Gender differences in cerebral ascorbate levels and ascorbate loss in ischemia.

abstract：:We examined the role of main and external cuneate nuclei neurons in processing sensory information during forelimb passive movement. We recorded activity of neurons using circular and figure-eight trajectories, at different speeds, in anaesthetized rats. A multivariate regression analysis was performed to correlate ne...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Garifoli A,Caserta C,Bosco G,Lombardo SA,Casabona A,Perciavalle V

更新日期：2002-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Consumers often rely on observable cues that hint at the hidden quality of a product. The aim of this study was to investigate brain activities associated with the country-of-origin (COO) effect and consumer evaluation of a product design. Electroencephalogram recordings were used to observe event-related brain potent...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Min BK,Cho K,Sung J,Cho E

更新日期：2014-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal models suggest that the asymmetry of monocular optokinetic nystagmus (OKN) in young infants can be explained by a direct pathway from retina to the midbrain nucleus of the optic tract. However, earlier studies with hemispherectomized infants showed no evidence for OKN responses towards the damaged cortex that c...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Morrone MC,Atkinson J,Cioni G,Braddick OJ,Fiorentini A

更新日期：1999-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The autoradiographic distribution of Ca(2+)-sensitive high- and low-affinity binding sites for the N-type calcium channel ligand, [125I]omega-conotoxin GVIA, has been examined in rat brain. Both classes of sites were rather evenly distributed, exhibiting their highest density in cell body rich layers, such as the pyra...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Vandaele SF,Reader TA

更新日期：1994-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The orientation biases seen in the responses of neurones of the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN) can be reduced by the local application of the GABA antagonist, bicuculline methiodide. This fact was exploited to investigate whether these biases are important for cortical orientation selectivity by measuring th...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Vidyasagar TR

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal interferon-gamma (N-IFN-gamma), recently isolated from the nervous system, has a molecular weight distinct from that of lymphocyte-derived IFN-gamma, but crossreacts immunologically and shares certain bioactivities with this cytokine. In the rat brain N-IFN-gamma-immunoreactive perikarya were concentrated in ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Bentivoglio M,Florenzano F,Peng ZC,Kristensson K

更新日期：1994-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:As the most numerous cell type in the brain, astrocytes are coupled via gap junction channels. It is believed that communication among astrocytes is normally regulated by extracellular ions, neurotransmitters and neuromodulators. However, the level of astrocytic coupling is altered in abnormal conditions such as strok...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Bani-Yaghoub M,Felker JM,Naus CC

更新日期：1999-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Absence seizures are known to originate from disruptions within the corticothalamocortical network; however, the precise underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms that induce hypersynchronicity and hyperexcitability are debated and likely to be complex and multifactorial. Recent studies implicate impaired thalamic ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Seo S,Leitch B

更新日期：2017-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Flurothyl kindling initiates a time-dependent process that results in a facilitated propagation from the forebrain to the brainstem seizure system and in an increase in the complexity of behavioral seizure expression. We investigated the involvement of the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (VMH) in mediating th...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Ferland RJ,Applegate CD

更新日期：1998-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an investigation into the processing of symmetrical lexical stimuli by a patient with moderate visual neglect. This subject's neglect dyslexia was significantly less pronounced when presented with symmetrical lexical stimuli (palindromes) than with matched non-symmetrical words. We discuss the hypothesis tha...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Shillcock RC,Kelly ML,Monaghan P

更新日期：1998-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:This study tested the hypothesis that inhibition of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) in the medial pontine reticular formation (mPRF) would cause decreased acetylcholine (ACh) release. Microdialysis of cat mPRF permitted measurement of ACh during states of wakefulness, non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep and rapid eye move...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Leonard TO,Lydic R

更新日期：1995-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:High-resolution (< 50 microm) magnetic resonance imaging microscopy (MRM) has been used to identify brain regions and localization of excitotoxin-induced lesions in fixed rat brains, subsequently confirmed using standard histology. The anatomical extent of lesions identified by MRM was identical to that seen in histol...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Lester DS,Lyon RC,McGregor GN,Engelhardt RT,Schmued LC,Johnson GA,Johannessen JN

更新日期：1999-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) exhibits neurotrophic properties on different types of neurones, including fetal motoneurones and embryonic neurones of sensory ganglia. We demonstrate that chronic injury to the adult rat sciatic nerve induces a rapid up-regulation of GDNF mRNA expression in Schwann ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Hammarberg H,Piehl F,Cullheim S,Fjell J,Hökfelt T,Fried K

更新日期：1996-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence exists that motilin immunoreactivity is highly expressed in Purkinje cells. In this study, immunohistochemistry and whole-cell patch-clamp recording were performed to investigate the spatial distribution and electrophysiological effects of motilin receptors in the cerebellum. We show here that motilin recepto...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Chen H,Chen L,Wang JJ,Wei HJ,Yung WH

更新日期：2007-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Aminoglycoside ototoxicity is a well-documented process via several pathophysiological pathways. The protective role of cochlear dopamine, released from the lateral olivocochlear efferents, was implicated previously in case of ischemia or acoustic trauma, as it postsynaptically inhibits the effect of excessively relea...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Gáborján A,Halmos G,Répássy G,Vizi ES

更新日期：2001-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Establishing the computational rules and neural substrates of brightness coding is a topic of both historical and contemporary interest. Two major classes of explanations for brightness illusions, such as brightness contrast, can be traced to Hering and Helmholtz. Hering's legacy is a low-level account in which bright...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： McCourt ME,Foxe JJ

更新日期：2004-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Motor imagery paradigms can be used to investigate motor preparation. We used positron emission tomography to compare regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in patients with Parkinson's disease and normal controls under three conditions: rest, motor imagery and motor execution. In controls, imagery activated bilateral do...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Samuel M,Ceballos-Baumann AO,Boecker H,Brooks DJ

更新日期：2001-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglia are activated by amyloid beta (Abeta) in vivo and in vitro, and Abeta-activated microglia may be involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We investigated the mechanism of microglial chemotaxis induced by Abeta (25-35), an active fragment of Abeta. Abeta (25-35) 0.1 and 1 nM stimulated microg...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Nakai M,Hojo K,Taniguchi T,Terashima A,Kawamata T,Hashimoto T,Maeda K,Tanaka C

更新日期：1998-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied whether 5-month-old to 8-month-old infants process faces in a size-invariant manner by applying the fNIRS-adaptation paradigm used in our previous study. We used near-infrared spectroscopy to measure hemodynamic responses in the temporal regions of infants' brains during the repeated presentation of an iden...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kobayashi M,Otsuka Y,Kanazawa S,Yamaguchi MK,Kakigi R

更新日期：2012-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors are hetero-oligomeric receptor-channel complexes composed of NR1 and NR2 subunits. Subunit composition determines the properties of NMDA receptor subtypes. However, the molecular mechanisms regulating their subunit composition are unknown. Using reverse transcription (RT)-competit...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Hoffmann H,Hatt H,Gottmann K

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylphenidate (Ritalin) is a psychostimulant drug used to treat children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Despite its widespread and increasing clinical use, little is known about the long-term consequences of drug treatment. We compared the effects of a single injection of methylphenidate with that of...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Chase TD,Brown RE,Carrey N,Wilkinson M

更新日期：2003-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies of electroencephalogram event-related potentials reported aberrant feedback-related negativity (FRN) in neurological and psychiatric diseases, such as alcoholism and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. These diseases are characterized by high impulsivity. We investigated the relationship between F...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Onoda K,Abe S,Yamaguchi S

更新日期：2010-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Axonal atrophy may reflect earlier and more reversible events in neurodegeneration and ageing than somatic atrophy. Innervation density by sympathetic fibres from the rat superior cervical ganglion (SCG) to the middle cerebral artery (MCA) decreases dramatically in old age, while that to the iris is largely unchanged....

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kuchel GA,Poon T,Irshad K,Richard C,Julien JP,Cowen T

更新日期：1997-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:With the purpose of elucidating the functional fields involved in the discrimination of visual form based either on luminance or binocular disparity cues, we used PET to measure changes in regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in ten volunteers while they performed visual discrimination tasks. The averaged standardized ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Gulyás B,Roland PE,Heywood CA,Popplewell DA,Cowey A

更新日期：1994-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Nogo-A, a member of the reticulon family, is one of the most important myelin-associated inhibitors for axonal growth, regeneration, and plasticity in the central nervous system. RhoA has been targeted pharmacologically to promote neurite outgrowth and functional recovery in the brain and spinal cord. However, the und...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Wang H,Shen J,Xiong N,Zhao H,Chen Y

更新日期：2011-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Musical expertise has been shown to induce widespread structural and functional alterations in the brain, even-handedly affecting top-down and bottom-up factors. At the same time, it is known that the early evoked gamma-band response (GBR) can be modulated by top-down as well as bottom-up factors such as attention and...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Ott CG,Stier C,Herrmann CS,Jäncke L

更新日期：2013-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of an ischaemic focal cortical lesion on the excitability of surrounding and remote brain areas was investigated. Infarcts were produced photothrombotically in rat frontal cortex and brain excitability was assessed by a extracellular paired-pulse stimulation in coronal slices 7 days later. The cortical lesi...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Buchkremer-Ratzmann I,Witte OW

更新日期：1997-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Although prenatal stress has been repeatedly shown to inhibit adult neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus of offspring, its effects on embryonic and early postnatal brain development are not well described. Here, using the cell proliferation marker 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine, we examine for the first time the effect of prena...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kawamura T,Chen J,Takahashi T,Ichitani Y,Nakahara D

更新日期：2006-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of anecdotal reports in which ibogaine eliminates opioid withdrawal symptoms in humans, we studied this phenomenon in the rat model. Ibogaine (5, 10, 20 and 40 mg kg-1, s.c.) was administered 15 min before naloxone (0.5 mg kg-1, s.c.) in morphine dependent rats (3 days after the s.c. implantation of a 75 mg mo...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Sharpe LG,Jaffe JH

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms underlying the prolonged antidepressant effects after a single infusion of ketamine are only partially understood. Ketamine's half-life of ∼2 h cannot explain antidepressant effects that last for 1 week, suggesting the triggering of long-lasting neuroplasticity. Recent human pharmacokinetics (PK) data i...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Collo G,Cavalleri L,Chiamulera C,Merlo Pich E

更新日期：2018-11-07 00:00:00