DJ-1 protects against oxidative damage by regulating the thioredoxin/ASK1 complex.

abstract：:The purposes of the present study were to determine which upper airway movements cause a difference in the expiratory airflow pathway between sneezing and coughing, and to develop a new animal model for studying the neural mechanism of sneezing in paralyzed animals, i.e. fictive sneezing. We compared the upper airway ...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Satoh I,Shiba K,Kobayashi N,Nakajima Y,Konno A

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acupuncture of the sacral vertebrae has therapeutic effects in patients with overactive bladders. The mechanism of these effects, however, remains unclear. The present study, using urethane-anesthetized rats, investigated the effects of acupuncture stimulation of the sacral vertebrae on bladder activity and bladder ac...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Wang H,Tanaka Y,Kawauchi A,Miki T,Kayama Y,Koyama Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients tend to have increased plasma levels of homocysteine. However, it is unclear whether abnormality in homocysteine levels is a primary cause of Alzheimer's disease or a disease marker. In order to investigate the relative impact of Alzheimer's disease on plasma homocysteine levels, tota...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Santiard-Baron D,Aupetit J,Janel N

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of glial-fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) or the re-expression of progenitor markers such as Nestin increases in reactive astrocytes after brain ischemia. We investigated the dynamics of reactive astrocytes after transient focal brain ischemia by examining the expression of Musashi1 (Msi1), an RNA-bindin...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Oki K,Kaneko N,Kanki H,Imai T,Suzuki N,Sawamoto K,Okano H

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that our neural stem sphere (NSS) method promotes the neuronal differentiation of mouse, monkey and human embryonic stem (ES) cells. Here we analyzed changes in expression of marker genes and proteins during neuronal differentiation. When cultured in astrocyte-conditioned medium (ACM) under free-f...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Otsu M,Sai T,Nakayama T,Murakami K,Inoue N

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:Properties of the Ca2+ -activated K+ current (I[K(Ca)]) were investigated in bipolar cells isolated from the goldfish retina. Pharmacological experiments and single channel current recordings demonstrated that I[K(Ca)] represented currents through BK channels, which were confined mostly to the presynaptic terminal. Th...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Sakaba T,Ishikane H,Tachibana M

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excitatory inputs to layer V neurons of the parasubiculum and medial entorhinal cortex were examined in rat brain slices with intracellular and field potential recordings. Single extracellular stimuli to layer V evoked subthreshold excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) or a long duration (>100 ms) depolarization ...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Funahashi M,Matsuo R,Stewart M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opiates have been used extensively in the treatment of pain but with the severe side effect of addiction, which is believed to be related to opiates' direct (primary) or indirect (secondary) neurotoxicity. In this study, the effects of opioids on cell growth and apoptosis have been examined in human neuroblastoma cell...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Yin DL,Ren XH,Zheng ZL,Pu L,Jiang LZ,Ma L,Pei G

更新日期：1997-10-01 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：:Stem cell-based therapy has recently offered a promising alternative for the remedy of neurodegenerative disorders like Huntington's disease (HD). Herein, we investigated the potential ameliorative effects of implantation of dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) in 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NP) rat models of HD. In this regar...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Eskandari N,Boroujeni ME,Abdollahifar MA,Piryaei A,Khodagholi F,Mirbehbahani SH,Siroosi S,Moghaddam MH,Aliaghaei A,Sadeghi Y

更新日期：2020-12-22 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：:The effect of the sodium channel blocking agent tetrodotoxin (TTX) on signal processing in afferent fibres of dorsal roots was tested in Sprague-Dawley rats. TTX applied to the dorsal roots L4-L6 blocked the fast afferent volleys from the sural nerve, which was stimulated electrically with supramaximal strength for A-...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Steffens H,Hoheisel U,Eek B,Mense S

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A glial cell line designated as B2 was generated from primary cultures of oligodendrocytes/astrocytes isolated from an adult BALB/c mouse brain and maintained for over 1 year. Phenotypic characteristics of B2 cells were investigated by immunolabeling with cell type-specific markers for oligodendrocytes (O4 and galacto...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Satoh J,Tabira T,Kim SU

更新日期：1994-08-01 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：:Bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a major component of the cell wall of gram negative bacteria contributing to the pathogenesis of bacterial infection, in particular in those diseases affecting central nervous system and reproductive tissues. The present work is an attempt to study the regulation of steroidogenic ...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Sadasivam M,Ramatchandirin B,Ayyanar A,Prahalathan C

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：:The present study was performed to determine whether the voltage gated Cl- channel (CLC) expression is altered in the hippocampus of seizure sensitive (SS) gerbils, and to identify the strong fast paired-pulse inhibition in the dentate gyrus of SS gerbils is associated with altered CLC expression. In the hippocampal p...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Kim DS,Yoo KY,Hwang IK,Jung JY,Won MH,Choi SY,Kwon OS,Seo JH,Kang TC

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously demonstrated that metabotropic glutamate receptor-subtype 1 knockout [mGluR1 (-/-)] mice showed ataxic gait, deficient long-term depression and impaired synapse elimination and these phenotypes were rescued by introduction of an mGluR1 transgene with Purkinje cell-specific promoter (mGluR1-rescue mice). ...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Nakao H,Nakao K,Kano M,Aiba A

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Education involves learning new information and acquiring cognitive skills. These require various cognitive processes including learning, memory, and language. Since cognitive processes activate associated brain areas, we proposed that the brains of elderly people with longer education periods would show traces of rep...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Kim J,Chey J,Kim SE,Kim H

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effects of the odors from mother's milk, other mother's milk and formula milk on pain responses in newborns undergoing routine heelsticks. Forty-eight healthy infants were assigned to four groups, an own mother's breast milk odor group (Own MM), another mother's breast milk odor group (Other MM), a for...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Nishitani S,Miyamura T,Tagawa M,Sumi M,Takase R,Doi H,Moriuchi H,Shinohara K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging is a natural biological process associated with several neurological disorders along with the biochemical changes in brain. Aim of the present investigation is to study the effect of carnosine (0.5-2.5μg/kg/day, i.t. for 21 consecutive days) on aging-induced changes in brain regional (cerebral cortex, hippocampu...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Banerjee S,Poddar MK

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in voltage-dependent Na+ (INa) and Ca2+ currents (ICa) were investigated in PC12 cells cultured without or with either nerve growth factor (NGF) or 8-Br-cAMP for 10 days. Current recordings were made in the whole-cell mode by using the conventional patch-clamp technique under voltage-clamp conditions. Membrane...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Furukawa K,Onodera H,Kogure K,Akaike N

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eye movements were induced by stimulating the ventral bank of the anterior ectosylvian sulcus (AES) of chloralose-anesthetized cats. Intracortical microstimulation of this cortex evoked centering movements of both eyes. The latency of eye movement was 45 ms (range 40-60 ms) and the intensity of stimulation was 33 micr...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Tamai Y,Miyashita E,Nakai M

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hippocampal neurogenesis is influenced by many factors. In this study, we examined the effect of tactile stimulation (tickling), which induced positive emotion, on neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus (DG) of the hippocampus. Four week-old rats were tickled for 5 min/day on 5 consecutive days and received 5-bromo-2'-deox...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Yamamuro T,Senzaki K,Iwamoto S,Nakagawa Y,Hayashi T,Hori M,Sakamoto S,Murakami K,Shiga T,Urayama O

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the patterns of membrane potential changes in vocal cord tensor motoneurons, i.e. cricothyroid muscle motoneurons (CTMs), during fictive breathing, vocalization, coughing, and swallowing in decerebrate paralyzed cats to determine the nature of central drives to CTMs during these behaviors. CTMs were identif...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Numasawa T,Shiba K,Nakazawa K,Umezaki T

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been postulated that horizontal cells (HCs) send feedback signals onto cones via a proton feedback mechanism, which generates the center-surround receptive field of bipolar cells, and color-opponent signals in many non-mammalian vertebrates. Here we used a strong pH buffer, HEPES, to reduce extracellular proton...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Kamiji NL,Yamamoto K,Hirasawa H,Yamada M,Usui S,Kurokawa M

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) is an extracellular signaling molecule known to mediate programmed cell death (PCD) in the developing retina. In the present study, we investigated the expression profiles and activity levels of TGF-beta ligand and TGF-beta receptors (TbetaR) during the successive physiologic...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Beier M,Franke A,Paunel-Görgülü AN,Scheerer N,Dünker N

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Striatonigral axons co-release GABA and substance P (SP) at their target sites, but little is known about the action of SP at nigral level. Therefore, we studied immunohistochemically the cellular and subcellular localization of SP and its high affinity receptors neurokinin-1 (NK-1R) and neurokinin-3 (NK-3R) at nigral...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Lévesque M,Wallman MJ,Parent R,Sík A,Parent A

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role mesostriatal dopamine system plays in pain processing, we examined the withdrawal response of rat hindpaws to mechanical stimulus at 1, 4, and 12 weeks after unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) lesions of the mesostriatal pathway. In all of the 6-OHDA rats examined, almost no tyrosine hydroxy...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Takeda R,Ikeda T,Tsuda F,Abe H,Hashiguchi H,Ishida Y,Nishimori T

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00