Transcriptional regulation of the neuropeptide VGF by the neuron-restrictive silencer factor/neuron-restrictive silencer element.

abstract：:Canine degenerative myelopathy (DM) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder prevalent in the canine population. It may represent a unique, naturally occurring disease model for human amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) because of similar clinical signs and association with superoxide dismutase 1 gene (SOD1) mutations. M...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Chang RC,Parakh S,Coates JR,Long S,Atkin JD

更新日期：2019-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyramidal cells were injected intracellularly in fixed, flat-mounted cortical slices taken from the first and fourth visual areas (V1 and V4, respectively) and cytoarchitectonic areas TEO and TE of two age and gender-matched vervet monkeys and the size, branching complexity and spine density of their basal dendritic t...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Elston GN,Benavides-Piccione R,Elston A,Manger P,DeFelipe J

更新日期：2005-06-21 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：:Duchenne muscular dystrophy is due to mutations in the dystrophin gene which is predominantly expressed in muscle and brain. Since the disease is associated with cognitive impairment, we sought to localize dystrophin mRNA in brain using in situ hybridization with oligonucleotide probes. We find the gene strongly expre...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Gorecki D,Geng Y,Thomas K,Hunt SP,Barnard EA,Barnard PJ

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DJ-1, originally identified as an oncogene product, is involved in multiple processes, including cellular transformation, the oxidative stress response, and transcriptional regulation. We had previously found that DJ-1 was closely associated with the proliferation and differentiation of cultured neuronal stem cells. I...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Sun Y,Wang Y,Zhao X,Pu X

更新日期：2018-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been repeatedly demonstrated that schizophrenic patients are impaired in the comprehension of sentences with complex syntax. We investigated the hypothesis that this syntactic comprehension impairment in schizophrenia is not a purely linguistic dysfunction, but rather the reflection of a cognitive sequence proc...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Lelekov T,Franck N,Dominey PF,Georgieff N

更新日期：2000-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aimed to compare the whole-brain gray matter volume (GMV) and white matter volume (WMV) difference between primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) patients and health controls (HCs) using a voxel-based morphometry method. A total of 27 patients with PACG (17 males and 10 females) and 27 HCs (17 males and 10 fe...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Jiang F,Zeng FF,Yu C,Ye YQ,Zeng XJ

更新日期：2018-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the effect of the N-terminal Slit2 protein on neuronal survival and development, recombinant human N-terminal Slit2 (N-Slit2) was assayed against isolated embryonic chick dorsal root ganglion sensory, ciliary ganglion and paravertebral sympathetic neurons. N-Slit2 promoted significant levels of neuronal...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Piper M,Nurcombe V,Reid K,Bartlett P,Little M

更新日期：2002-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Adeno-associated virus type2 (AAV-2) binds to heparan-sulfate proteoglycans on the cell surface. In vivo, attachment of viral particles to cells adjacent to the injection tract limits the distribution of AAV-2 when infused into the CNS parenchyma and heparin co-infusion might decrease the binding of AAV-2 particles to...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Nguyen JB,Sanchez-Pernaute R,Cunningham J,Bankiewicz KS

更新日期：2001-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:When two cylinders are passively moved in-phase on the volar surface of the right second and third fingers, human subjects estimate the stimuli to originate from one object, whereas two separate objects are estimated for out-of-phase stimuli. While five blindfolded subjects performed this estimation task, brain activi...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kitada R,Kochiyama T,Hashimoto T,Naito E,Matsumura M

更新日期：2003-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to explore the temporal dynamics of the consistency effect in reading Chinese phonograms. High-consistency and low-consistency characters were used in the homophone judgment task, and the event-related potentials were recorded. The data showed that low-consistency characters elicited greater N170 ampl...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Lee CY,Tsai JL,Chan WH,Hsu CH,Hung DL,Tzeng OJ

更新日期：2007-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:While dopamine mechanisms play a crucial role in cocaine-taking behavior, the contribution of endogenous opioid systems is less clear. We assessed the effects of opioid receptor blockade by naloxone (1 mg/kg, s.c.) on the daily performance and subsequent initiation of cocaine self-administration in trained rats. Nalox...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kiyatkin EA,Brown PL

更新日期：2003-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of the beta-hydroxy-beta-methylglutaryl-CoA (HmG-CoA) reductase inhibitor lovastatin to human HEK cells transfected with the amyloid precursor protein (APP) reduces intracellular cholesterol/protein ratios by 50%, and markedly inhibits beta-secretase cleavage of newly-synthesized APP. Exogenous water-solubili...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Frears ER,Stephens DJ,Walters CE,Davies H,Austen BM

更新日期：1999-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have discussed the role of the cerebellum in not only motor but also cognitive functions, and in particular, fronto-executive operations. Similar to a previous study on hemineglect patients, we recorded eye movements during a visual search task to investigate patients with isolated infarction of the cer...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Machner B,Sprenger A,Kömpf D,Heide W

更新日期：2005-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Following brain injury astrocytes swell acutely and proliferate thereafter. To investigate the direct relationship between swelling and proliferation, cultured astroglial cells were exposed to 60 mM K+ ion or hypo-osmolar (205 mOsm) electrolyte solution for 1 h to cause transient swelling. Proliferation was assessed b...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Del Bigio MR,Omara F,Fedoroff S

更新日期：1994-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the effectiveness of cyclosporin-A (CsA) with methylprednisolone (MP) or a combination of both upon inhibition of lipid peroxidation (LP) after spinal cord (SC) injury, rats were treated with either CsA, MP, CSA+MP or vehicle starting 1 h after SC contusion at T9 level. LP was assessed 24h after injury by t...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Diaz-Ruiz A,Rios C,Duarte I,Correa D,Guizar-Sahagun G,Grijalva I,Madrazo I,Ibarra A

更新日期：2000-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous publication we showed that non-linear analysis can extract spatio-temporal changes of brain electrical activity prior to epileptic seizures. Here we describe a new method to analyze this long-term non-stationarity in the EEG by a measure of dynamical similarity between different parts of the time series....

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Le Van Quyen M,Martinerie J,Baulac M,Varela F

更新日期：1999-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelinated nerve fibers exhibit a complex anatomy in the nodal region which includes a marked nodal-paranodal constriction and an intricate paranodal structure where the myelin sheath is separated from the axon by a narrow periaxonal space. In this study, a recently developed computational model of the mammalian myeli...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Halter JA,Clark JW Jr

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The balance between heat production (metabolism) and heat removal (blood flow) helps in keeping the temperature of the brain constant. In patients with moyamoya disease, this balance may be disturbed. The purpose of this study was to assess the thermal pathophysiology of the brain in patients with moyamoya disease. Th...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Yamada K,Sakai K,Akazawa K,Yuen S,Sugimoto N,Sasajima H,Mineura K,Nishimura T

更新日期：2010-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the roles of the auditory cortex in discrimination learning of vowel-like sounds consisting of multiple formants. Rats were trained to discriminate between synthetic sounds with four formants. Bilateral electrolytic lesions including the primary auditory cortex and the dorsal auditory association corte...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kudoh M,Nakayama Y,Hishida R,Shibuki K

更新日期：2006-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We have evaluated the G1H line of transgenic mice overexpressing a familial ALS mutation of SOD1 (Gly-93-->Ala) in tasks assessing different aspects of motor function to determine how early these deficits could be detected and their order of appearance. The earliest deficits were observed in tests of muscle strength a...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Barnéoud P,Lolivier J,Sanger DJ,Scatton B,Moser P

更新日期：1997-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Myristoylated alanine-rich C kinase substrate (MARCKS), an acidic protein associated with cell motility and phagocytosis, is activated upon phosphorylation by protein kinase C (PKC) and proline-directed protein kinases. In Alzheimer disease (AD), activated microglia expressing MARCKS migrates around senile plaques. We...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Hasegawa H,Nakai M,Tanimukai S,Taniguchi T,Terashima A,Kawamata T,Fukunaga K,Miyamoto E,Misaki K,Mukai H,Tanaka C

更新日期：2001-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The alpha 2-macroglobulin receptor/low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (alpha 2-M-R/LRP) is a multifunctional receptor which has been implicated in lipoprotein metabolism, clearance of proteinase-proteinase inhibitor complexes and regulation of growth factor/cytokine metabolism. This receptor is abundantl...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Birkenmeier G,Grosche J,Reichenbach A

更新日期：1996-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuroprotective effects of netrin-1 after spinal cord injury and its specific molecular mechanisms have not been elucidated. In our study, Western blot, transferase UTP nick end labeling staining and immunofluorescence staining first showed that netrin-1 significantly decreased the expression levels of caspase-3, ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Gao K,Niu J,Dang X

更新日期：2020-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Distracted driving remains a leading factor in fatal motor vehicle crashes, particularly in young drivers. Due to ongoing neuromaturation, attention capabilities are changing and improving throughout young adulthood. Here, we sought to bridge neuroscience with driving simulation by evaluating the effects of driving on...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Banz BC,Wu J,Camenga DR,Mayes LC,Crowley MJ,Vaca FE

更新日期：2020-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex differences in event-related potentials were examined in 23 women and 24 men during a mental rotation task. We found an early (130-400 ms) and a late (400-700 ms) ERP mental rotation effect. The late rotation effect, which is thought to indicate the onset of the cognitive process of mental rotation, emerged about ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Gootjes L,Bruggeling EC,Magnée T,Van Strien JW

更新日期：2008-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuregulins (NRG), the only trophic factors known to support Schwann cell survival, have a potential for use in treatment of patients with chronic neuropathies. Expression of one NRG isoform, NRG-beta1, was increased in axons in the early phase of axonal degeneration in nerve biopsy specimens from patients with neurop...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Oka N,Kawasaki T,Matsui M,Tachibana H,Sugita M,Akiguchi I

更新日期：2000-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of long-term potentiation and learning of a classical conditioning task increase [3H]-AMPA binding in hippocampus. Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) has been proposed to underly these changes, as PLA2 treatment of membrane preparations increases the affinity of AMPA receptors for agonists. We demonstrate here tha...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Tocco G,Massicotte G,Standley S,Thompson RF,Baudry M

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we have used the transgenic mouse model Tg2576 to analyze the involvement of anomalous loss of regulation of cdk5 and the stress kinases JNK and p38 in brain neuronal death as related to neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. Previous studies on hippocampal cells led us to the discovery...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Otth C,Mendoza-Naranjo A,Mujica L,Zambrano A,Concha II,Maccioni RB

更新日期：2003-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the effects of voluntary contraction (VC) on the modulation of reciprocal inhibition induced by patterned electrical stimulation (PES) in healthy individuals. Twelve healthy volunteers participated in this study. PES was applied to the common peroneal nerve with a train of 10 pulse...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Takahashi Y,Fujiwara T,Yamaguchi T,Kawakami M,Mizuno K,Liu M

更新日期：2017-05-24 00:00:00