The noncompetitive N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, MK-801 profoundly reduces volatile anesthetic requirements in rabbits.

abstract：:As postsynaptic metabotropic subtype 1 (mGlu1) receptors are present in the thalamus, we have investigated the effect of potentiating and antagonising mGlu1 receptors on responses of thalamic neurones to noxious sensory stimulation. Extracellular recordings were made in vivo with multi-barrel iontophoretic electrodes ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Salt TE,Jones HE,Copeland CS,Sillito AM

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The central amygdala (CeA) is a critical regulator of emotional behavior that has been implicated in psychiatric illnesses, including anxiety disorders and addiction. The CeA corticotropin releasing factor receptor 1 (CRF1) system has been implicated in alcohol use disorder (AUD) and mood disorders, and has been shown...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Agoglia AE,Tella J,Herman MA

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we have found that activation of mGlu receptors using a group I-specific mGlu receptor agonist, (RS)-3,5-DHPG, can induce long-term depression (LTD) in the CA1 region of the hippocampus and that, once established, this synaptic depression can be reversed by application of the mGlu receptor antagonist, (S)-...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Schnabel R,Kilpatrick IC,Collingridge GL

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the chronic administration of antidepressants on threshold electroconvulsive (ECS) seizures were evaluated in rats. Initially, tonic-clonic seizures were induced in 90% of the animals. Of those animals responding with tonic-clonic seizures, 42% had hindlimb extension (extensors); the remainder showed on...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Peterson SL,Trzeciakowski JP,St Mary JS

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ginsenoside Rg1 (Rg1) acts as a neuroprotective agent against various insults, however, the underlying mechanism has not been fully elucidated yet. Here, we report that Rg1 protects primary rat cerebrocortical neurons against β-amyloid peptide₂₅₋₃₅ (Aβ₂₅₋₃₅) injury via estrogen receptor α (ERα) and glucocorticoid rece...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Wu J,Pan Z,Wang Z,Zhu W,Shen Y,Cui R,Lin J,Yu H,Wang Q,Qian J,Yu Y,Zhu D,Lou Y

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A history of intermittent exposures to drugs of abuse can cause long-term changes in acute behavioural responses to a subsequent drug exposure. In drug-naive rats, morphine can elicit intermittent cataleptic postures followed by sustained increases in locomotor activity. Chronic intermittent morphine treatment can red...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Hamlin AS,McNally GP,Westbrook RF,Osborne PB

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug users often combine benzodiazepines with psychostimulants, such as methamphetamine. However, very little research has been conducted on this type of polydrug use, particularly in female subjects. The present study was therefore designed to examine the effects of two benzodiazepines, alprazolam and oxazepam, on th...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Spence AL,Guerin GF,Goeders NE

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vulnerability to the addictive effects of drugs of abuse varies among individuals, but the biological basis of these differences are poorly known. This work tries to increase this knowledge by comparing the brain proteome of animals with different rate of extinction of cocaine-seeking behaviour. To achieve this goal, ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： del Castillo C,Morales L,Alguacil LF,Salas E,Garrido E,Alonso E,Pérez-García C

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ventral part of the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) plays an important role in mood and cognition. This study examined the effect of the 5-HT in this region by measuring the electrophysiological response of ventral mPFC neurones to electrical stimulation of the dorsal and median raphe nuclei (DRN and MRN), which a...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Hajós M,Gartside SE,Varga V,Sharp T

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a crucial signaling molecule involved in several physiological and pathological processes. Nonetheless, the role of this gasotransmitter in the pathogenesis and treatment of neuropathic pain is controversial. The aim of the present study was to investigate the pain relieving profile of a seri...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Di Cesare Mannelli L,Lucarini E,Micheli L,Mosca I,Ambrosino P,Soldovieri MV,Martelli A,Testai L,Taglialatela M,Calderone V,Ghelardini C

更新日期：2017-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in rapid eye movement sleep (REM) have been suggested as valid translational efficacy markers: activation of the metabotropic glutamate receptor 2 (mGluR2) was shown to increase REM latency and to decrease REM duration. The present paper addresses the effects on vigilance states of the mGluR2 positive allo...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Ahnaou A,de Boer P,Lavreysen H,Huysmans H,Sinha V,Raeymaekers L,Van De Casteele T,Cid JM,Van Nueten L,Macdonald GJ,Kemp JA,Drinkenburg WH

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Groups of hypophysectomised rats were given either an electroconvulsive shock (ECS; 125V, 1 sec) once daily for 10 days or a sham-shock. Twenty-four hours after the final treatment both groups were tested for their responses to the dopamine agonist, apomorphine, the 5-hydroxytryptamine agonist, quipazine, and the alph...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Nutt DJ,Smith SL,Heal DJ

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of 0.13% lead acetate solution as drinking fluid to breeding mice was without significant effect on the numbers of live or dead births or on weight of pups at 1 day. The appearance of fur was delayed and the body weights at 21 days and 31-38 weeks were smaller than in controls. On weaning, the treated o...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Donald JM,Cutler MG,Moore MR,Bradley M

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In rats with cannulae permanently implanted into the third cerebral ventricle, the effects of different pharmacological manipulations affecting dopaminergic mechanisms, were studied on behaviour and electrocorticographic (ECoG) activity, continuously quantified in its spectrum power. The intraventricular injection (0....

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Bagetta G,Corasaniti MT,Strongoli MC,Sakurada S,Nisticò G

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate, by means of quantitative and multivariate analyses, the effects of diazepam on the behavioral structure of the rat's response to pain in the hot-plate test as well as whether such changes are associated with drug-induced effects on anxiety and/or nociception. To this purpo...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Casarrubea M,Sorbera F,Santangelo A,Crescimanno G

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G protein-coupled receptor 35 (GPR35) is an orphan G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) that can be activated by kynurenic acid at high micromolar concentrations. A previously unappreciated mechanism of action of GPR35 has emerged as a Gαi/o-coupled inhibitor of synaptic transmission, a finding that has significant impli...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Mackenzie AE,Milligan G

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tryptophan (Trp) availability for the kynurenine pathway (KP) across the life span is discussed. Free (non-albumin-bound) plasma Trp is the major determinant of the flux of Trp down the KP. Flux is the major determinant of kynurenine metabolite formation and is more effective than induction of hepatic Trp 2,3-dioxygen...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Badawy AA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anandamide and 2-arachidonoyl glycerol, referred to as endocannabinoids (eCBs), are the endogenous agonists for the cannabinoid receptor type 1 (CB1). Several pieces of evidence support a role for eCBs in the attenuation of anxiety-related behaviours, although the precise mechanism has remained uncertain. The fatty ac...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Moreira FA,Kaiser N,Monory K,Lutz B

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms underlying improvement of neuromuscular transmission deficits by glucocorticoids are still a matter of debate despite these compounds have been used for decades in the treatment of autoimmune myasthenic syndromes. Besides their immunosuppressive action, corticosteroids may directly facilitate transmitte...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Oliveira L,Costa AC,Noronha-Matos JB,Silva I,Cavalcante WL,Timóteo MA,Corrado AP,Dal Belo CA,Ambiel CR,Alves-do-Prado W,Correia-de-Sá P

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used a focal stimulation method to study neurotransmission at synapses onto hippocampal pyramidal neurons in cultures derived from neonatal rats. Single functional boutons were visualized by activity-dependent preloading with the fluorescent dye FM1-43, then focally stimulated by localized application of eleva...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Liu G,Tsien RW

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-Ethyl-maleimide (NEM, 2.5 x 10(-5) M) inhibited the compound action potential of the phrenic nerve and increased the spontaneous release of transmitter from the nerve terminals, recorded as miniature endplate potentials. The first effect was the cause of a blockade of the phrenic nerve diaphragm preparation, during ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Røed A

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interest in the role of metabotropic glutamate receptor 4 (mGlu4) in CNS related disorders has increased the need for methods to investigate the binding of allosteric drug candidates. Our aim is to present the first fully characterized in vitro binding assay of mGlu4 positive allosteric modulators (PAMs). Results ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Poutiainen P,Kil KE,Zhang Z,Kuruppu D,Tannous B,Brownell AL

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：:Mice were found to exhibit a marked suppression of motor activity when placed into the same experimental chamber in which they had previously received electrical shocks. This suppression was found to be a stable response when mice, 6-8 weeks of age, received shocks of frequencies of 1/10 or 1/30 Hz, and their motility...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Kameyama T,Nagasaka M

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypoactivity in rats induced by small doses of apomorphine, injected bilaterally into the nucleus accumbens area of the brain, could be antagonized by pretreatment with the neuroleptic-like neuropeptide des-enkephalin-gamma-endorphin (DE gamma E, beta-endorphin 6-17) as well as with the neuroleptic drugs haloperid...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Van Ree JM,Caffé AR,Wolterink G

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to determine whether 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1 alpha,25-(OH)(2)D(3)], an active metabolite of vitamin D, protects dopaminergic neurons against the neurotoxic effects of glutamate and dopaminergic toxins using rat mesecephalic culture. Brief glutamate exposure elicited cytotoxicity in ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Ibi M,Sawada H,Nakanishi M,Kume T,Katsuki H,Kaneko S,Shimohama S,Akaike A

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The properties of central ATP-mediated synaptic currents were studied using whole-cell patch-clamp recording in rat medial habenula slices. Release was shown to be calcium dependent with a Hill coefficient of approximately 2. The voltage dependence of synaptic current amplitudes was approximately linear. Some reductio...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Edwards FA,Robertson SJ,Gibb AJ

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The group I mGluR agonist (S)-3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycine (3,5-DHPG) and the mGluR5 agonist 2-chloro-5-hydroxyphenylglycine both induced a membrane depolarisation of striatal cholinergic interneurons. The response to 3,5-DHPG was blocked only by the coadministration of mGluR1 and mGluR5 antagonists, suggesting that bot...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Pisani A,Bonsi P,Centonze D,Bernardi G,Calabresi P

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclosporine, a calcineurin inhibitor, significantly enhances spontaneous acetylcholine release after a brief tetanus and potentiates the effect of phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate. Both actions are prevented by the protein kinase C inhibitor, bisindolylmaleimide iodide. Protein kinase C and calcineurin thus play important ro...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Lin MJ,Lin-Shiau SY

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the prostatic portion of rat vas deferens, the non-selective adenosine receptor agonist NECA (0.1-30 microM), but not the A(2A) agonist CGS 21680 (0.001-10 microM), caused a facilitation of electrically evoked noradrenaline release (up to 43 +/- 4%), when inhibitory adenosine A(1) receptors were blocked. NECA-elici...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Queiroz G,Quintas C,Talaia C,Gonçalves J

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00