Neuromagnetic correlates of hemispheric specialization for face and word recognition.

abstract：:To identify the roles of VGCC subtypes in damages/impairs of inhibitory transmission during epileptogenesis, we investigated temporal- and spatial-specific alterations in voltage-gated Ca(2+) channel (VGCC) immunoreactivities within parvalbumin (PV, a Ca(2+) binding protein) positive neurons in the rat hippocampus fol...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Kim JE,Kwak SE,Kim DS,Won MH,Choi HC,Song HK,Kim YI,Kang TC

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A glial cell line designated as B2 was generated from primary cultures of oligodendrocytes/astrocytes isolated from an adult BALB/c mouse brain and maintained for over 1 year. Phenotypic characteristics of B2 cells were investigated by immunolabeling with cell type-specific markers for oligodendrocytes (O4 and galacto...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Satoh J,Tabira T,Kim SU

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various heterotrimeric G protein betagamma subunits (Gbetagamma) are region-specifically expressed in brain where associated with "stress-axis", however, the role of Gbetagamma-mediated signaling in regulating stress is unknown. This study was designed to examine the changes of Gbetagamma expression and Gbetagamma-med...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Lee SY,Kang JS,Song GY,Myung CS

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the effect of nicotine exposure on gustatory plasticity in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. The chemotactic response of wild-type N2 nematodes pre-exposed to 100mM NaCl with 3.0mM nicotine was almost the same as that of mock-conditioned nematodes unexposed to NaCl; however, the respo...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Matsuura T,Miura H,Nishino A

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the role of GABA on prefrontal neuronal activity in the control of behavior, a GABA(A) receptor antagonist, bicuculline methiodite (BMI), was iontophoretically applied to prefrontal neurons while monkeys performed a visual reaction time task. Iontophoretic application of BMI uncovered "task-related" activit...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Sawaguchi T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of apamin, a bee venom toxin, on the action potential and the spike after hyperpolarization was studied in bullfrog sympathetic ganglion cells. Apamin reduced the duration of the afterhyperpolarization but did not affect the maximum rates of rise and fall of Na+- and Ca2+-dependent action potentials. In the...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Koyano K,Abe T

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this communication, I first summarize the mechanisms underlying human voluntary movements and define the involuntary movements (medical term). CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN MOVEMENTS:Human movements are classified into two main kinds: intentional movements and non-intentional movements in which the involuntary movements...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Ugawa Y

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), nerve growth factor (NGF) and neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) in various regions of the rat brain following kainic acid-induced seizure activity were investigated. BDNF protein, as measured by a two-site enzyme immunoassay, increased transiently 12-24 h after the in...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Katoh-Semba R,Takeuchi IK,Inaguma Y,Ito H,Kato K

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM) and an electron microscope, we investigated the organization of the main olfactory bulb (MOB) of tenrecs, which were previously included into insectivores but now considered to be in a new order "Afrosoricida" in the superclade 'Afrotheria'. We confirmed that the overa...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Kosaka K,Künzle H,Kosaka T

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TDP-43 pathology in motor neurons is a hallmark of ALS. In addition, the reduced expression of an RNA editing enzyme, adenosine deaminase acting on RNA 2 (ADAR2), increases the expression of GluA2 with an unedited Q/R site in the motor neurons of patients with sporadic ALS. As the occurrence of these two disease-speci...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Yamashita T,Hideyama T,Teramoto S,Kwak S

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the sodium channel blocking agent tetrodotoxin (TTX) on signal processing in afferent fibres of dorsal roots was tested in Sprague-Dawley rats. TTX applied to the dorsal roots L4-L6 blocked the fast afferent volleys from the sural nerve, which was stimulated electrically with supramaximal strength for A-...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Steffens H,Hoheisel U,Eek B,Mense S

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid-beta (Aβ) peptides, Aβ 1-42 (Aβ42) and Aβ43 in particular, cause neurotoxicity and cell death in the brain of Alzheimer's disease (AD) at higher concentrations. Carnosic acid (CA), a phenolic diterpene compound in the labiate herbs rosemary and sage, serves as an activator for neuroprotective and neurotrophic ...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Meng P,Yoshida H,Tanji K,Matsumiya T,Xing F,Hayakari R,Wang L,Tsuruga K,Tanaka H,Mimura J,Kosaka K,Itoh K,Takahashi I,Kawaguchi S,Imaizumi T

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolism of arachidonic acid by cyclooxygenase is one of the primary sources of reactive oxygen species in the ischemic brain. Neuronal overexpression of cyclooxygenase-2 has recently been shown to contribute to neurodegeneration following ischemic injury. In the present study, we examined the possibility that the n...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Candelario-Jalil E,Alvarez D,Merino N,León OS

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neural pathways underlying the respiratory responses elicited by electrical or chemical stimulation of the lateral part of the periaqueductal gray (lPAG) remain unsettled. In the present study, we examined the lPAG projection to neurokinin-1 receptor (NK1R)-immunoreactive (ir) neurons in the ventrolateral medulla ...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Oka T,Yokota S,Tsumori T,Niu JG,Yasui Y

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is still incompletely known how NMDA receptors (NMDA-R) regulate bidirectional synaptic plasticity. We examined this issue by an experimental protocol in which paired pulse stimulation (PPS) with 50ms interstimulus interval and basal frequency of 0.1Hz was applied to CA1 area of rat hippocampal slices during low Mg...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Huang FS,Abbas AK,Li R,Afanasenkau D,Wigström H

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 14-3-3 protein family consists of evolutionarily conserved, acidic 30 kDa proteins composed of seven isoforms named beta, gamma, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, and sigma in mammalian cells. The dimeric complex of 14-3-3 isoforms, acting as a molecular adaptor, plays a central role in regulation of neuronal function. S...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Tabunoki H,Shimada T,Banno Y,Sato R,Kajiwara H,Mita K,Satoh J

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Striatonigral axons co-release GABA and substance P (SP) at their target sites, but little is known about the action of SP at nigral level. Therefore, we studied immunohistochemically the cellular and subcellular localization of SP and its high affinity receptors neurokinin-1 (NK-1R) and neurokinin-3 (NK-3R) at nigral...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Lévesque M,Wallman MJ,Parent R,Sík A,Parent A

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because a potential treatment for brain injuries could be elevating magnesium ions (Mg(2+)) intracerebrally, we characterized the effects of elevating external Mg(2+) in cultures of neonatal murine brain-derived neural stem/progenitor cells (NSCs). Using a crystal violet assay, which avoids interference of Mg(2+) in t...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Vennemeyer JJ,Hopkins T,Kuhlmann J,Heineman WR,Pixley SK

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effects of the odors from mother's milk, other mother's milk and formula milk on pain responses in newborns undergoing routine heelsticks. Forty-eight healthy infants were assigned to four groups, an own mother's breast milk odor group (Own MM), another mother's breast milk odor group (Other MM), a for...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Nishitani S,Miyamura T,Tagawa M,Sumi M,Takase R,Doi H,Moriuchi H,Shinohara K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamic binding of different brain areas is critical for various cognitive functions. The thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN) is a GABAergic nucleus that constrains information flow through thalamocortical loop by providing inhibitory innervation to the thalamus. In this review, I summarize anatomical and single-cell-lev...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Takata N

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor 2B gene (GRIN2B) was studied as a candidate gene of alcoholism. This study aimed to investigate the association between each of the three GRIN2B polymorphisms (rs1806201, rs1805247, and rs1805502) and alcoholism. This study included 206 alcoholic patients and 189 unrelated cont...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Kim JH,Park M,Yang SY,Jeong BS,Yoo HJ,Kim JW,Chung JH,Kim SA

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social categorization plays an important role in provoking the victim's responses to aggressive interactions. Pioneering studies suggested that uncertainty in the perpetrator's hostile intention influences whether ingroup favoritism or the black sheep effect (ingroup strictness) will be manifested to a greater extent....

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Wang L,Zheng J,Meng L,Lu Q,Ma Q

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we have found novel mammalian tachykinins, neurokinin alpha and beta isolated from porcine spinal cord, whose chemical structures are similar to those of substance P or kassinin. In the present study, we describe a specific assay system for neurokinin alpha and beta by combining HPLC and radioimmunoassay. We...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Kanazawa I,Ogawa T,Kimura S,Munekata E

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual-spatial navigation in familiar and unfamiliar environments is an essential requirement of daily life. Animal studies indicated the importance of the hippocampus for navigation. Neuroimaging studies demonstrated gender difference or strategies dependent difference of neural substrates for navigation. Using funct...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Ohnishi T,Matsuda H,Hirakata M,Ugawa Y

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Distribution of the delta- and epsilon-subspecies of protein kinase C (PKC) in rat central nervous tissues was semiquantitated by an immunoblot analysis. The epsilon-subspecies, which is expressed predominantly in the brain, was abundant in hippocampus and cerebral cortex among rat brain areas, whereas the delta-subsp...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Matsushima S,Nakamura S

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zinc is one of trace elements that play essential roles in several cell functions, and is unquestionably important to the normal health and function of the central nervous system. Growing evidence suggests that Zn(2+) can become a pathogenic agent in certain neurological disease states, such as ischemia, seizures, and...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Tian Y,Yang Z,Zhang T

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha-Mannosidosis is a lysosomal storage disease resulting from a deficiency of the enzyme alpha-D-mannosidase. A major feature of alpha-mannosidosis is progressive neurological decline, for which there is no safe and effective treatment available. We have a guinea pig model of alpha-mannosidosis that models the huma...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Robinson AJ,Meedeniya AC,Hemsley KM,Auclair D,Crawley AC,Hopwood JJ

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate is the principal excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS). Glutamate is first synthesized in the cytoplasm of presynaptic terminals before being loaded into synaptic vesicles, which fuse with the plasma membrane, releasing their contents, in response to neuronal activity. The...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Takamori S

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate recovery function of and effects of hyperventilation (HV) on high-frequency oscillations (HFOs) of median nerve somatosensory evoked potential (SEP), we recorded SEPs in 8 Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with enlarged HFOs, 4 myoclonus epilepsy (ME) patients and 10 healthy volunteers (N). SEP was recorde...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Mochizuki H,Machii K,Terao Y,Furubayashi T,Hanajima R,Enomoto H,Uesugi H,Shiio Y,Kamakura K,Kanazawa I,Ugawa Y

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington's disease (HD) is caused due to expansion of CAG repeats in the gene huntingtin (Htt). Adaptor protein Grb2, involved in Ras-MAP kinase pathway, is a known interactor of Htt. Mutant Htt-Grb2 interaction reduces Ras-MAPK signaling in HD models. In normal cells Grb2 forms Grb2-Sos1-Gab1 complex through its N-...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Baksi S,Basu S,Mukhopadhyay D

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00