Early emotional prosody perception based on different speaker voices.

abstract：:This study demonstrates the neural system potentially involved in the representation of, and choice between, stimulus classifications in an ambiguous, novel, decision-making task. This difficult choice behaviour is taken as an example of a basic executive processing task. Subjects heard sounds that were consonant-vowe...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Scott SK,Holmes A,Friston KJ,Wise RJ

更新日期：2000-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to establish a method for the culture of organotypic spinal cord slices. A long-term organotypic spinal cord slice culture was conducted from postnatal rats. Lumbar spinal cord was isolated, and meninges were removed from the spinal cord. The spinal cord was embedded in 4% agarose, and was se...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Liu JJ,Huang YJ,Xiang L,Zhao F,Huang SL

更新日期：2017-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracerebral or intraspinal grafting of genetically modified primary fibroblasts has been shown to enhance functional recovery in several models of CNS disease, including spinal cord injury. Most of these studies utilized retrovirus vectors. In this report, we describe in vitro conditions for genetically modifying pr...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Liu Y,Himes BT,Tryon B,Moul J,Chow SY,Jin H,Murray M,Tessler A,Fischer I

更新日期：1998-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:There are remarkable behavioral, neural, and genetic similarities between song learning in songbirds and speech acquisition in human infants. Previously, we have argued that this parallel cannot be extended to the level of sentence syntax. Although birdsong can indeed have a complex structure, it lacks the combinatori...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Beckers GJ,Bolhuis JJ,Okanoya K,Berwick RC

更新日期：2012-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In acute experiments, the effects of i.p. 17beta-estradiol on the activity of arcuate neurons were studied in ovariectomized rats. 17Beta-estradiol (100 microg/100g, i.p.) increased the spontaneous activity of the observed arcuate neurons with a latency of 20-25 min. In some neurons spontaneous activity could be influ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kis Z,Horváth S,Hoyk Z,Toldi J,Párducz A

更新日期：1999-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that dendritic cells play a key role in producing antigen-specific responses. Inversely, tolerogenic dendritic cells (TolDCs), a specialized subset, induce immune tolerance and negatively regulate autoimmune responses. Statins, the inhibitors of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase in the m...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Chen Z,Yang D,Peng X,Lin J,Su Z,Li J,Zhang X,Weng Y

更新日期：2018-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Human morning/evening preferences has recently been reported to be associated with polymorphism of the 3' flanking region of the Clock gene, which was the first identified mammalian circadian clock gene. We recorded body temperature, spontaneous activity, electroencephalogram and electromyogram for 48 h in mice with J...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Sei H,Oishi K,Morita Y,Ishida N

更新日期：2001-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex differences in event-related potentials were examined in 23 women and 24 men during a mental rotation task. We found an early (130-400 ms) and a late (400-700 ms) ERP mental rotation effect. The late rotation effect, which is thought to indicate the onset of the cognitive process of mental rotation, emerged about ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Gootjes L,Bruggeling EC,Magnée T,Van Strien JW

更新日期：2008-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Although citral, which is abundantly present in lemongrass, has various actions including antinociception, how citral affects synaptic transmission has not been examined as yet. Citral activates in heterologous cells transient receptor potential vanilloid-1, ankyrin-1, and melastatin-8 (TRPV1, TRPA1, and TRPM8, respec...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Zhu L,Fujita T,Jiang CY,Kumamoto E

更新日期：2016-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Primate vision consists mostly of periods of stable fixation separated by rapid saccadic eye movements. Each saccade brings a new scene onto the retina, and each new scene results in a burst of activity in the neurons of visual cortex. It might be expected that the activity of these neurons should only represent what ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Gawne TJ,Woods JM

更新日期：2003-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was based on earlier findings that the observation of a coherently moving long bar induced gamma-band activity in humans. The power in the EEG-gamma-band was reduced during the presentation of two incoherently moving short bars. The present study demonstrates the replicability of this cortical activi...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Müller MM,Junghöfer M,Elbert T,Rochstroh B

更新日期：1997-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurons of the vertebrate retina possess receptors for many neurotransmitters. Particularly interesting is a new type of GABA receptor (GABA rho) that, in contrast to GABAA and GABAB receptors, shows very little desensitization, is not blocked by bicuculline, and is not activated by baclofen. Homomeric human GABA rho ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Calvo DJ,Miledi R

更新日期：1995-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the combined effect of high glucose and decreased Na+/K+-pump activity, a condition which closely mimics the diabetic state, on nerve ionic currents, changes in action potential and membrane current induced by high glucose in the presence of ouabain were investigated using voltage clamp analysis in rat single ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Takigawa T,Yasuda H,Terada M,Maeda K,Haneda M,Kashiwagi A,Kitasato H,Kikkawa R

更新日期：2000-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Light physiologically regulates the levels of c-Fos in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), but the identity of most of the cells that express this DNA-binding protein is unknown. To determine whether SCN c-Fos expression is restricted to neurons, we performed light microscopic double-label immunohistochemistry on secti...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Bennett MR,Schwartz WJ

更新日期：1994-09-08 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：:We investigated the mode of action of argiotoxin636 on isolated N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor channels in cultured cerebellar granule cells. We found that the toxin blocks NMDA channels by decreasing their opening probability and by inducing a flickering activity, in a voltage-dependent manner. Our results indi...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Fagni L,Bockaert J

更新日期：1995-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic nicotine exposure enhances axon reflexes in adult rats. Since smoking mothers expose their infants to nicotine, this study investigated whether late gestational and or lactational maternal nicotine exposure affects neonatal axon reflexes. Osmotic pumps, implanted subcutaneously in adult female rats, delivered ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Grunfeld JA,Tiedemann GJ,Westerman RA

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, an algorithm is introduced for the automatic detection and simultaneous topographic classification of interictal regional spike activity in pediatric surface EEG records. The algorithm is based on the classification of the topographic distribution of instantaneous power by means of a 'group' trained cla...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Feucht M,Hoffmann K,Steinberger K,Witte H,Benninger F,Arnold M,Doering A

更新日期：1997-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional neuroimaging studies of handedness have traditionally focused on exploring regionally activated discrepancies, yet little is known regarding the effect of handedness on functional connections of brain regions. Here, we reported the relationship between cerebellar functional connectivity patterns and handedn...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： He Y,Zang Y,Jiang T,Gong G,Xie S,Xiao J

更新日期：2006-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:High K+- or caffeine-induced Ca2+ signal was studied in freshly dissociated carp retinal ON-type bipolar cells using a confocal laser-scanning microscope. In response to 35 mM K+ exposure, a rise in [Ca2+]i appeared in both the terminal and soma, but was absent after removal of external Ca2+ or in the presence of 100 ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Wu D,Zhu PH

更新日期：1999-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinal gamma-aminobutyric acid type C (GABA[C]) receptors are believed to consist of rho subunits. The pharmacological properties of GABA(C) receptors appear to vary among different species. Since the mouse is an important model for gene targeting and behavioral studies, this study was aimed at cloning rho subunits i...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Greka A,Koolen JA,Lipton SA,Zhang D

更新日期：1998-01-26 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：:Adenosine has an anticonvulsant effect in various models of epilepsy. This effect appears to be mediated through the activation of adenosine A1 receptors (A1Rs). We immunohistochemically investigated the changes of A1Rs expression in kainate-treated and hippocampus-kindled rats as chronic models of epilepsy. In the no...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Ochiishi T,Takita M,Ikemoto M,Nakata H,Suzuki SS

更新日期：1999-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of Alzheimer's disease-related beta-amyloid (Abeta) peptides on the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-evoked cell firing rate were studied in hippocampal CA1 neurons of the rat. Extracellular single-unit recordings were combined with iontophoretic applications that allowed quantitative analyses of the interactio...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Molnár Z,Soós K,Lengyel I,Penke B,Szegedi V,Budai D

更新日期：2004-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat synaptosomal membrane antigen D3, which has been studied for more than 20 years since its first demonstration as a brain-specific protein, was shown to bind monoclonal antibodies to SNAP-25, a presynaptic plasma membrane-associated protein. In addition to SNAP-25, anti-D3 antiserum also precipitated two polype...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Jørgensen OS

更新日期：1995-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Presenilin-1 (PS-1) and amyloid precursor protein (APP) have been linked to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. While APP accumulation is well documented in several models of brain injury, the role of PS-1 levels in neurodegeneration, if any, remains to be elucidated. The current studies examined PS-1 and APP exp...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Calingasan NY,Gandy SE,Gibson GE

更新日期：1997-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:NCAM-180 knockout mice, which have documented deficits in neural migration, were used to determine whether developmental abnormalities could lead to morphological changes and alterations in sensory motor gating mechanisms. Measurement of the lateral ventricle showed that NCAM-180-/- mice had marked increases in both t...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Wood GK,Tomasiewicz H,Rutishauser U,Magnuson T,Quirion R,Rochford J,Srivastava LK

更新日期：1998-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Using NADPH-diaphorase (NADPH-d) staining as a marker for the enzyme nitric oxide synthase (NOS) we investigated the possible sites of nitric oxide (NO) synthesis in the olfactory pathways of an insect brain. Staining of frozen sections revealed NADPH-d activity in neurones and in glial cells. A cluster of intensely s...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Bicker G,Hähnlein I

更新日期：1995-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effect of an AMPA (alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole) antagonist, 2,3-dihydroxy-6-nitro-7-sulfamoyl-benzo (F) quinoxaline (NBQX), on rat cerebellar Purkinje cell loss and hippocampal pyramidal CA1 cell loss, after 10 minutes of global cerebral ischemia. NBQX was given intraperitoneally in a do...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Balchen T,Diemer NH

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sound localization can be affected by vision; in the ventriloquism effect, sounds that are hard to localize within hearing become mislocalized toward the location of concurrent visual events. Here we tested whether spatial attention is drawn to the illusory location of a ventriloquized sound. The study exploited our p...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Spence C,Driver J

更新日期：2000-06-26 00:00:00