to other product categories. Facing two sequential stimuli in pairs consisting of beverage brand names (stimulus 1) and product names (stimulus 2) in other categories, 16 participants were asked to indicate...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Ma Q,Wang X,Dai S,Shu L

更新日期：2007-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenomedullin (ADM) is a 52 amino acid peptide with multiple physiological functions and wide tissue distributions including brain. Recently, elevated plasma levels of ADM were found in patients with schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder and autism, suggesting the involvement of ADM in the pathophysiology of ment...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Huang CH,Chen ML,Tsai YL,Tsai MT,Chen CH

更新日期：2004-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:NMDA receptors (NR) are important in many neurological processes. Using a large series of human brain tissue, we show that the distribution of NR2A/B immunoreactivity varies according to position along a gyrus. For pyramidal neurons in laminae II and III, immunoreactivity is most marked at gyral crown and gyral lips, ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Sisodiya SM,Heffernan J,Harrison PJ,Squier MV,Thom M

更新日期：2000-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Pronouns are commonly used instead of explicitly repeating a name, and, in many cases, we comprehend language faster when pronouns are used instead of repetitive references. This is surprising because pronouns are often ambiguous, whereas repeated names provide precise reference. We used functional MRI to investigate ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Almor A,Smith DV,Bonilha L,Fridriksson J,Rorden C

更新日期：2007-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:For the majority of neurones in cat striate cortex, the response to an optimal stimulus presented to one eye is suppressed when a stimulus of substantially different orientation is presented to the other eye. In order to determine the true orientational tuning of the underlying inhibitory interactions in the absence o...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Sengpiel F,Freeman TC,Blakemore C

更新日期：1995-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine plays important functional roles in the vertebrate retina. Here we show that functional D2 dopamine receptors are present on mammalian retinal Müller (glial) cells. Using an antiserum directed to two oligopeptides predicted from rat D2 receptor DNA, patchy label was demonstrated immunocytochemically on virtua...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Biedermann B,Fröhlich E,Grosche J,Wagner HJ,Reichenbach A

更新日期：1995-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a guessing paradigm we measured visual sensitivity in the blind and normal half-fields of four cerebrally hemidecorticated patients. In the blind field, sensitivity was reduced by approximately 3 long units. Stimuli which produced significant detection also evoked conscious sensations of light and colour. Contro...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Stoerig P,Faubert J,Ptito M,Diaconu V,Ptito A

更新日期：1996-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Unilateral neglect has been recently shown to be improved following a short period of adaptation to wedge prisms. The present study investigates whether visuo-motor adaptation can generate a bias in normals on line bisection tasks classically used to assess unilateral neglect. Our results show that adaptation to left-...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Colent C,Pisella L,Bernieri C,Rode G,Rossetti Y

更新日期：2000-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that high levels of prenatal testosterone exposure are implied in the aetiology of dyslexia and its frequently co-occurring sensory problems. This study examined 2D : 4D digit ratio (a marker of fetal testosterone exposure) in dyslexic and normal reading children. No group differences in 2D : 4D ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Boets B,De Smedt B,Wouters J,Lemay K,Ghesquière P

更新日期：2007-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the relationship between social anxiety and the neural processing of threat in faces. Twenty-one adults with different levels of society anxiety were tested for their event-related potential responses to unattended threatening and nonthreatening faces, presented upright and upside-down, at three po...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Sewell C,Palermo R,Atkinson C,McArthur G

更新日期：2008-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aimed to investigate the time-course of electromagnetic field (EMF)-induced effects on human cognitive and behavioral performance and on tympanic temperature. Subjects were randomly assigned to two groups, exposed to a 902.40 MHz EMF before the testing session, or to the same signal during the data collectin...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Curcio G,Ferrara M,De Gennaro L,Cristiani R,D'Inzeo G,Bertini M

更新日期：2004-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:ONO-1714, a selective inhibitor of inducible nitric oxide synthetase (iNOS) attenuated the increase of apoptosis and improved the functional outcome of urinary bladder after traumatic spinal cord injury. These findings suggest that iNOS plays a role in the process of SCI. Early treatment with 30 mg/kg methylprednisolo...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Yu Y,Matsuyama Y,Nakashima S,Yanase M,Kiuchi K,Ishiguro N

更新日期：2004-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Currents from the slowly adapting stretch receptor neuron of the crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) were studied in a cell attached configuration using patch pipettes with an opening diameter of 2-10 microm. The neuronal membrane was enzymatically freed from the glial layer. The voltage gated Na+ and K+ channels seem...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Lin JH,Sand P,Rydqvist B

更新日期：1999-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Evoked magnetic fields over the entire head were measured during a semantic judgment task, in which conditions of the pre-test learning session were manipulated. Subjects learnt related and unrelated category-noun pairs, and were then asked to judge the relationship between category and noun. Unrelated pairs evoked ac...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Suzuki K,Okuda J,Otsuka Y,Sugawara A,Hatanaka K,Nakasato N,Kanno A,Yoshimoto T,Fujii T,Yamadori A

更新日期：2001-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous reports have shown that cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5), a proline-directed serine/threonine kinase, critically contributes to the induction and maintenance of chronic pain induced by peripheral inflammation and nerve injury. Recent evidence has also suggested the critical role of an epigenetic mechanism in ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Li K,Zhao GQ,Li LY,Wu GZ,Cui SS

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuropeptide nociceptin/orphanin FQ (N/OFQ) is implicated in many biological functions, including nociception, locomotor activity, stress and anxiety, drinking and food-intake. N/OFQ has also been reported to play a facilitatory role in acute kainate-induced seizures. The aim of the present study was to investigat...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Binaschi A,Zucchini S,Bregola G,Rodi D,Mazzuferi M,Reinscheid RK,Simonato M

更新日期：2003-05-06 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：: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：:Chronic ethanol (EtOH) exposure can cause intracellular Ca overload by stimulating calcium channel receptors and trigger apoptosis of neurons. NCX3 may play a cytoprotective role in intracellular Ca excretion. In this study, the effect of EtOH on NCX3 was analyzed by observing NCX3 expression in the hippocampus of chr...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Wang C,Wang X,Li Y,Xia Z,Liu Y,Yu H,Xu G,Wu X,Zhao R,Zhang G

更新日期：2019-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Schwann cells at the somatic neuromuscular junction possess adenosine receptors that when activated by the release of endogenous transmitter modulate quantal transmitter release. Recently, purinergic receptors have been shown to exist on Schwann cells of axon varicosities in visceral smooth muscle where they are activ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Lin YQ,Bennett MR

更新日期：2006-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, changes in the cytokine system (IL-1 beta, IL-2, IL-3, IL-6 and TNF alpha) were assessed following exposure to mild mood induction (negative and positive) in humans. An increase in secretion of TNF alpha, a decrease in that of IL-2 and of IL-3 with no change in IL-1 beta and in IL-6 secretion lev...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Mittwoch-Jaffe T,Shalit F,Srendi B,Yehuda S

更新日期：1995-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:An important issue regarding the neural basis of major depression is whether the functional brain changes associated with the affect disturbance seen in this syndrome are similar to those that accompany transient sadness in normal subjects. To address this question, we carried out an fMRI study using an emotional acti...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Beauregard M,Leroux JM,Bergman S,Arzoumanian Y,Beaudoin G,Bourgouin P,Stip E

更新日期：1998-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of histamine H1, H3, dopamine D1 and D2 receptors in the brain was studied by receptor autoradiography using a high-sensitivity and high-resolution imaging plate system. [3H]Pyrilamine, [3H](R)alpha-methyl-histamine, [11C]SCH23390, and [11C]N-methylspiperone (or [11C]YM-09151-2) were used as ligands t...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Yanai K,Ryu JH,Watanabe T,Iwata R,Ido T

更新日期：1992-11-01 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：:Cultured and transplanted adrenal medullary cells respond to ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) with neurite formation and improved cell survival although the presence of the CNTF receptor-alpha (CNTFRalpha) has been unclear. This study show that CNTFRalpha mRNA was expressed in the postnatal day 1 as well as in the a...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Förander P,Brené S,Strömberg I

更新日期：2000-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A bilateral spino-bulbo-spinal circuit conveys information from/to the male urogenital tract and perineal muscles. This is the first electrophysiological report of another descending pathway, one which conveys output from the medullary reticular formation (MRF) to activate postganglionic sympathetic fibers contained w...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Johnson RD,Hubscher CH

更新日期：2000-02-07 00:00:00