Adrenergic projection from the caudal part of the nucleus of the tractus solitarius to the parabrachial nucleus in the rat: immunocytochemical study combined with a retrograde tracing method.

abstract：:We have studied in adult rats bearing a unilateral nigral lesion the effect of nigral grafts into the striatum on behavioral supersensitivity induced by chronic treatment of L-DOPA (100 mg/kg i.p.) plus benserazide (50 mg/kg i.p.). Repeated administration of L-DOPA increases contraversive circling. In rats without gra...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Gaudin DP,Rioux L,Bédard PJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Converging evidence suggests that compromised motor abilities in hemiparetic cerebral palsy are not solely due to impairments in motor execution, but are also related to deficits in action planning. The present study had two aims. First, we compared grip planning in a sequential task between participants with left-sid...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Crajé C,van der Kamp J,Steenbergen B

更新日期：2009-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the involvement of the hippocampal regions in a operant-type delayed alternation task of short delay or long delay, microinjections of muscimol into the hippocampus were used for temporal inactivation during the behavioral test in each rat. Dorsal hippocampal inactivation impaired the correct ratio of lon...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Maruki K,Izaki Y,Hori K,Nomura M,Yamauchi T

更新日期：2001-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The dopamine transporter from rat caudate-putamen was photolabeled with [125I]DEEP as previously described. Treatment of photolabeled membranes with neuraminidase and N-glycanase reduced the molecular weight of the [125I]DEEP photolabeled dopamine transporter complex, whereas treatment with alpha-mannosidase had no ef...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Lew R,Grigoriadis D,Wilson A,Boja JW,Simantov R,Kuhar MJ

更新日期：1991-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined whether cardiac beta-adrenoceptor (beta-AR) function was altered in conscious rats with lesions surrounding the anteroventral third ventricle (AV3V). The findings were: (1) beta(1,2)-AR-mediated tachycardia was similar in sham and AV3V-lesion rats, (2) beta(3)- and/or atypical beta-AR-mediated tach...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Whalen EJ,Schoorlemmer GH,Beltz TG,Johnson AK,Lewis SJ

更新日期：2001-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis that glutamate is the afferent transmitter in the acoustico-lateralis receptors was examined in Plotosus electroreceptors. JSTX , a spider toxin known to specifically block glutamate receptors, irreversibly abolished afferent impulse discharges induced by iontophoretically applied glutamate, whereas tho...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Nagai T,Obara S,Kawai N

更新日期：1984-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of thyrotropin-releasing-hormone-immunoreactive (TRH-ir) amacrine cells in the retina of amphibians is reported for the first time. The anuran and urodele retinas studied exhibit major differences in the distribution of TRH-ir cells. In the two urodele species investigated, most TRH-ir amacrine cells were...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Anadón R,Luz Díaz M,Becerra M,Jesús Manso M

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha-Bungarotoxin (alpha-BuTX) binds in a saturable and practically irreversible fashion to membrane-associated receptors in the ciliary ganglion of the adult chick. The binding of toxin to receptors is competitively inhibited by nicotinic cholinergic ligands, and for these properties the receptors are regarded as ac...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Fumagalli L,De Renzis G,Miani N

更新日期：1978-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of carbonic anhydrase (CA) activity was determined histochemically using Hansson's cobalt phosphate method in cross-sections of peripheral nerves from rats. As the studied nerves contain either efferent, proprioceptive or exteroceptive myelinated fibres, our survey particularly focused on the question...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Szabolcs MJ,Kopp M,Schaden GE

更新日期：1989-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenous levels of salsolinol and dopamine were measured by a gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS)--selected ion monitoring technique using deuterated internal standards in rats allowed to self-inject either acetaldehyde, ethanol or saline control solution over 20 days for 1 h/day. Significant increases in m...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Myers WD,Ng KT,Singer G,Smythe GA,Duncan MW

更新日期：1985-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in absorbance of voltage-sensitive merocyanine-rhodanine dyes were used to monitor electrical responses in the semilunar ganglion of 4-10-day-old developing chick embryos. The electrical responses were simultaneously recorded from many positions in the ganglion. Stimulation of the afferent nerve fibers (the op...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Sakai T,Hirota A,Komuro H,Fujii S,Kamino K

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examination of the projection from area 2 of the sensory cortex to the motor cortex revealed substantial changes following lesion of the ventrolateral nucleus of the thalamus. These observed changes were as follows. (1) The polarity of the evoked potentials elicited by area 2 stimulation reversed in the depth of the m...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Asanuma H,Kosar E,Tsukahara N,Robinson H

更新日期：1985-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Body temperature changes and heat shock protein (HSP-72) induction in the caudate nucleus were studied in female C57BL/6N mice pretreated with ibogaine (50 mg/kg) and sacrificed 48 h. after a single dose of methamphetamine (20 mg/kg). Methamphetamine injection resulted in hyperthermia and induced HSP-72 expression, wh...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Yu X,Imam SZ,Newport GD,Slikker W Jr,Ali SF

更新日期：1999-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Pretreatment with scopolamine, 3 mg/kg, prevented the acquisition of a passive avoidance task in rats. These amnesic effects of scopolamine could largely be overcome by treatment with 100 mg/kg of the nootropic drug piracetam. In order to identify the brain structures involved, the effects of these drugs on regional e...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Piercey MF,Vogelsang GD,Franklin SR,Tang AH

更新日期：1987-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Ouabain binds to the catalytic subunit of Na+,K+-ATPase and specific [3H]ouabain binding can be used as a measure of the number of active enzyme molecules present in a given tissue. Specific [3H]ouabain binding can be demonstrated in frozen, cryostat sections from rat brain and pineal and these sites have the characte...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Caspers ML,Schwartz RD,Labarca R,Paul SM

更新日期：1987-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Stanniocalcin (STC-1), a 50 kDa glycoprotein hormone that regulates calcium/phosphate homeostasis in bony fish and mammals, has been shown to be expressed in central neurons and choroid plexus, and to exert a protective effect against hypercalcemic and hypoxic damage to neurons. Circumventricular organs are known to f...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Ratkovic S,Wagner GF,Ciriello J

更新日期：2008-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous findings from this laboratory demonstrating changes in dopamine (DA) transporter and D2 receptors in the amygdaloid complex of subjects with major depression indicate that disruption of dopamine neurotransmission to the amygdala may contribute to behavioral symptoms associated with depression. Quantitative re...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Xiang L,Szebeni K,Szebeni A,Klimek V,Stockmeier CA,Karolewicz B,Kalbfleisch J,Ordway GA

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The visual system in the pigeon is composed of the tectofugal, thalamofugal and accessory optic pathways. Though their anatomy and physiology have been extensively studied, the functional interactions between these pathways are largely unknown. The present study shows by using multiple electrophysiological techniques ...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Cao P,Yang Y,Yang Y,Wang SR

更新日期：2006-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:With the increasing worldwide incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD), there is a critical need for the discovery of more effective diagnostic methods. However, development of diagnostic tools in AD has been hindered by obstacles such as the absence of exact biomarkers. Apoptosis caused by amyloid-β (Aβ) plays an import...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Lee JK,Wang K,Park MH,Kim N,Lee JY,Jin HK,Kim IS,Lee BH,Bae JS

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basic fibroblast growth factor (b-FGF) and alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) were tested for their ability to promote axonal elongation on E14 fetal rat spinal cord cell culture, and to support cell survival. A similar development of neurite was observed in alpha-MSH treated cultures or in control cultu...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Peulve P,Laquerriere A,Hemet J,Tadie M

更新日期：1994-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate whether tactile spatial attention is modulated by perceptual load, behavioural and electrophysiological measures were recorded during two spatial cuing tasks in which the difficulty of the target/non-target discrimination was varied (High and Low load tasks). Moreover, to study whether attentional modul...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Gherri E,Berreby F

更新日期：2017-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:An in vitro model was used to study the cytokinetics of astroglial cells derived from neonatal rat cerebellum. Confluent monolayers of astrocytes (85% astroglial as assessed by GFAP immunoreactivity) were subcultured at low cell density and after 2-3 days growth were rendered quiescent by shifting them to low serum me...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Kniss DA,Burry RW

更新日期：1988-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytosolic enzymes AMP deaminase and adenosine deaminase (ADA) catalyze AMP and adenosine deamination, constitute rate-limiting steps of adenine nucleotide catabolism and play important roles in cellular energy metabolism. In this study, AMP deaminase and ADA activities of rat liver, neocortex, cerebellum, striatum and...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Kaminsky Y,Kosenko E

更新日期：2010-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The dentate-interpositus nuclei of the cerebellum are known to be critically involved in the production of the classically conditioned eyeblink response in the rabbit. The rostro-medial portions of the inferior olivary complex (rmIO) project to these nuclei as well as receive projections from the fifth sensory nuclei....

journal_title：Brain research

authors： McCormick DA,Steinmetz JE,Thompson RF

更新日期：1985-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously found that crocin (crocetin di-gentiobiose ester) antagonizes the inhibitory effect of ethanol on long-term potentiation in the rat hippocampus in vivo and in vitro. To explore mechanisms underlying the antagonism of crocin against ethanol, we investigated the effects of ethanol and crocin on synapt...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Abe K,Sugiura M,Shoyama Y,Saito H

更新日期：1998-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The mesocorticolimbic circuitry has been implicated in the pathophysiology of several neuropsychiatric syndromes like chronic pain and addiction. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of dizocilpine (MK-801), a non-competitive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, on sensorimotor behaviors and t...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Al-Amin HA,Saadé NE,Khani M,Atweh S,Jaber M

更新日期：2003-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:An endogenous opioid peptide, [Met5]-enkephalin, termed opioid growth factor (OGF) is a tonically active, autocrine-produced inhibitory molecule related to developing, neoplastic, renewing and healing tissues. The present investigation was designed to examine the role of OGF on corneal epithelial wound closure in the ...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Zagon IS,Sassani JW,McLaughlin PJ

更新日期：1998-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The time course of the variations in tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) activity was measured in the rat locus coeruleus (LC) after lesions of the nucleus raphe dorsalis (NRD), nucleus raphe centralis superior (NRCS) and nucleus raphe pontis (NRP). A certain number of lesions were performed in the raphe magnus (RM), the caudal...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： McRae-Degueurce A,Berod A,Mermet A,Keller A,Chouvet G,Joh TH,Pujol JF

更新日期：1982-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We carried out ligand binding experiments on membranes from rat brain cortical grey matter using radioiodinated beta/A4 8-17, with non-specific binding determined by the addition of 10 microM unlabelled peptide. Specific, reversible binding amounted to 60-75% of total binding and showed a clear dependence on time, tem...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Allsop D,Yamamoto T,Kametani F,Miyazaki N,Ishii T

更新日期：1991-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat hippocampus contains an acidic macromolecular neurotrophic factor (NTF) which supports the survival of cultured chick ciliary ganglion cells. Hippocampal NTF increases approximately 2-fold from birth to adulthood with no further change with aging. Disruption of extrinsic inputs to the hippocampus from the ento...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Heacock AM,Schonfeld AR,Katzman R

更新日期：1986-01-22 00:00:00