Analysis by HPLC-EC of metabolites of monoamines in fetal and postnatal rat brain.

abstract：:The rat hemisected spinal cord preparation was used to assess the role of different adrenoceptor subtypes on the modulation of nociceptive reflexes. These were elicited by trains of high intensity electrical stimuli delivered to a lumbar dorsal root. Responses were recorded from the corresponding ventral root in AC- a...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Hedo G,Lopez-Garcia JA

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) agonist ACPD exerts an unusual inhibitory effect on a population of neurons of the song-control nucleus HVc of the zebra finch via activation of the GIRK channel. We report in the present study the pharmacology of this response. ACPD directly hyperpolarized the neurons by a ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Dutar P,Vu HM,Perkel DJ

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA encoding the human metabotropic glutamate receptor type 4 (hmGluR4) was isolated from human brain cDNA libraries by cross-hybridization with rat mGluR4 probes. The deduced amino acid sequence of human mGluR4 consists of 912 residues and shows a sequence identity of 96% to the amino acid sequence of rat mGluR4. ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Flor PJ,Lukic S,Rüegg D,Leonhardt T,Knöpfel T,Kuhn R

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphine was shown to enhance dopamine release in the rat olfactory tubercle, nucleus accumbens, prefrontal cortex and pyriform cortex, as assessed by increased 3-methoxytyramine (3-MT) levels and 3-MT accumulation after pargyline treatment. In contrast, both 3-MT levels and accumulation after pargyline were unaffecte...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Wood PL,Rao TS

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine (DA)-replacement therapy utilizing l-DOPA is the gold standard symptomatic treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD). A critical complication of this therapy is the development of l-DOPA-induced dyskinesia (LID). The endogenous opioid peptides, including enkephalins and dynorphin, are co-transmitters of dopamine...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Flores AJ,Bartlett MJ,Root BK,Parent KL,Heien ML,Porreca F,Polt R,Sherman SJ,Falk T

更新日期：2018-10-01 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：:Mutations in the X-linked cyclin-dependent kinase-like 5 (CDKL5) gene cause CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder (CDD), a rare neurodevelopmental syndrome characterized by severe behavioural and physiological symptoms. No cure is available for CDD. CDKL5 is a kinase that is abundantly expressed in the brain and plays a critical ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Vigli D,Rusconi L,Valenti D,La Montanara P,Cosentino L,Lacivita E,Leopoldo M,Amendola E,Gross C,Landsberger N,Laviola G,Kilstrup-Nielsen C,Vacca RA,De Filippis B

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to determine the influence of thyroid hormone, T3, on the regulation of hippocampal BDNF expression by 5-HT receptor agonists. Chronic T3 administration prior to treatment with the 5-HT(1A) agonist, 8-OH-DPAT, significantly decreased BDNF mRNA in the dentate gyrus region of the hippoca...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Vaidya VA,Castro ME,Pei Q,Sprakes ME,Grahame-Smith DG

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cell research offers enormous potential for treating many diseases of the nervous system. At present, therapeutic strategies in stem cell research segregate into two approaches: cell transplantation or endogenous cell stimulation. Realistically, future cell therapies will most likely involve a combination of thes...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Madhavan L,Collier TJ

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective serotonin (5-HT) re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are commonly used in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder in Humans. However, because only few animal models display overt anxious-like behavior, detailed preclinical studies of the anxiolytic properties of antidepressants are still lacking. Here, we stu...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Guilloux JP,David DJ,Xia L,Nguyen HT,Rainer Q,Guiard BP,Repérant C,Deltheil T,Toth M,Hen R,Gardier AM

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been hypothesized that Acetyl-L-Carnitine (ALC) contributes to mitochondrial ATP production through maintenance of key mitochondrial proteins and protects mitochondria against oxidative stress. We have investigated the role of ALC on the expression of two forms of synaptic plasticity in the striatum: (i) the ph...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Bagetta V,Barone I,Ghiglieri V,Di Filippo M,Sgobio C,Bernardi G,Calabresi P,Picconi B

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the actions of prototypic drugs which are selective for phencyclidine and sigma receptors, the electrophysiological effects of phencyclidine (PCP),3-[3-hydroxyphenyl]-N-(1-propyl)piperidine [+)3-PPP), and 1,3-di(2-tolyl)guanidine (DTG) on CA1 hippocampal pyramidal neurons were examined. A wide range of conc...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Malouf AT,Swearengen E,Chavkin C

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The information processing at central synapses is mediated not only by homosynaptic transmission with direct synaptic connections but also by heterosynaptic interactions between distinct synaptic inputs. Using rat brain slices and whole-cell recordings this study aimed to examine the roles of GABA(B) receptors in syna...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Yamada J,Saitow F,Satake S,Kiyohara T,Konishi S

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Though amyloid precursor protein (APP) can potentially be cleaved to generate the pathological amyloid β peptide (Aβ), APP itself plays an important role in regulating neuronal activity. APP deficiency causes functional impairment in cholinergic synaptic transmission and cognitive performance. However, the mechanisms ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Cai ZL,Zhang JJ,Chen M,Wang JZ,Xiao P,Yang L,Long C

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there is evidence from in vitro studies to suggest that NO synthesis may be involved in the induction of hippocampal LTP, other in vitro studies and experiments conducted in vivo have provided conflicting results. In agreement with previous work conducted in this laboratory using an i.p. route of administrati...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Bannerman DM,Butcher SP,Morris RG

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the technique of microelectrophoresis on spinal neurones in pentobarbitone-anaesthetized rats, (1S,3R)-1-aminocyclo-pentane-1,3-dicarboxylate (1S,3R-ACPD) reversibly and dose-dependently enhanced responses to alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionate (AMPA), kainate, N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and L...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Bond A,Lodge D

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the possibility of multiple 5-HT(1) autoreceptor subtypes in the rostral raphé nuclei. Slices (350 microm) of rat dorsal or median raphé nucleus (DRN/MRN) were taken from male Wistar rats and superfused with artificial cerebrospinal fluid at 32 degrees C. Fast cyclic voltammetry at carbo...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Hopwood SE,Stamford JA

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbenoxolone (CBX), the succinyl ester of glycyrrhetinic acid, is an inhibitor of gap junctional intercellular communication. Systemic administration of CBX was able to decrease the seizure severity score and to increase the latency time of seizure onset in genetically epilepsy prone rats (GEPRs). In particular, intr...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Gareri P,Condorelli D,Belluardo N,Russo E,Loiacono A,Barresi V,Trovato-Salinaro A,Mirone MB,Ferreri Ibbadu G,De Sarro G

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the anxiolytic drug chlordiazepoxide (CDZ) on general activity and anxiety-related behaviour of male and female Swiss-Webster mice were investigated in the triple test, which combines the open field (OF), elevated-plus maze (EPM) and the light-dark box (LDB). Mice were injected with saline or CDZ (1.0, ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Hussin AT,Fraser LM,Ramos A,Brown RE

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1-Methyl-4-(2'-aminophenyl)-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (2'-NH2-MPTP) causes long-term depletions in cortical and hippocampal serotonin (5-HT) and norepinephrine (NE) that are accompanied by acute elevations in glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and argyrophilia. To further investigate the hypothesis that these cha...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Luellen BA,Szapacs ME,Materese CK,Andrews AM

更新日期：2006-03-01 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：:Studies with heterologous expression systems have shown that the α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subtype can exist in two stoichiometries (with two [(α4)2(β2)3] or three [(α4)3(β2)2] copies of the α subunit in the receptor pentamer) which have different pharmacological and functional properties and are d...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Fasoli F,Moretti M,Zoli M,Pistillo F,Crespi A,Clementi F,Mc Clure-Begley T,Marks MJ,Gotti C

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T-type (Cav3) calcium channels play important roles in neuronal excitability, both in normal and pathological activities of the brain. In particular, they contribute to hyper-excitability disorders such as epilepsy. Here we have characterized the anticonvulsant properties of TTA-A2, a selective T-type channel blocker,...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Sakkaki S,Gangarossa G,Lerat B,Françon D,Forichon L,Chemin J,Valjent E,Lerner-Natoli M,Lory P

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of ruthenium red (RR) on transmitter release and pre-synaptic currents were studied in the mouse neuromuscular junction. The action of RR (10 microM) was shown not only in the complete suppression of nerve-evoked muscle contractions associated with the depression of endplate potential amplitude but also in...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Lin MJ,Lin-Shiau SY

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrical stimulation of the optic nerve evoked two positive waves with short latency, followed by a large negative wave in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of slices of hypothalamus of the rat. The latency to peak of the two positive waves and the large negative wave were 2.7 +/- 0.1, 6.1 +/- 0.1 and 10.3 +/- 0.5 msec, r...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Shibata S,Liou SY,Ueki S

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In general, N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists inhibit learning and long term potentiation (LTP). However, it has been suggested that direct tonic, i.e. non-temporal, activation of NMDA receptors, in contrast to learning, may lead to an increase in synaptic "noise" and, in turn, to a loss of association ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Zajaczkowski W,Frankiewicz T,Parsons CG,Danysz W

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasingly in the realm of neurological disorders, particularly those involving neurodegeneration, mitochondrial dysfunction is emerging at the core of their pathogenic processes. Most of these diseases still lack effective treatment and are hampered by a shortfall in the development of novel medicines. Clearly new ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Chan F,Lax NZ,Davies CH,Turnbull DM,Cunningham MO

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) to the modulation of nociception by the periaqueductal gray (PAG) matter was investigated in mice. Intra-PAG microinjection of (IS,3R)-ACPD, an agonist of groups I and II mGluRs, as well as (S)-3,5-DHPG, a selective agonist of group I mGluRs, increased the ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Maione S,Marabese I,Leyva J,Palazzo E,de Novellis V,Rossi F

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory gating can be assessed in rodents and humans using an auditory conditioning (C)-test (T) paradigm, with schizophrenic patients exhibiting a loss of gating. Dysregulation of the endocannabinoid system has been proposed to be involved in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. We studied auditory gating and the effec...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Dissanayake DW,Zachariou M,Marsden CA,Mason R

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) were examined on the monosynaptic reflex and on the activity of motoneurons in the spinal cord of the neonatal rat to elucidate the mechanism of action of TRH and its ability to reverse the spinal depression caused by phencyclidine and ketamine. Phencyclidine (2-32 mi...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Ohno Y,Warnick JE

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00