Impaired prepulse inhibition and habituation of acoustic startle response in Japanese patients with schizophrenia.

abstract：:Type B neurons of the bullfrog sympathetic ganglia were examined to confirm the existence of axon collaterals and the distribution of synaptic contacts using the intracellular horseradish peroxidase (HRP) labeling method. The mean diameter of the perikarya was 60.8 (+/- 11.5 standard deviation; n = 36) X 43.8 (+/- 11....

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Murata Y,Chiba T,Kumamoto E,Kuba K

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of GABA in medial preoptico-anterior hypothalamic area in the regulation of spontaneous sleep-wakefulness and rapid eye movement sleep was investigated in this study. Local microinjection of picrotoxin, a GABA-A antagonist, into this area increased quiet wakefulness but significantly reduced deep sleep and ra...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Ali M,Jha SK,Kaur S,Mallick BN

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the representation of facial skin areas in the primary somatosensory cortex (SI), we recorded magnetic fields evoked by air pressure-induced tactile stimulation applied to six points on the face, lower lip and thumb. The thumb area in the SI was located more medial and superior to the lip area, which wa...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Nguyen BT,Tran TD,Hoshiyama M,Inui K,Kakigi R

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study focused on the early stages of acute glutamate (L-Glu)-induced neurotoxic mechanisms, both biochemical, e.g. intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and associated parameters as well as gene expression of cell survival/death pathways, i.e. Bcl-2 and caspases. Stereotactic intracortical injections...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Kumar A,Singh RL,Babu GN

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine is a major neurotransmitter in the carotid body of several animal species and its functional role at the level of peripheral arterial chemoreflex pathway is attributed to the presence of the dopamine D2-receptors. We present evidence that the dopamine D1-receptor mRNA is also expressed in the carotid body of ...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Bairam A,Frenette J,Dauphin C,Carroll JL,Khandjian EW

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resveratrol shows ability to eliminate prion replication, but the exact mechanism for prion eradication was not clear yet. Our previous studies demonstrate a downregulation of brain-derived nerve growth factor (BDNF) during prion infection, meanwhile recovery of cerebral nerve growth factor (NGF) level by resveratrol ...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Hu C,Chen C,Chen J,Xiao K,Wang J,Shi Q,Ma Y,Gao LP,Wu YZ,Liu L,Xia Y,Yan P,Maimaitiming A,Zhou DH,Zhang LN,Chen ZB,Dong XP

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effect of serotonin on nitric oxide (NO) production in the ventral nerve cord (VNC) of the earthworm Eisenia fetida was investigated by a bio-imaging and an electrochemical technique. In the bio-imaging, the spatial pattern of NO production in VNC was visualized using an NO-specific fluorescent dye, diaminofluorescein...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Kitamura Y,Naganoma Y,Horita H,Ogawa H,Oka K

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We excised the dorsal part of the optic vesicle of chick embryos at stages 13-14 (embryonic day 2). The remainder of the optic vesicle reoganized and developed a small eye. This study was undertaken to determine how locus specificity is kept within the reorganized retina. The projection pattern from the reorganized ey...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Matsuno T,Itasaki N,Ichijo H,Nakamura H

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, we describe recent experimental observations and model simulations in the research subject of brain-machine interface (BMI). Studies of BMIs have applied decoding models to extract functional characteristics of the recorded neurons, and some of these have more focused on adaptation based on neural oper...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Ito H,Fujiki S,Mori Y,Kansaku K

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose was to elucidate the functional roles of the laryngeal afferents in controlling vocalization. We investigated the effects of laryngeal deafferentation (sectioning the internal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve (ISLN)) on respiration and voice quality during electrically-induced vocalization in twelve ...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Shiba K,Yoshida K,Miura T

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Madagascan lesser hedgehog tenrec was investigated to get insight into the areal evolution of the hippocampal formation in mammals with poorly differentiated brains. The hippocampal subdivisions were analyzed using cyto- and chemoarchitectural criteria; long associational and commissural connections were demonstra...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Künzle H,Radtke-Schuller S

更新日期：2001-11-01 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

authors： Koyano K,Funabiki K,Ohmori H

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immuno-electron microscopy specifically enhanced with silver staining has been used to demonstrate the localization of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in the ependymocytes of the hamster subcommissural organ (SCO). Hamster SCO consists of the ependymal and hypendymal cell layers, the latter being arranged as ro...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Tsai MH,Wu CH,Chen WP,Shieh JY,Wen CY

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA editing provides a post-transcriptional mechanism to increase structural heterogeneity of gene products. Recently, the alpha3 subunit of the GABAA receptors has been shown to undergo RNA editing. As a result, a highly conserved isoleucine residue in the third transmembrane domain is replaced with a methionine. To ...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Nimmich ML,Heidelberg LS,Fisher JL

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We newly developed an infrared video-oculographic system for on-line tracking of the eye position in awake and head-fixed mice, with high temporal resolution (240 Hz). The system consists of a commercially available high-speed CCD camera and an image processing software written in LabVIEW run on IBM-PC with a plug-in ...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Sakatani T,Isa T

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular pH (pH(i)) plays an important role in the regulation of central nervous system function. In the present study, we examined whether hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S), a recently recognized neuromodulator, regulates pH(i) in rat primary cultured glia cells. pH(i) was measured with a fluorescent sensitive dye, BCECF...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Lu M,Choo CH,Hu LF,Tan BH,Hu G,Bian JS

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used functional magnetic resonance imaging in 18 normal volunteers to determine whether there is separate representation of syntactic, semantic, and verbal working memory processing in the left inferior frontal gyrus (GFi). We compared a sentence comprehension task with a short-term memory maintenance task to ident...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Uchiyama Y,Toyoda H,Honda M,Yoshida H,Kochiyama T,Ebe K,Sadato N

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pattern of distribution of cholinergic fibers was examined immunohistochemically in the cat superior colliculus by using a monoclonal antibody against choline acetyltransferase (ChAT). In the superficial layers, an obvious immunoreactive zone was found in the rostral two-thirds of the outer portion of the superfic...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Hashikawa T

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of morphine on the reflex discharges in sympathetic efferents recorded from branches of the inferior cardiac nerve (ICN) were studied in rats anesthetized with alpha-chloralose and urethane. Somatocardiac sympathetic A- and C-reflexes were elicited by single shock electrical stimulation of myelinated (A) a...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Adachi T,Sato A,Sato Y,Schmidt RF

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GABAergic characteristics of transcallosal activity of cat pyramidal tract neurons (PTNs) and non-PTNs (nPTNs) were studied with stressing on GABAB receptors. PTNs and nPTNs were further classified into group 1 (< 10 ms) and group 2 (> 10 ms) based on the latency upon transcallosal stimulation. However, mainly the res...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Chowdhury SA,Kawashima T,Konishi T,Matsunami K

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity is increased within and around amyloid plaques, which are present in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patient's brain. In this study, using cultured retinal cells as a neuronal model, we analyzed the effect of the synthetic peptide Abeta(25-35) on the activity of AChE, the degradation enzy...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Melo JB,Agostinho P,Oliveira CR

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of tooth loss on the viability of cholinergic neurons was examined in rats. At 25th postnatal week, rats were divided into the three groups; a control group fed a solid diet, a soft diet group fed a powder diet and a molar crown-less group in which all molar crowns were removed and the powder diet was gi...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Terasawa H,Hirai T,Ninomiya T,Ikeda Y,Ishijima T,Yajima T,Hamaue N,Nagase Y,Kang Y,Minami M

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Light-induced changes in the input resistance (Rin) of external, luminosity (i.e. H1) type horizontal cell (HC) perikarya were studied by the bridge-balance method in light-adapted and dark-adapted retinae of carp. Changes in input resistance (delta Rin) induced by short-(460 nm) and long-wavelength (674 nm) flashes, ...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Furukawa T,Yamada M,Petruv R,Djamgoz MB,Yasui S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal Brachial Plexus Palsy (NBPP) may lead to permanent impairment of arm function. As NBPP occurs when central motor programs develop, these may be ill-formed. We studied elbow flexion and motor imagery with fMRI to search for abnormal motor programming. We compared the cortical activity of adults with conservati...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Anguelova GV,Rombouts SARB,van Dijk JG,Buur PF,Malessy MJA

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolism of amyloid-beta peptide (Abeta) is closely associated with the pathology and etiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Since neprilysin is the only rate-limiting catabolic peptidase proven by reverse genetics to participate in Abeta metabolism in vivo, we performed detailed immunohistochemical analysis of nepri...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Fukami S,Watanabe K,Iwata N,Haraoka J,Lu B,Gerard NP,Gerard C,Fraser P,Westaway D,St George-Hyslop P,Saido TC

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuroprotective effect of nicotine via nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) has been reported in differentiated PC12 cells. We examined the effects of nerve growth factor (NGF) and nicotine on the expressions of the nAChR subunits alpha3, alpha5, alpha7, beta2, beta3 and beta4, in PC12 cells using Northern blo...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Takahashi T,Yamashita H,Nakamura S,Ishiguro H,Nagatsu T,Kawakami H

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrastriatal hemorrhage in rats causes neurodegenaration of the substantia nigra (SN) followed by the appearance of ED1(+) cells (macrophage/microglia). ED1(+) cells were observed for at least 8 weeks after hemorrhage. Phosphorylation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) was shown in ED1(+) cells with the e...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Imamura N,Hida H,Aihara N,Ishida K,Kanda Y,Nishino H,Yamada K

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) generally induces hyperpolarization and inhibition in the adult brain, but causes depolarization (and can be excitatory) in the immature brain. Depolarizing GABA actions are necessary for neurogenesis, differentiation, migration, and synaptogenesis. Additionally, the conversion of GABA respo...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Fukuda A

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Slow disjunctive eye movement similar to ocular convergence was evoked by microstimulation in parts of the lateral suprasylvian area (LSA) in alert cats. A tungsten-in-glass microelectrode was used for stimulation, and eye movement was monitored using the magnetic search coil method. The velocity-versus-amplitude rela...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Toda H,Takagi M,Yoshizawa T,Bando T

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The subgranular zone (SGZ) in the dentate gyrus contains radial astrocytes, known as Type-1 or Type-B cells, which generate neuroblasts (Type-2 cells or Type-D cells) that give rise to granular neurons. Stress increases glucocorticoid levels that target SGZ and modify the proliferation and apoptosis of hippocampal cel...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Gonzalez-Perez O,Chavez-Casillas O,Jauregui-Huerta F,Lopez-Virgen V,Guzman-Muniz J,Moy-Lopez N,Gonzalez-Castaneda RE,Luquin S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00