(-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate ameliorates memory impairment and rescues the abnormal synaptic protein levels in the frontal cortex and hippocampus in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

abstract：:Human short-latency cortical responses to median nerve stimulation were investigated with a new high resolution electroencephalography technology that markedly enhanced spatial details of somatosensory-evoked potentials (SEPs). Maximum amplitude potentials were estimated over contralateral and/or frontal-mesial scalp ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Urbano A,Babiloni F,Babiloni C,Ambrosini A,Onorati P,Rossini PM

更新日期：1997-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Caspase-2 has features of both initiator and effector caspases. Previously, we have shown that brain hypoxia-induced production of caspases 1, 3, 8, and 9 is Src kinase mediated, a nonreceptor intracellular family of kinases. The present study tests the hypothesis that hypoxia results in increased expression of caspas...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Angelis D,Delivoria-Papadopoulos M

更新日期：2017-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The taste reactivity test was used to evaluate the ability of motion sickness to produce conditioned rejection reactions, a putative measure of nausea in rats. Following three conditioning trials, rats displayed conditioned rejection reactions during an intraoral infusion of a rotation-paired saccharin solution. This ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Cordick N,Parker LA,Ossenkopp KP

更新日期：1999-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of the non-NMDA antagonist NBQX and of the NMDA antagonist dizocilpine (MK-801), administered separately or together, on the respiratory function of conscious cats. NBQX (20 mg kg-1) did not affect minute ventilation nor the timing of inspiratory and expiratory phases, but the addition of a smal...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Foutz AS,Pierrefiche O,Denavit-Saubié M

更新日期：1994-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Antisera were produced against synthetic peptides predicted from the recent cloning of a delta opioid receptor, DOR-1. Confocal microscopic examination of immunostained spinal cord sections revealed that DOR-1 immunoreactive (-ir) nerve fibers and terminals form a moderately dense plexus within the superficial dorsal ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Dado RJ,Law PY,Loh HH,Elde R

更新日期：1993-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of long-term mental abacus calculation training (MACT) on children's spatial attention orientation. Fifteen children with intensive MACT (MACT group) and 15 children without MACT (non-MACT group) were selected. The two groups of children were matched in age, s...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Liu X,Sun Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The seven-transmembrane receptor Smoothened is essential for hedgehog signal transduction. In adulthood, the highest density of Smoothened mRNA is found in the granule cell layer of the dentate gyrus. There, Smoothened expression is regulated by the synaptic activity involving the glutamatergic transmission. The preci...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Masdeu C,Bernard V,Faure H,Traiffort E,Ruat M

更新日期：2007-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals, cytosine methylation is important for the regulation of gene expression and chromatin structure. Recently, we have found evidence indicating that the maintained DNA methyltransferase activity is critical for neuronal cell differentiation. In the present study, we have investigated the effect of the DNA met...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Persengiev SP,Kilpatrick DL

更新日期：1997-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes gamma-imaging of the secondary tumors from the transplanted human fetal striatum neural stem cells-derived primary tumor cells in nude mice. The subcutaneous primary tumors were detected to express integrin alphavbeta3, and the corresponding cells were isolated and enriched in vitro, then transpla...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： He Q,Liu Z,Jia B,Li X,Shi J,Zhang J,Lan F,Yang Z,Liu Y,Shen L,Wang F

更新日期：2008-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we have generated transgenic mice (designated as SJLB) carrying human N279K mutant tau, one of the tau mutations causing parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17). SJLB mice mimic some features of behavioral alterations and neuronal pathology of patients with Alzheimer's disease. To investigate how tau ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Takano M,Otani M,Sakai A,Kadoyama K,Matsuyama S,Matsumoto A,Takenokuchi M,Sumida M,Taniguchi T

更新日期：2009-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory information from the genitourinary tract is transmitted to perineal muscle reflex circuits in the spinal cord and to the medullary reticular formation (MRF). This is the first report of a functional descending connection between neurons in the MRF and sensory inputs of the pudendal motoneuron reflex circuitry....

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Johnson RD,Hubscher CH

更新日期：1998-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Voltage-gated ionic current and the response to quinine were studied on the four types of morphologically identified taste cells of the bullfrog fungiform papilla by whole-cell patch clamp recording with a Lucifer yellow-filled pipette. Dye-coupled type Ia cells (mucous cells) did not show voltage-activated currents. ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Takeuchi H,Tsunenari T,Kurahashi T,Kaneko A

更新日期：2001-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacological activation of group III metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR) or inhibition of group I mGluR by subtype-selective ligands is neuroprotective in experimental models of Parkinson's disease. The aim of this study was to investigate whether targeting both receptor subtypes simultaneously produces enhanc...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Vernon AC,Croucher MJ,Dexter DT

更新日期：2008-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Subcortical visual inputs to motion-selective cortex in primates survive after damage to the primary visual cortex (area 17/V1). Activation of human motion cortex was examined using scalp electrodes in a V1-damaged hemianope. Blind field motion-onset visual evoked potentials (VEPs) shared many of the characteristics a...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Benson PJ,Guo K,Hardiman MJ

更新日期：1999-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:It remains an open question whether the amplitude of N400 reflects combinatory postlexical semantic integration processing. To examine the issue, we repeatedly presented strictly simplified, N400-eliciting three-word structures for seven times, mixed with their plausible counterparts, followed immediately by a much mo...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Huang Y,Jiang M,Guo Q,Yang FG

更新日期：2018-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to observe the effect of glutamine (Gln) on brain damage in septic rats and explore its possible mechanism. METHODS:Ninety-three Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into five groups: sham operation group, sepsis group, Gln-treated group, quercetin/Gln-treated group, and alloxan/Gln-tre...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Wang J,Lu X,Zheng K,Jing L

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:GLAST is a glial glutamate transporter; mRNA for a splice variant, GLAST1a, which lacks exon 3, has previously been identified. To detect GLAST1a protein, we generated antibodies against a peptide sequence encompassing the splice site. We demonstrate by Western blotting and immunocytochemistry the expression of GLAST1...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Macnab LT,Williams SM,Pow DV

更新日期：2006-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In marked contrast to several other species, including rats and humans, leptin gene expression is undetectable in mouse brain. This unexpected finding may reflect unique energy regulation pathways in the mouse. We investigated possible mechanisms by which leptin (ob) gene expression is suppressed in mouse brain: (a) t...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Brown RE,Wilkinson DA,Wilkinson PM,Imran SA,Wilkinson M

更新日期：2012-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In the absence of vision of the limb, movements toward a visual target exhibit substantial errors which are considered to originate mainly in the visuomotor transformation process. To determine the time-dependent property of human visuomotor transformation, we investigated the error sequences in movements toward visua...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Miyazaki M,Nakajima Y,Kadota H,Chitose K,Ohtsuki T,Kudo K

更新日期：2004-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Frontolimbic structures involved in fear conditioning have also been associated with hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-axis modulation, including amygdaloid, hippocampal, and ventromedial prefrontal cortex regions. Although HPA-axis function and endocrine changes have been investigated in the context of stress prov...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Root JC,Tuescher O,Cunningham-Bussel A,Pan H,Epstein J,Altemus M,Cloitre M,Goldstein M,Silverman M,Furman D,Ledoux J,McEwen B,Stern E,Silbersweig D

更新日期：2009-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the mRNA levels of neuronal, inducible, endothelial nitric oxide synthases (nNOS, iNOS, eNOS) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in a rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) after tourniquet application to a hind limb to identify molecules that trigger secondary events after peripheral nerve injury. Si...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Abe S,Mizusawa I,Kanno K,Yabashi A,Suto M,Kuraya M,Honda T,Hiraiwa K

更新日期：2003-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous investigation has suggested that the hyperpolarization-activated cation current Ih does not contribute to the spontaneous firing of midbrain dopaminergic neurons. This conclusion was reached using Cs(-1). We have re-examined this question with extracellular recordings in slices using the more specific block...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Seutin V,Massotte L,Renette MF,Dresse A

更新日期：2001-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the changes in insular cortex metabolites and the correlation with clinical manifestations in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA). Lateral insular metabolite levels were measured and relevant ratios were calculated in OSA patients and healthy individuals, inclu...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kang J,Tian Z,Li M

更新日期：2018-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We produced NB3C4, a novel monoclonal antibody specific for oligodendrocytes, using human neuroblastoma IMR-32 cells. NB3C4 specifically recognized oligodendrocytes in the CNS, although it bound to neuroblastoma IMR-32 cells and oligodendrocytes in vitro. Double immunofluorescence staining of rat brain using NB3C4 and...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Yoshimura K,Kametani F,Shimoda Y,Fujimaki K,Sakurai Y,Kitamura K,Asou H,Nomura M

更新日期：2001-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to mechanisms mediating synaptic plasticity, the pharmacological basis of perceptual learning remains to be clarified. Here we report that a specific form of perceptual learning is influenced by GABAergic mechanisms. We induced perceptual learning by Hebbian co-activation of the skin of the tip of the righ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Dinse HR,Ragert P,Pleger B,Schwenkreis P,Tegenthoff M

更新日期：2003-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We localized the gene expression of angiotensin II receptor subtypes (AT1A, AT1B, and AT2) in 2-week-old rat brain by in situ hybridization using subtype specific riboprobes. AT1A receptor mRNA but not AT1B or AT2 receptor mRNA was expressed in the subfornical organ and paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus. AT1...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Johren O,Inagami T,Saavedra JM

更新日期：1995-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid beta-peptide (Abeta) accumulation in aged Sprague-Dawley rats (12 months) with kaolin-induced hydrocephalus was investigated by Abeta(1-40) and Abeta(1-42) immunohistochemistry at 2, 6 and 10 weeks after induction. The low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein-1 transporting Abeta across the blood-brain...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Klinge PM,Samii A,Niescken S,Brinker T,Silverberg GD

更新日期：2006-04-24 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：:Abnormal sleep architecture and white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) may be involved in cognitive impairment. There is little evidence on the connections between WMHs and chronic insomnia disorder (CID). Therefore, we evaluated the severity of WMHs and polysomnography parameters as well as cognitive tests to explore t...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Lu S,Song L,Wang D,Zhang X,Lv X,Yin H,Gao Y,Liu X,Tang J

更新日期：2019-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Event-related potential (ERP) studies have shown that responses to illusory (IC), as compared to no contours (NC), may differ within 200 ms following stimulus presentation. However, whether these responses reflect the modulation of similar, or the activation of distinct brain regions has never been assessed. Using ERP...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Pegna AJ,Khateb A,Murray MM,Landis T,Michel CM

更新日期：2002-05-24 00:00:00