Erythropoietin protects PC12 cells from beta-amyloid(25-35)-induced apoptosis via PI3K/Akt signaling pathway.

abstract：:We have previously shown that animals acquired robust conditioned place preference (CPP) to either social interaction alone or cocaine alone. Recently it has been reported that drugs of abuse abnormally activated p38, a member of mitogen-activated protein kinase family, in the nucleus accumbens. In this study, we aime...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Salti A,Kummer KK,Sadangi C,Dechant G,Saria A,El Rawas R

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzed and compared the effects of EGCG treatment on the expression of NTFs and NTF receptors expression in the sciatic nerve and the L3-L6 spinal cord segments at the early phase of regeneration following sciatic nerve crush injury. Analysis of BDNF, GDNF and NT3 neurotropic factors and Trk-B, Trk-C and ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Renno WM,Khan KM,Benov L

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cannabinoid receptor CB2 plays a significant role in the regulation of immune function whereas neuronal expression remains a subject of contention. Multiple studies have described CB2 in retina and a recent study showed that CB2 deletion altered retinal visual processing. We revisited CB2 expression using immunohi...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Borowska-Fielding J,Murataeva N,Smith B,Szczesniak AM,Leishman E,Daily L,Toguri JT,Hillard CJ,Romero J,Bradshaw H,Kelly MEM,Straiker A

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presynaptic nicotinic acetylcholine receptors on striatal nerve terminals modulate the release of dopamine. Using rat striatal synaptosomes loaded with [3H]dopamine, we have characterized the action of the selective nicotinic agonist, (+/-)anatoxin-a, with respect to [3H]dopamine release, in order to explore the mecha...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Soliakov L,Gallagher T,Wonnacott S

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study utilised the selective 5-ht(5A) receptor antagonist, SB-699551-A (3-cyclopentyl-N-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]-N-[(4'-{[(2-phenylethyl)amino]methyl}-4-biphenylyl)methyl]propanamide dihydrochloride), to investigate 5-ht5A receptor function in guinea pig brain. SB-699551-A competitively antagonised 5-HT-stimulate...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Thomas DR,Soffin EM,Roberts C,Kew JN,de la Flor RM,Dawson LA,Fry VA,Coggon SA,Faedo S,Hayes PD,Corbett DF,Davies CH,Hagan JJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histidine injected intraperitoneally into rats in doses from 400 to 800 mg/kg induced a dose-dependent bizarre behaviour. The behaviour after histidine was similar to that observed after L-DOPA and peripheral decarboxylase inhibition. The bizarre behaviour was antagonized by chloropyramine, ketotifen, clemastine and p...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Pilc A,Rogóz Z,Skuza G

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bradykinin interacts with the bradykinin B2 receptor on dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons, setting off a series of reactions inside the cells that ultimately make the vanilloid receptor 1 more sensitive to a normal stimulus by activating various enzymes coupled with second messenger signaling cascades. Zaltoprofen, a...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Tang HB,Inoue A,Oshita K,Hirate K,Nakata Y

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sustained administration of opioids leads to antinociceptive tolerance, while prolonged association of L-type Ca2+ channel blockers (e.g. nimodipine) with opioids results in increased antinociceptive response. Herein, we investigated the changes in mu-opioid receptor signalling underlying this shift from analgesic tol...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Mostany R,Díaz A,Valdizán EM,Rodríguez-Muñoz M,Garzón J,Hurlé MA

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-AP4 is an agonist at the presynaptic metabotropic receptor subtypes mGluR4, mGluR6 and mGluR7. In vitro, L-AP4 has been shown to reduce glutamate release and thereby suppress hippocampal excitatory transmission. Little data is available with regard to the actions of this compound in vivo. This study examined the eff...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Manahan-Vaughan D,Reymann KG

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to abused drugs and stressful experience, two factors that promote the development of addiction, also modify synaptic function in the mesolimbic dopamine system. Here, we show that exposure to a novel environment produces functional synaptic adaptations in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) that mirror the effect of...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Rothwell PE,Kourrich S,Thomas MJ

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide S (NPS) is a peptide recently recognized to be present in the CNS, and believed to play a role in vigilance and mood control, as behavioral studies have shown it promotes arousal and has an anxiolytic effect. Although NPS precursor is found in very few neurons, NPS positive fibers are present throughout t...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Roncacè V,Polli FS,Zojicic M,Kohlmeier KA

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:24S-hydroxycholesterol (24S-HC) is a brain-derived product of lipid metabolism present in the systemic circulation, where its level can change significantly in response to physiological and pathophysiological conditions. Here, using electrophysiological and optical approaches, we have found a high sensitivity to 24S-H...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Kasimov MR,Fatkhrakhmanova MR,Mukhutdinova KA,Petrov AM

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of 5-HT2C receptors in limbic structures such as the amygdala and hippocampus increases anxiety. Indirect evidence obtained with non-selective 5-HT2C-interacting drugs suggests that the same may occur in the dPAG, a brainstem region consistently implicated in the genesis/regulation of panic attacks. In this...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Yamashita PS,de Bortoli VC,Zangrossi H Jr

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that endogenous adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) as well as its exogenously applied structural analogue, 2-methylthio ATP (2-MeSATP), facilitate the release of dopamine from axon terminals in the rat nucleus accumbens (NAc) by activating ATP-sensitive P2 receptors. In the present study, reversed micro...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Krügel U,Kittner H,Franke H,Illes P

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The guinea-pig substantia nigra receives a 5-hydroxytryptaminergic (5-HT ergic) projection from the dorsal raphé nucleus. In this study we have attempted to identify the 5-HT receptor subtype mediating release of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) from nigral neurones, measured by assay of perfusate obtained via chronically ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Dickie BG,Greenfield SA

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study describes the neuroprotective effects of an endogenous diketopiperazine, cyclo-glycyl-proline (cyclic GP), in rats with hypoxic-ischemic brain injury and the pre-clinical development of an analogue, cyclo-L-glycyl-L-2-allylproline (NNZ 2591), modified for improved bioavailability. The compounds were ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Guan J,Mathai S,Harris P,Wen JY,Zhang R,Brimble M,Gluckman P

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts of the skin of Pseudophryne coriacea displayed a powerful stimulant action on the leech helical muscle, both in vitro and in vivo. In the isolated dorsal muscle, the extract caused the appearance of vigorous phasic movements, accompanied by rapid increase in tonus, up to intense spasm. Hyoscine, physostigmine...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Falconieri Erspamer G,Farruggia G

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the glycine derivative, CP 1552-S (2-N-pentylaminoacetamide hydrochloride) were evaluated for potential anticonvulsant activity in rats which were cortically- or amygdaloid-kindled. Large doses (300-600 mg/kg, i.p.) of CP 1552 given 30 min before stimulation resulted in significant reductions in duratio...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Albertson TE,Stark LG,Joy RM

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the kappa opioid receptor (KOR) system mediates negative emotional states and considerable evidence suggests that KOR and their natural ligand, dynorphin, are involved in ethanol dependence and reward. The central amygdala (CeA) plays a major role in alcohol dependence and reinforcement. Dynorphin peptid...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Gilpin NW,Roberto M,Koob GF,Schweitzer P

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors play several essential roles in the physiology and pathophysiology of the brain. Their activation results in long-term changes in glutamatergic synaptic transmission in several brain areas, but excessive activation of these receptors induces neurotoxicity. Some of NMDA-mediated ac...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Schotanus SM,Fredholm BB,Chergui K

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that elevated pressure induces axonal swelling and facilitates the synthesis of the neurosteroid, allopregnanolone (AlloP), in the ex vivo rat retina. Exogenously applied AlloP attenuates the axonal swelling, suggesting that the neurosteroid plays a neuroprotective role against glaucomatous pres...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Ishikawa M,Yoshitomi T,Covey DF,Zorumski CF,Izumi Y

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetylcholine-induced currents were measured in partially depolarized mouse soleus muscles, denervated for 3-6 days by using a point voltage clamp. When 0.25 microM d-tubocurarine (d-Tc) was used, the weak currents provoked by 0.1 microM ACh, at a holding potential of -20 mV, were barely affected, while the large curr...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Lorković H

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antidepressants up-regulate the cAMP response element binding protein (CREB) and the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in hippocampus and these effects contribute to the protection of hippocampal neurons from stressful stimuli such as high glucocorticoid levels. CREB can be activated by both protein kinase A an...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Vinet J,Carra S,Blom JM,Brunello N,Barden N,Tascedda F

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic neuropathic pain remains an unmet clinical problem and is poorly relieved by conventional analgesics. N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors play an important role in central sensitization in neuropathic pain. Although NMDA antagonists are highly effective in reducing neuropathic pain, these agents cause sever...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Chen SR,Samoriski G,Pan HL

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NMDA receptors have been known to play a central role in long-term potentiation at glutamatergic synapses in principal cells for thirty years. In contrast, their roles in the development and activity-dependent plasticity of synapses in inhibitory circuits have only recently begun to be understood. Progress has, to a g...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Moreau AW,Kullmann DM

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to examine the possible involvement of both an anti-serotonin action and a catecholamine-stimulating action in the mechanism of the inhibition of the muricide in rats with lesions of the midbrain raphe. Serotonin antagonists, such as cyproheptadine (10 mg/kg), cinanserin (10 mg/kg) and p...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Yamamoto T,Ohno M,Takao K,Ueki S

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of three, structurally distinct, 5-hydroxytryptamine3 (5-HT3) receptor radioligands was characterized in rat cerebral cortex, rabbit ileum myenteric plexus and NG-108-15 neuroblastoma cells. The density of sites labeled by the three ligands in rat cortex or in rabbit ileum was markedly different. [3H]Quipa...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Wong EH,Bonhaus DW,Lee JA,Wu I,Loury DN,Eglen RM

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In genetically obese (ob/ob) mice the development of obesity was correlated with the binding of [3H] (+)-amphetamine to the hypothalamus. In 39-day-old ob/ob mice, which had obtained a body weight greater than 150% of their lean littermates, hypothalamic [3H] (+)-amphetamine binding had increased by approximately 60% ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Hauger R,Hulihan-Giblin B,Paul SM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies have reported that cigarette smoking may protect from neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease. These protective effects are thought to be mediated by nicotine. Recent data showed that nicotine significantly decreases respiratory control ratio (RCR) and superoxide anion generation...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Cormier A,Morin C,Zini R,Tillement JP,Lagrue G

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of high-K, glutamate and glutamate receptor agonists on the efflux of Ca2+ were studied in cultured primary astrocytes, prepared from the brains of newborn rats. An increase in efflux of 45Ca2+ of produced by a large extracellular concentration of K+ was effectively inhibited by verapamil, a blocker of vol...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Holopainen I,Akerman KE

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00