Locomotor activation induced in rodent by substance P and analogues. Blockade of the effect of substance P by met-enkephalin antiserum.

abstract：:The consumption of saline and water in a two-bottle test of salt-preference was measured after the administration of sulpiride, a dopamine receptor antagonist and of naloxone, an antagonist at opiate receptors. The two drugs were injected alone, or in combination. Three concentrations of saline (0.125, 0.6 and 1.7% Na...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Gilbert DB,Cooper SJ

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in children. Experimental and clinical studies demonstrate that the developmental age, the type of injury (diffuse vs. focal) and sex may play important roles in the response of the developing brain to a traumatic injur...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Huh JW,Raghupathi R

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binge alcohol (ethanol) drinking is associated with profound adverse effects on our health and society. Rimonabant (SR141716A), a CB1 receptor inverse agonist, was previously shown to be effective for nicotine cessation and obesity. However, studies using rimonabant were discontinued as it was associated with an incre...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Balla A,Dong B,Shilpa BM,Vemuri K,Makriyannis A,Pandey SC,Sershen H,Suckow RF,Vinod KY

更新日期：2018-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) on nicotinic acetylcholine (ACh) receptor channels were studied in cultured myocytes of 1-day-old Xenopus embryos. The amplitude and decay time of iontophoretic ACh-induced currents were reduced by MPTP in a concentration-dependent manner. The inhibito...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Hsu KS,Fu WM,Lin-Shiau SY

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The posterior hypothalamic receptors involved in the cardiovascular responses to electrical stimulation of the rostral ventrolateral medulla were investigated in urethane-anaesthetized rats. Electrical stimulation of the rostral ventrolateral medulla produced a significant increase in systolic blood pressure. This res...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Bachelard H,Rivest R,Marsden CA

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cognitive impairments and negative symptoms experienced by schizophrenia patients still await effective treatment. Alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (α7 nAChRs) have gain considerable attention in this regard. It has been recently proposed that positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) of α7 nAChRs may represen...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Potasiewicz A,Hołuj M,Kos T,Popik P,Arias HR,Nikiforuk A

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The psychostimulant drug amphetamine increases extracellular monamines in the brain acting on neurotransmitter transporters, especially the dopamine transporter. Mediated by this plasmalemmal pump, amphetamine does not only induce release but also charge transfer which might be involved in the release mechanism. To st...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Pifl C,Rebernik P,Kattinger A,Reither H

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasympathetic preganglionic cardiac vagal neurons (CVNs) which dominate the control of heart rate are located within the nucleus ambiguus (NA). Serotonin (5HT), and in particular 5HT2 receptors, play an important role in cardiovascular function in the brainstem. However, there is a lack of information on the mechani...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Dergacheva O,Wang X,Kamendi H,Cheng Q,Pinol RM,Jameson H,Gorini C,Mendelowitz D

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine A(2A) agonists are known to induce catalepsy and inhibit dopamine mediated motor hyperactivity. An antagonistic interaction between adenosine A(2A) and dopamine D(2) receptors is known to regulate GABA-mediated neurotransmission in striatopallidal neurons. Stimulation of adenosine A(2A) and dopamine D(2) rec...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Khisti RT,Chopde CT,Abraham E

更新日期：2000-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Vesicular glutamate transporter 2 (VGLUT2)-which uptakes glutamate into presynaptic vesicles-is a fundamental component of the glutamate neurotransmitter system. Although several lines of evidence from genetically modified mice suggest a possible association of VGLUT2 with neuropathic pain, the specific role of VGLUT2...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Zhang ZL,Yu G,Peng J,Wang HB,Li YL,Liang XN,Su RB,Gong ZH

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurons in thalamic midline and paraventricular nuclei (PVT) display a unique slow afterhyperpolarizing potential (sAHP) following the low threshold spike (LTS) generated by activation of their low voltage Ca(2+) channels. We evaluated the conductances underlying this sAHP using whole-cell patch-clamp recordings in ra...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Kolaj M,Zhang L,Renaud LP

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term L-DOPA treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD) is limited by motor complications, particularly L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia (LID). A therapy with the ability to ameliorate LID without reducing anti-parkinsonian benefit would be of great value. We assessed the ability of TC-8831, an agonist at nicotinic acetylcho...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Johnston TH,Huot P,Fox SH,Koprich JB,Szeliga KT,James JW,Graef JD,Letchworth SR,Jordan KG,Hill MP,Brotchie JM

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microdialysis studies in animals have shown that addictive drugs preferentially increase extracellular dopamine (DA) in the n. accumbens (NAc). Brain imaging studies, while extending these finding to humans, have shown a correlation between psychostimulant-induced increase of extracellular DA in the striatum and self-...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Di Chiara G,Bassareo V,Fenu S,De Luca MA,Spina L,Cadoni C,Acquas E,Carboni E,Valentini V,Lecca D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The group II metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) antagonists LY341495 and LY366457 were profiled for their effects on locomotor activity in mice. Both compounds significantly increased locomotor activity. Observational studies showed that rearing was also selectively increased. LY366457-induced hyperactivity was s...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： O'Neill MF,Heron-Maxwell C,Conway MW,Monn JA,Ornstein P

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the neuroprotective effect of lubeluzole, a NOS (nitric oxide synthase) pathway modulator, on the development of ischemic damage within the first six hours after a photochemically induced neocortical infarct in rats using diffusion-weighted MRI and Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) maps. A unilateral pho...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： De Ryck M,Verhoye M,Van der Linden AM

更新日期：2000-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Addiction is associated with changes in synaptic plasticity mediated, in part, by alterations in the trafficking and stabilization of AMPA receptors at synapses within the nucleus accumbens. Exposure to cocaine can lead to protein kinase C-mediated phosphorylation of GluA2 AMPA subunits and this phosphorylation event ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Briand LA,Deutschmann AU,Ellis AS,Fosnocht AQ

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies have demonstrated that negative allosteric modulators (NAM) of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGlu5) reduce cocaine and methamphetamine seeking in extinction-reinstatement animal models of addiction. Less is known about effects of mGlu5 NAMs in abstinence models, particularly for methamphetamine. We u...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Murray CH,Christian DT,Milovanovic M,Loweth JA,Hwang EK,Caccamise AJ,Funke JR,Wolf ME

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of specific dopamine (DA) receptor agonists and antagonists to modify the release and metabolism of DA in the ventrolateral striatum of awake rats was assessed using in vivo microdialysis. The specific DA D2 receptor antagonist, raclopride (0.1, 0.5 and 2.0 mg/kg, i.p.), dose-dependently increased release ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： See RE,Sorg BA,Chapman MA,Kalivas PW

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiology, immunostaining and time lapse imaging techniques were employed to study the mechanism of long-term depression (LTD) induced by DHPG, a specific group I metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) agonist. Experiments were performed in primary hippocampal culture or in the CA1 area of acute rat hippocamp...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Xiao MY,Zhou Q,Nicoll RA

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetraethylammonium (TEA) (2.6 x 10(-3) M) potentiated the twitches of the indirectly- or directly-stimulated phrenic nerve diaphragm of the rat at 37 degrees C by prolonging the action potential of the sarcolemma, due to an inhibition of the repolarizing K+ current. With indirect stimulation, TEA caused a use-dependen...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Røed A

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous investigations have shown that mGlu receptors would be involved in the amphetamine-induced motor response. However, data are somewhat controversial across studies where methodological protocols vary. The aim of the present study was to determine the involvement of mGlu receptors in the NAcc in the locomotor-a...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： David HN,Abraini JH

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The guinea-pig substantia nigra receives a 5-hydroxytryptaminergic (5-HT ergic) projection from the dorsal raphé nucleus. In this study we have attempted to identify the 5-HT receptor subtype mediating release of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) from nigral neurones, measured by assay of perfusate obtained via chronically ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Dickie BG,Greenfield SA

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphodiesterases (PDE) are the only enzymes that degrade cAMP and cGMP which are second messengers crucial to memory consolidation. Different PDE inhibitors have been developed and tested for their memory-enhancing potential, but the occurrence of side effects has hampered clinical progression. As separate inhibitio...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Paes D,Xie K,Wheeler DG,Zook D,Prickaerts J,Peters M

更新日期：2021-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In a cell line (C2D7) stably expressing the human N-type calcium channel encoded by the subunits alpha1B-a, beta1b, alpha2bdelta, we have analysed the Ca2+ currents produced by a range of action potential-like voltage protocols (APVPs). Such protocols consistently produced robust inward currents that could be eliminat...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： McNaughton NC,Bleakman D,Randall AD

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of acute exposure to alcohols on ion current mediated by recombinant 5-HT3RA receptors transiently expressed in human embryonic kidney 293 cells was investigated. Cells transfected with 5-HT3RA cDNA expressed receptors with pharmacological and functional properties similar to those of native 5-HT3 receptors...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Lovinger DM,Zhou Q

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we investigated the effects of N(G)-nitro-L-arginine (L-NAME), an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase, on repeated cerebral ischemia-induced impairment of spatial memory of the 8-arm radial maze in rats. Repeated ischemia (10 min ischemia x 2 times with 1 h interval) impaired the spatial memory in...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Mishima K,Pu F,Kaneko T,Egashira N,Iwasaki K,Fujiwara M

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of the subunit composition of human GABA(A) receptors upon the GABA-modulatory properties of 5alpha-pregnan-3alpha-ol-20-one (5alpha,3alpha) has been examined using the Xenopus laevis oocyte expression system and the two electrode voltage-clamp technique. Steroid potency (EC(50)) is modestly influenced b...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Belelli D,Casula A,Ling A,Lambert JJ

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically, it is suggested that chronic pain might induce mood disorders like depression and anxiety. Based on this antidepressant drugs have emerged as a new therapy for pain. In this study, the effect of acute and subchronic treatments with 3-(4-fluorophenylselenyl)-2,5-diphenylselenophene (F-DPS) on behavioral cha...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Gai BM,Bortolatto CF,Brüning CA,Zborowski VA,Stein AL,Zeni G,Nogueira CW

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using juvenile rat brain slices, we examined the possibility that strychnine-sensitive receptors for glycine-like amino acids contributed to synaptic inhibition in ventrobasal thalamus, where gamma-aminobutyrate (GABA) is the prevalent inhibitory transmitter. Ventrobasal nuclei showed staining for antibodies against a...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Ghavanini AA,Mathers DA,Puil E

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically, amantadine and memantine are drugs whose therapeutic utility is linked to their ability to block N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) in a voltage-dependent manner. Nevertheless many studies that have characterized the pharmacological actions of amantadine and memantine have done so in the absence of ph...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Otton HJ,Lawson McLean A,Pannozzo MA,Davies CH,Wyllie DJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00