Recruitment of the middle temporal area by tactile motion in congenital blindness.

abstract：:Meditation is a conscious mental process that induces a set of integrated physiologic changes termed the relaxation response. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to identify and characterize the brain regions that are active during a simple form of meditation. Significant (p<10(-7)) signal increases ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Lazar SW,Bush G,Gollub RL,Fricchione GL,Khalsa G,Benson H

更新日期：2000-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the protective effects of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) on the death of glia-free neurons in culture. Under normoxic conditions, the protection by NAC was observed only in cystine-free but not complete medium. When the cells were cultured under hypoxic conditions, NAC much elongated their survival even in the pre...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Sagara J,Bannai S,Shikano N,Makino N

更新日期：2010-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A lexical decision experiment was conducted while event related potentials (ERPs) were recorded. The word frequency and the first syllable frequency of each word were manipulated. Results showed that, while high frequency words produced less negative amplitudes in the N400 time window than low frequency words, the inv...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Barber H,Vergara M,Carreiras M

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined 'prepulse inhibition' in the context of an auditory two-tone discrimination task performed by 15 healthy subjects. In order to distinguish between masking or excitatory information processes, weak acoustic pulses immediately preceded or succeeded a target or non-target tone in the discrimination. B...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Schall U,Ward PB

更新日期：1996-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the hypothesis that the acute ischemic swelling of the radial dendrites connected to the inner hair cells (IHCs) is mediated by glutamatergic receptors. In control cochleas, after 20 min ischemia all the dendrites were dramatically swollen. Conversely, after a perfusion of 50 microM 6-7-dinitroqui...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Pujol R,Puel JL,Eybalin M

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA fragmentation, the hallmark of apoptosis, has been recently investigated with contradictory results in several skeletal muscle disorders. Using in situ labeling of nuclear DNA fragmentation, we have tested the possibility that apoptosis might occur in muscles from patients with mitochondrial respiratory chain defe...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Monici MC,Toscano A,Girlanda P,Aguennouz M,Musumeci O,Vita G

更新日期：1998-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Homotopic and isochronic transplantation of the alar plate of the rhombomeres 7 and 8 was performed between chick and quail embryos at the stage of 10-14 somites. Analysis of the graft derivatives in 12-day-old chimeric embryos by means of the quail nucleolar marker showed that the ipsilateral inferior olive is formed...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Ambrosiani J,Armengol JA,Martinez S,Puelles L

更新日期：1996-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) is a member of the opiocortin family of peptides. Within the central nervous system, ACTH-synthesizing neurons are generally considered to be located within the hypothalamus and are known to be involved in the neural circuitry underlying the integration of stress responses. We now re...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Güntürkün O,Deviche P

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute mitochondrial dysfunction in the cochlea is likely to result in hearing loss as a consequence of local energy shortage, similar to ischemia- or noise-induced hearing loss. To establish an animal model of acute cochlear mitochondrial dysfunction, we applied a mitochondrial toxin, 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NP) in t...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Hoya N,Okamoto Y,Kamiya K,Fujii M,Matsunaga T

更新日期：2004-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been hypothesized that the vomeronasal system (VNS), a complex neural network implicated in the control of reproductive behaviors, is sexually dimorphic. The posteromedial cortical amygdaloid nucleus (PMCo) belongs to the group of amygdaloid structures that receive direct olfactory input from the accessory olfa...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Vinader-Caerols C,Collado P,Segovia S,Guillamón A

更新日期：1998-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Items in working memory guide visual attention toward a memory-matching object. Recent studies have shown that when searching for an object this attentional guidance can be modulated by knowing the probability that the target will match an item in working memory. Here, we recorded the P3 and contralateral delay activi...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kawashima T,Matsumoto E

更新日期：2016-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:During the development of central nervous system, radial glial cells support target-specific neuronal migration. We recently reported that after implantation of chitosan channels with complete spinal cord transection, the tissue bridging the spinal cord stumps contained axons and radial glial cells. The purpose of thi...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Nomura H,Kim H,Mothe A,Zahir T,Kulbatski I,Morshead CM,Shoichet MS,Tator CH

更新日期：2010-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether physical match between studied and tested items influences blood flow increases in the hippocampal formation associated with recognition memory, positron emission tomography (PET) was used to measure changes in regional cerebral blood flow while healthy volunteers made old/new judgements about lin...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Schacter DL,Uecker A,Reiman E,Yun LS,Bandy D,Chen K,Cooper LA,Curran T

更新日期：1997-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:fMRI investigation on the neural substrates involved in tactile imagery is reported. Healthy subjects performed mental imagery of tactile stimulation on the dorsal aspect of the right hand. The results were compared with the regions of activation during the actual tactile stimulation. During imagery, contralateral pri...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Yoo SS,Freeman DK,McCarthy JJ 3rd,Jolesz FA

更新日期：2003-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:One problem in motor control concerns the mechanism whereby the central nervous system translates the motor cortical command encoded in cell activity into a coordinated contraction of limb muscles to generate a desired motor output. This problem is closely related to the design of adaptive systems that transform neuro...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Lukashin AV,Amirikian BR,Georgopoulos AP

更新日期：1996-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrogliosis is an important component of the response to injury of the central nervous system (CNS). The Id family of helix-loop-helix (HLH) transcription factors has been implicated in the regulation of cellular differentiation in several different lineages and may contribute to the regulation of astrogliosis. We ex...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Andres-Barquin PJ,Hernandez MC,Israel MA

更新日期：1998-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin sensory nerve nocifensor functions were investigated non-invasively in rats by measuring neurogenic inflammation and blister healing-rate after unilateral hindlimb denervation. Axon reflexes were evoked by transdermal iontophoresis of acetylcholine (ACh) or noxious electrical stimulation (TNS). Sodium nitroprussi...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Carr RW,Delaney CA,Westerman RA,Roberts RG

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although prenatal stress has been repeatedly shown to inhibit adult neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus of offspring, its effects on embryonic and early postnatal brain development are not well described. Here, using the cell proliferation marker 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine, we examine for the first time the effect of prena...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kawamura T,Chen J,Takahashi T,Ichitani Y,Nakahara D

更新日期：2006-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous event-related potential studies in Indo-European languages reported a surprising finding that failed syntactic category processing appears to block lexical-semantic integration, suggesting a functional primacy of syntax over semantics. An event-related potential experiment was conducted to test whether there ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Yu J,Zhang Y

更新日期：2008-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:There is no unifying hypothesis to account for the anatomical distribution of neuropathology, the involvement of beta-amyloid precursor protein (beta APP) and the role of increasing age in triggering the Alzheimer disease process. We report here that layer II pre-alpha neurones in transentorhinal and entorhinal cortex...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Roberts GW,Nash M,Ince PG,Royston MC,Gentleman SM

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain trauma induces a multitude of reactions at molecular, cellular, and tissue levels, some of which are beneficial to recovery, whereas others are detrimental. Osteopontin (OPN), a glycosylated phosphoprotein, can be found in both the soluble form and as an extracellular matrix constituent in several tissues in the...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Plantman S

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effect of a nonphotic stimulus (running in a novel wheel) on the induction of Fos-related proteins in the two well-established neural components of the circadian clock: the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) and the intergeniculate leaflet (IGL) of the lateral geniculate complex. There was no induction of F...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Janik D,Mrosovsky N

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HEL 92.1.7 cells were immobilized among nerve growth factor (NGF)-differentiated PC12 cells. Nicotine caused an immediate Ca2+ mobilisation in the PC12 cells followed by a delayed secondary Ca2+ response in the HEL 92.1.7 cells. The Ca2+ elevation in response to nicotine in PC12 cells was abolished by Na+ removal. The...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Krjukova J,Akerman KE

更新日期：2002-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Spatial cognition requires the integration of visual inputs with proprioceptive and vestibular information about the position of the eye, the head and the body. All these sources are used by the brain to produce multiple higher-order (e.g. egocentric) representations of space, subserving accurate spatial behaviour. Su...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Pizzamiglio L,Vallar G,Doricchi F

更新日期：1995-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemispheric differences in the temporal processing of musical sounds within the primary auditory cortex were investigated using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) time series analysis on a 3.0 T system in right-handed individuals who had no formal training in music. The two hemispheres exhibited a clear-cut ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Izumi S,Itoh K,Matsuzawa H,Takahashi S,Kwee IL,Nakada T

更新日期：2011-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) homeostasis emphasize the importance of water flux through the pericapillary (Virchow-Robin) space for both CSF production and reabsorption (Oreskovic and Klarica hypothesis), and challenge the classic CSF circulation theory, which proposes that CSF is primarily produced by ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Igarashi H,Tsujita M,Kwee IL,Nakada T

更新日期：2014-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells overexpressing the beta-amyloid precursor protein possessing a mutation found in familial Alzheimer's disease overproduce beta-amyloid peptide (A beta). Because these findings were based on immunological identification, we have chemically characterized the peptides produced. Purified A beta fragments from the co...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Dovey HF,Suomensaari-Chrysler S,Lieberburg I,Sinha S,Keim PS

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid beta-peptide (Abeta) accumulation in aged Sprague-Dawley rats (12 months) with kaolin-induced hydrocephalus was investigated by Abeta(1-40) and Abeta(1-42) immunohistochemistry at 2, 6 and 10 weeks after induction. The low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein-1 transporting Abeta across the blood-brain...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Klinge PM,Samii A,Niescken S,Brinker T,Silverberg GD

更新日期：2006-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of thyroid hormone (TH) deficiency on the expression of neurofilament (NF) proteins and their intracellular distribution has been examined in primary cultures of neurons from embryonic rat cerebra. Northern blot analysis showed that in TH-deficient (THdef) neurons, the expression of all three NF mRNAs (NF-L...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Rahaman SO,Ghosh S,Mandal SK,Sarkar PK

更新日期：2000-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:With the purpose of mapping representations of the finger and proximal arm in the human primary motor cortex (MI), we measured regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in eight right-handed normal volunteers during self-paced finger and proximal arm movements. Each movement activated two different fields in MI, one located...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kawashima R,Itoh H,Ono S,Satoh K,Furumoto S,Gotoh R,Koyama M,Yoshioka S,Takahashi T,Yanagisawa T

更新日期：1995-01-26 00:00:00