Age-related changes in serum and brain levels of androgens in male Brown Norway rats.

abstract：:Using functional magnetic resonance imaging during word generation and spatial judgement (Landmark task), we investigated how hemispheric specializations for language and spatial processing interact in healthy individuals. We found individuals with atypical, right-hemispheric dominance for language to have more bilate...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Jansen A,Flöel A,Menke R,Kanowski M,Knecht S

更新日期：2005-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Using structural MRI and whole-head EEG recordings, we analyzed the correlations between the anatomical parameters of the corpus callosum and the hemispheric distribution of the cortical movement-related potentials during right finger and shoulder movements in nine right-handed men. Statistically significant correlati...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Stancák A Jr,Lücking CH,Kristeva-Feige R

更新日期：2000-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The temporal lobe regions involved in memory retrieval were examined using fMRI. During an associative recognition test, participants made memory judgments about the study color of previously presented drawings of objects, and during item recognition tests they made old/new judgments about previously studied objects o...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Yonelinas AP,Hopfinger JB,Buonocore MH,Kroll NE,Baynes K

更新日期：2001-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the characterization of orphanin FQ (OFQ), the endogenous ligand of ORL1 receptor, much work has focused on its physiological functions. OFQ was reported to antagonize the effect of opioid-induced antinociception, although its mechanism remains obscure. In the present study, whole-cell patch clamp recording tech...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Zhang M,Sun QL,Wan Y,Yao L,Yu YX,Han JS

更新日期：1998-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism by which IL-1 beta exerts its actions in the brain during systemic inflammation is not fully understood, as neither IL-1 receptor gene expression nor IL-1 binding have been identified in significant levels in key areas that respond to IL-1 beta. Having hypothesized that perivascular nitric oxide (NO) mig...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Wong ML,Bongiorno PB,al-Shekhlee A,Esposito A,Khatri P,Licinio J

更新日期：1996-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:AMPA (EC50 = 1.0 x 10(-6) M) and NMDA (EC50 = 1.3 x 10(-4) M) trigger 45Ca2+ influx in 13-day chick embryonic retinal explants. This agonist-driven cationic flux is specifically inhibited by typical competitive antagonists, such as 6,7-dinitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (DNQX) and 2-amino-7-phosphonoheptanoate (AP7), respec...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Burgos JS,Barat A,Ramírez G

更新日期：2000-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor (MANF) - one of a new class of astrocyte-derived human proteins--selectively promotes the survival of dopamine neurons of the ventral midbrain. Using the whole-cell clamp technique, we looked for acute effects of MANF on gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) recepto...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Zhou C,Xiao C,Commissiong JW,Krnjević K,Ye JH

更新日期：2006-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to systematically observe the change of vanilloid receptor 1 (VR1) during inflammatory nociception induced by intraplantar injection of complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) into the left hind paw in rats. Hot plate latency (HPL) was used to evaluate resulting thermal hyperalgesia and immunohistoche...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Luo H,Cheng J,Han JS,Wan Y

更新日期：2004-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of PKCepsilon and its co-localization with various GABA(A) receptor subunits within limbic structures of the mouse brain was examined by fluorescence immunohistochemistry. Levels of PKCepsilon immunoreactivity were highest in the cingulate cortex and dentate gyrus, moderate in the nucleus accumbens, a...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Olive MF,Hodge CW

更新日期：2000-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We mapped cells immunoreactive (ir) for the protein encoded by the immediate early gene zenk in the brains of male Japanese quail after they engaged in either appetitive or consummatory sexual behavior (i.e. copulation). Castrated males treated with testosterone were either allowed to copulate with a female or exhibit...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Ball GF,Tlemçani O,Balthazart J

更新日期：1997-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study used c-Fos expression to examine cellular activity in cholinergic regions in the basal forebrain (BF) following enforced waking and recovery sleep. Cholinergic cells within the vertical and horizontal limbs of the diagonal band of Broca (VDB and HDB, respectively) showed significantly higher c-Fos im...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Greco MA,Lu J,Wagner D,Shiromani PJ

更新日期：2000-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether EEG synchronization in sleep has a metabolic equivalent, we investigated state-dependent changes in extracellular concentrations of amino acids. In vivo microdialysis studies were performed in the ventroposterolateral (VPL) nuclei of the thalamus of cats during natural slow wave sleep (SWS), wakin...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kékesi KA,Dobolyi A,Salfay O,Nyitrai G,Juhász G

更新日期：1997-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently some authors have challenged the conventional association of directional motor neglect with damage of frontal structures, showing that pure sensory perceptual neglect (classically associated with parietal lesion) can follow damage of right frontal cortex. The aim of the present study was to assess the type of...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Brighina F,Bisiach E,Piazza A,Oliveri M,La Bua V,Daniele O,Fierro B

更新日期：2002-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Using cRNA in situ hybridization, the regional distribution of mRNA encoding the human Y1 receptor was investigated in the normal human brain and compared with the autoradiographic distribution of putative Y1/[125I][Leu31,Pro34]PYY binding sites. Surprisingly, relatively high levels of Y1 receptor mRNA, distributed in...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Jacques D,Tong Y,Dumont Y,Shen SH,Quirion R

更新日期：1996-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The inward rectifier Kir4.1, composed of KCNJ10 K channel subunits, plays an essential role in inner ear K homeostasis. We have investigated the developmental expression and localization of KCNJ10 (Kir4.1) in the guinea pig inner ear using semi-quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and immunohis...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Jin Z,Wei D,Järlebark L

更新日期：2006-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of smoking marijuana on cognition and brain function were assessed with PET using H2(15)O. Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was measured in five recreational users before and after smoking a marijuana cigarette, as they repeatedly performed an auditory attention task. Blood flow increased following smok...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： O'Leary DS,Block RI,Flaum M,Schultz SK,Boles Ponto LL,Watkins GL,Hurtig RR,Andreasen NC,Hichwa RD

更新日期：2000-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical imaging of rat barrel cortex has provided detailed spatio-temporal maps of functional cortical architecture. We describe an event-related procedure (ERP) for optical imaging based on selective signal averaging as reported by Burock et al., using an anti-correlative pseudo-random event sequence. The sequence us...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Martindale J,Berwick J,Johnston D,Jones M,Zheng Y,Coffey P,Paley M,Mayhew J

更新日期：2000-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted semiautomated, atlas-based analyses of regional brain volume changes on MRIs of children and adolescents with Down syndrome (DS) (N=15), DS with comorbid autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (N=15), and age-matched or sex-matched typically developing controls (N=22). Selective volumetric changes were correlated...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Carter JC,Capone GT,Kaufmann WE

更新日期：2008-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes is often associated with impairments in brain functioning. However, the injury of specific functioning areas of the brain is not clear. To address this problem, the present study was designed to investigate possible brain functioning change in specific brain areas, particularly in areas associated with vision...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Wang Z,Lu Z,Li J,Pan C,Jia Z,Chen H,Ge X

更新日期：2017-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The organization of the main olfactory bulb of an insectivore, the laboratory shrew (Suncus murinus), was studied morphologically. We found particular small spherical regions, nidi, at the border between the glomerular and external plexiform layer (EPL), which were intensely GAD positive, 30-60 microm in diameter, and...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kosaka K,Kosaka T

更新日期：1999-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by preserved visual abilities as well as a special profile for visual cognition. We examined the visual cortex of high-ability individuals with autism in order to assess whether the presence of abnormalities at the primary sensory level in autism could be the basis...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Hadjikhani N,Chabris CF,Joseph RM,Clark J,McGrath L,Aharon I,Feczko E,Tager-Flusberg H,Harris GJ

更新日期：2004-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the effect of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) blockade on the ventilatory responses to carotid body chemoreceptor stimulation in freely behaving animals, chronically instrumented adult Sprague-Dawley rats received increasing intravenous doses of sodium cyanide (NaCN; 0-300 micrograms kg-1) before and after i.v. ad...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Gozal D,Gozal E,Gozal YM,Torres JE

更新日期：1996-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The amygdala and ventral portion of the periaqueductal gray (vPAG) are crucial for the expression of the contextual freezing behavior. However, it is still unclear whether the amygdala also plays a role in defensive behaviors induced by electrical stimulation of the dorsal periaqueductal gray (dPAG). In the present st...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Oliveira LC,Nobre MJ,Brandão ML,Landeira-Fernandez J

更新日期：2004-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effect of long-term potentiation (LTP) on paired-pulse responses across varied stimulus intensities and interstimulus intervals (ISIs), at ascending synapses from the intermediate and ventral hippocampus to the medial prefrontal cortex in urethane-anesthetized rats. LTP significantly shifted the median...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Takita M,Izaki Y,Kuramochi M,Yokoi H,Ohtomi M

更新日期：2010-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The neural origins of the cortical response to rare sensory events remain poorly understood. Using simultaneous event-related potentials and magnetic resonance imaging, we investigated the anatomical profile of regional activity at various processing stages during performance of auditory and visual variants of an oddb...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Rezaie R,Simos PG,Papanicolaou AC,Castillo EM,Moser DC,Passaro AD,Fletcher JM

更新日期：2011-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and erythropoietin (EPO) are induced in brain cells after brain ischemia and show synergistic neuroprotective effects. In LN215 astrocytoma cells, IGF-1 induced the activation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1, leading to increases in EPO mRNA levels and the secretion of EPO. Interesti...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kim I,Kim CH,Yim YS,Ahn YS

更新日期：2008-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular recordings from neurosecretory cells in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) displayed either an excitation or no response following electrical stimulation (5 Hz) of the A1 noradrenergic region of the ventrolateral medulla, and exhibited either an increase or no effect in neuronal activity in r...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Tanaka J,Nomura M,Saito H

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the use of an immunoblotting technique to investigate the potential role of reaction oxygen species in the pathogenesis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Quadriceps femoris muscle biopsy samples were obtained from six patients with Duchenne and six with Becker muscular dystrophy, and from six control subject...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Haycock JW,Mac Neil S,Mantle D

更新日期：1998-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelin basic proteins (MBPs) have been shown to be ADP-ribosylated in-vitro by cholera toxin in the presence of NAD. Since acid-soluble extracts of brain contain other proteins in the 14-32 kD range (such as histones) in addition to MBP's, the identification of the ADP-ribosylated proteins was uncertain. To determine ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Boulias C,Moscarello MA

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study tested whether adult rat brain stem neurons could respond to growth or trophic factors provided after an extended post-injury period. The number of neurons that regenerated their axon into a peripheral nerve graft following exposure to ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) 8 weeks after a cervical lesion was c...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Houle JD,Ye JH

更新日期：1997-02-10 00:00:00