Neurosteroids: measurement and pathophysiologic relevance.

abstract：:Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies against myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) are detected in the serum of some patients with demyelinating diseases. These patients are known to show repeated clinical episodes of inflammatory demyelinating attacks in the central nervous system. Although the associated pathogenic...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Akaishi T,Sato DK,Takahashi T,Nakashima I

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Essential metals are crucial for the maintenance of cell homeostasis. Among the 23 elements that have known physiological functions in humans, 12 are metals, including iron (Fe) and manganese (Mn). Nevertheless, excessive exposure to these metals may lead to pathological conditions, including neurodegeneration. Simila...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Farina M,Avila DS,da Rocha JB,Aschner M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On the basis of the specific [(3)H]quinuclidinyl-benzilate binding, the transport of muscarinic cholinergic receptors has been demonstrated in the ventral horn, sciatic nerve and in the 3 mm segments proximal and distal to the ligature of rat sciatic nerves ligated for 24 h (a) without electrolytic lesion, (b) six day...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Gulya K,Kása P

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of 1-methyl-isoquinoline (MIQ+) on the respiratory inhibition and the uptake of MIQ+ were measured using mouse liver mitochondria. MIQ+ inhibited the electron transport of complex I but did not inhibit the respiration of mitochondria with succinate as a substrate. MIQ+ was taken up by mitochondria in an ene...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Aiuchi T,Matsunaga M,Syo M,Nakaya K

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, I summarized transition in Dr. Marshall Nirenberg's research interests during 1970s, from a view of a long-lasting collaborator. Nirenberg switched his research filed to neurobiology after his success in deciphering genetic code and being honored with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1968. ...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Higashida H

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamine has multiple physiological and pathophysiological roles in the brain. Because of their position at the interface between blood and brain, the cerebral capillaries and the choroid plexuses that form the blood-brain barriers (BBB) and blood-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barriers, have the potential to influence br...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Xiang J,Ennis SR,Abdelkarim GE,Fujisawa M,Kawai N,Keep RF

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many pharmacological and toxicological studies of centrally acting drugs are undertaken in animals at doses expressed in mg.kg-1, and the results extrapolated to the clinical dose in man. Safety margins based on such no or lowest effect levels may have little relevance since they do not take into account differences i...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Campbell DB

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present investigation we address the question of whether one of the responses to increased neuronal activity is a modification of the expression of the different subunits of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate (AMPA)-selective glutamate receptors (GluR-1, GluR-2, GluR-3). Thus, we used two dif...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Condorelli DF,Belluardo N,Mudò G,Dell'Albani P,Jiang X,Giuffrida-Stella AM

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocytes can exocytotically release the transmitter glutamate. Increased cytosolic Ca(2+) concentration is necessary and sufficient in this process. The source of Ca(2+) for the Ca(2+)-dependent exocytotic release of glutamate from astrocytes predominately comes from endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stores with contributi...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Reyes RC,Parpura V

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the central nervous system, choline is an essential precursor of choline-containing phospholipids in neurons and glial cells and of acetylcholine in cholinergic neurons. In order to study choline transport and metabolism in the brain, we developed a comprehensive methodical procedure for the analysis of choline and...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Klein J,Gonzalez R,Köppen A,Löffelholz K

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zellweger syndrome (ZS) is a neonatal-lethal genetic disease that affects all tissues, and features neuropathology that involves primary developmental defects as well as neurodegeneration. Neuropathological changes include abnormal neuronal migration affecting the cerebral hemispheres, cerebellum and inferior olivary ...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Crane DI

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia is a neuropsychiatric condition that reaches around 1% of people worldwide. Because taurine exerts a neuroprotective role in the brain, this molecule is a promising candidate to reduce schizophrenia-like symptoms. Here, we investigated a possible neuroprotective role of taurine against MK-801-induced mem...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Franscescon F,Müller TE,Bertoncello KT,Rosemberg DB

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokines are a heterogenous group of polypeptide mediators that have been associated with activation of numerous functions, including the immune system and inflammatory responses. The cytokine families include, but are not limited to, interleukins (IL-I alpha, IL-I beta, ILIra and IL-2-IL-15), chemokines (IL-8/ NAP-I...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Ebadi M,Bashir RM,Heidrick ML,Hamada FM,Refaey HE,Hamed A,Helal G,Baxi MD,Cerutis DR,Lassi NK

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon beta-1b (IFN beta-1b) (Betaseron) has been recently shown to alter the course of multiple sclerosis (MS), an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) where migration of activated lymphocytes across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a critical step in the pathogenesis of this dis...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Jiang H,Williams GJ,Dhib-Jalbut S

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impaired social interaction, poor communication skills, and repetitive/restrictive behaviors. Elevated blood levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines have been reported in subjects with autism spectrum disorder. On the other hand, early childhood a...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Makinodan M,Iwata K,Ikawa D,Yamashita Y,Yamamuro K,Toritsuka M,Kimoto S,Okumura K,Yamauchi T,Yoshino H,Tsujii M,Sugiyama T,Tsuchiya K,Mori N,Matsuzaki H,Kishimoto T

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of cholesterol oxides on regular and neuronal PC12 cells were examined. Among the cholesterol oxides tested, 7-beta-, 22(R)- and 25-OH-cholesterol were very toxic to regular PC12 cells such that approximately 80% of cells were killed after a 3 day incubation with 20 micrograms/ml (50 microM) of these agent...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Chang JY,Liu LZ

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidatively damaged proteins and lipid peroxidation products have been shown to accumulate in the brain of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis, and oxidized lipoprotein is considered to be toxic and neurodegenerative. However, the role of lipoprotein and its oxidized form in ...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Sato K,Tobo M,Mogi C,Murata N,Kotake M,Kuwabara A,Im DS,Okajima F

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglia, the primary resident immune cells of the central nervous system (CNS), responds rapidly to pathogens and injury by secreting immune mediators including nitric oxide (NO). The reaction of NO with the anti-oxidant glutathione forms S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO), the major pool of biologic NO in the body. GSNO i...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Rossi-George A,Guo CJ

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotonin2C receptor (5-HT2C) agonists are promising drugs for the treatment of neuropsychiatric diseases. However, their effect is not completely understood in part because they possibly affect several neurobiological networks simultaneously. We studied the effect of the 5-HT2C receptor agonist WAY-163909 (0.3 and 3 ...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Chagraoui A,Whitestone S,Baassiri L,Manem J,Di Giovanni G,De Deurwaerdère P

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurones are dependent on their mitochondria to produce the necessary amounts of ATP for survival. Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) have a particularly large number of mitochondria which-unlike neurones in the brain-are exposed to visual light of 400-850 nm. Here we demonstrate that short wavelength visual blue light neg...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Núñez-Álvarez C,Osborne NN

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain uses long-chain fatty acids (LCFAs) to a negligible extent as fuel for the mitochondrial energy generation, in contrast to other tissues that also demand high energy. Besides this generally accepted view, some studies using cultured neural cells or whole brain indicate a moderately active mitochondrial β-oxi...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Schönfeld P,Reiser G

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper is an essential element that is required for a variety of important cellular functions. Since not only copper deficiency but also excess of copper can seriously affect cellular functions, the cellular copper metabolism is tightly regulated. In brain, astrocytes appear to play a pivotal role in the copper metabo...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Scheiber IF,Dringen R

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of histamine reported vary considerably from species to species. The present studies sought to determine if blood sampling techniques were at least in part responsible for this large variability. Since plasma catecholamines are influenced by the stress associated with blood sampling, these biogenic ...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Head RJ,Jarrott B,Libys J,Robinson RL,Stitzel RE,Zavisca F

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, a new experimental model of epilepsy was introduced by the authors [Neurochem. Int. 40 (2002) 413]. This model combines pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-kindling in senescence-accelerated mice P8 (SAMP8), a genetic model of aging. Since imbalance of glutamate and GABA is a major cause of seizures, the study of glial...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Kondziella D,Hammer J,Sletvold O,Sonnewald U

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Axonal transport of tripeptidyl peptidase II, a putative cholecystokinin inactivating serine peptidase, was examined in the proximal, middle, and distal segments of rat sciatic nerves using a double ligation technique. Enzyme activity significantly increased not only in the proximal segment but also in the distal segm...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Chikuma T,Shimizu M,Tsuchiya Y,Kato T,Hojo H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High levels of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) are found in the caudate-putamen (CPu), globus pallidus, entopeduncular nucleus and substantia nigra pars reticulata; these structures were connected by a continuous band of ACE. In order to investigate whether ACE was associated with dopaminergic projections from the...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Chai SY,Christie MJ,Beart PM,Mendelsohn FA

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was carried out to clarify whether the imidazolines clonidine, moxonidine and cirazoline as well as the guanidine aganodine inhibit noradrenaline release in the rat and rabbit brain via imidazoline receptors, alpha 2-adrenoceptors and/or histamine H3 receptors. Slices or synaptosomes from the rat or ...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Schlicker E,Fink K,Kathmann M,Molderings GJ,Göthert M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between acidosis and the metabolism of glutamine and glutamate was studied in cultured astrocytes. Acidification of the incubation medium was associated with an increased formation of aspartate from glutamate and glutamine. The rise of the intracellular content of aspartate was accompanied by a signif...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Yudkoff M,Daikhin Y,Nissim I,Nissim I

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) is a key enzyme of the NO-cGMP pathway which is believed to mediate vasoprotective actions. In cardiovascular diseases such as hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis, these important functions of the vascular endothelium are strongly impaired. One of the major reasons for this so-calle...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Francois M,Kojda G

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric brain tumors are the leading cancer-related cause of death in children and adolescents in the United States, affecting on average 1 in 2000 children per year. Recent advances in cancer genomics have led to profound discoveries about the underlying molecular biology and ontogeny of these tumors. In particular...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Alencastro Veiga Cruzeiro G,Rota C,Hack OA,Segal R,Filbin MG

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00