Activity in the human primary motor cortex related to arm and finger movements.

abstract：:6-Aminonicotinamide (6-AN) is thought to inhibit the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) since large increases in 6-phosphogluconate are observed following its administration. Immediately following 45 min i.v. infusion of [2-(13)C]glucose to controls and 6-AN-treated (50 mg/kg i.p. given 4 h previously) Sprague-Dawley rat...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Tyson RL,Perron J,Sutherland GR

更新日期：2000-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The apolipoprotein E (apoE) gene has been identified as a susceptibility gene for Alzheimer's disease, although the mechanism whereby apoE exerts this effect has not been determined. The aim of this study was to examine the intracellular fate of apoE and we demonstrate that in mammalian cells-transiently expressing ta...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Lovestone S,Anderton BH,Hartley C,Jensen TG,Jorgensen AL

更新日期：1996-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Voltage-dependent outward currents were examined in CA1 neurones by whole-cell recording in slices. Nine cells were recorded with the 'standard' internal solution (KMeSO4, HEPES, EGTA, CaCl2, and MgCl2) and held a potential (-54 +/- 3 mV) at which there was no significant outward current. Cromakalim (CROM, 100 microM)...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Erdemli G,Krnjević K

更新日期：1994-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effect of previous musical training on lateralization of language as indexed by the effects of reading aloud on the modulation of motor evoked potentials (MEPs) induced in the first dorsal interosseus muscles (FDI) by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the primary motor cortex. We studied 1...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Lin KL,Kobayashi M,Pascual-Leone A

更新日期：2002-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:DCC is a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily of cell adhesion molecules, whose role in the function of the adult nervous system is unknown. DCC mRNA expression was studied in adult rat dorsal hippocampal sections using in situ hybridization histochemistry. High levels of DCC transcript were detected in hippocampu...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Volenec A,Bhogal RK,Moorman JM,Leslie RA,Flanigan TP

更新日期：1997-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid beta-peptide (Abeta) accumulation in aged Sprague-Dawley rats (12 months) with kaolin-induced hydrocephalus was investigated by Abeta(1-40) and Abeta(1-42) immunohistochemistry at 2, 6 and 10 weeks after induction. The low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein-1 transporting Abeta across the blood-brain...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Klinge PM,Samii A,Niescken S,Brinker T,Silverberg GD

更新日期：2006-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In this functional MRI study, we investigated how the human brain activity represents tactile location information evoked by pressure stimulation on fingers. Using the searchlight multivoxel pattern analysis, we looked for local activity patterns that could be decoded into one of four stimulated finger locations. The ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kim J,Chung YG,Chung SC,Bülthoff HH,Kim SP

更新日期：2016-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that lower motor neurons containing calcium-binding proteins (CBP) may be resistant to degeneration in motor neuron disease. The testing of this hypothesis is hampered by lack of comprehensive information regarding the presence of CBPs in motor neurons. To address this shortcoming, we investigate...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Fahandejsaadi A,Leung E,Rahaii R,Bu J,Geula C

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benevolence is widespread in our societies. It is defined as considering a subordinate group nicely but condescendingly, that is, with charity. Deleterious consequences for the target have been reported in the literature. In this experiment, we used functional MRI (fMRI) to identify whether being the target of (sexist...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Dardenne B,Dumont M,Sarlet M,Phillips C,Balteau E,Degueldre C,Luxen A,Salmon E,Maquet P,Collette F

更新日期：2013-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The Flinders sensitive line of rats is a widely accepted and validated model of depression. These rats demonstrate abnormalities in limbic dopamine neurotransmission, suggesting disturbed neuronal activity in the ventral tegmental area. Interspike interval time-series were recorded from the ventral tegmental area of c...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Dremencov E,Nahshoni E,Levy D,Mintz M,Overstreet DH,Weizman A,Yadid G

更新日期：2004-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The putative neurotransmitter peptide CART has been suggested to be involved in the actions of psychostimulants. We analyzed the CART mRNA expression in mesolimbic brain areas of male and ovariectomized 17beta-estradiol- (30 microg) and vehicle-treated female rats. A gender difference was noted in the accumbens shell ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Fagergren P,Hurd YL

更新日期：1999-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The human kallikrein gene family consists of 15 serine proteases. We examined the expression of the kallikrein genes in human cerebral cortex and hippocampus by RT-PCR and compared their expression between Alzheimer's disease (AD) and control tissue. KLK1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13 and 14 are expressed in both cerebra...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Shimizu-Okabe C,Yousef GM,Diamandis EP,Yoshida S,Shiosaka S,Fahnestock M

更新日期：2001-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine whether cortical excitability, measured via transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), is associated with cognition in healthy individuals and whether gender and education have an impact on this relationship. METHODS:Fifty-four healthy individuals (31 males, mean age = 41.94, SD = 21.98;...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Akilan K,Kumar S,Zomorrodi R,Blumberger DM,Daskalakis ZJ,Rajji TK

更新日期：2020-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to determine the expression level of immunoproteasome and its clinical significance in glioma preliminarily. Furthermore, we studied the function and molecular mechanism of proteasome inhibitor ONX 0912 on glioma cell. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The expression of immunoproteasome in gli...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Min L,Zeng X,Li B,Tao B,Shi J,Zhang W,Sun Q,Jing C,Wang X

更新日期：2019-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:All-night recordings of respiration, ballistocardiogram, and body movements were obtained using the static charge-sensitive bed (SCSB) and automatically analysed data were compared with sleep stages. The mean sum of eight SCSB variability parameters was lowest in slow wave sleep (SWS), higher during stage 2 (S2), and ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kaartinen J,Erkinjutti M,Rauhala E

更新日期：1996-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Prefrontal delay-period activity represents a neural mechanism for the active maintenance of information and needs to be controlled by some signal to appropriately operate working memory. To examine whether reward-delivery acts as this signal, the effects of delay-period activity in response to unexpected reward-deliv...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Ichihara-Takeda S,Takeda K,Funahashi S

更新日期：2010-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Protease-activated receptor-2 (PAR-2), a member of the G protein-coupled, seven trans-membrane domain receptor family, is activated by trypsin/tryptase and present in various tissues including the primary sensory neurons, playing a role in development of neurogenic inflammation. The present study examined if activatio...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kawabata A,Kawao N,Kuroda R,Tanaka A,Itoh H,Nishikawa H

更新日期：2001-03-26 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：:Cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 is constitutively expressed in the superficial dorsal horn of the spinal cord, but its role in the spinal cord is still unclear. We examined the effect of intrathecally administered NS398, a selective COX-2 inhibitor and indomethacin, an non-selective COX-1 and COX-2 inhibitor, on the developmen...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Yamamoto T,Sakashita Y

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BC200 is a long noncoding RNA expressed at high levels in the Alzheimer's disease (AD), and blocking of BC200 by siRNA is assumed to be an effective method for various disease therapy. We have established an AD cell model overexpressing amyloid β-peptide (Aβ)1-42 to observe the effects of BC200 on the cell viability a...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Li H,Zheng L,Jiang A,Mo Y,Gong Q

更新日期：2018-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examines whether or not prolactin-releasing peptide (PrRP) infused intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) affects sleep and the release of prolactin (PRL) and growth hormone (GH) in rats. At a dose of 0.1 nmol, PrRP promoted rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep, whereas 1.0 nmol increased both non-REM and REM ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Zhang SQ,Inoué S,Kimura M

更新日期：2001-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Wilson's disease (WD) is an autosomal recessive inheritance disorder of copper metabolism due to mutations in the ATP7B gene. The distribution of ATP7B gene mutations is diverse in different population. This study aimed to examine the genotypes of the ATP7B mutant alleles in WD patients from Southern China. Genomic DN...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Wei Z,Huang Y,Liu A,Diao S,Yu Q,Peng Z,Hong M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Satiety signals from the gastrointestinal tract travel via vagal afferents to the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS) in the brain stem, the first central relay in a neural network which controls food intake. The non-competitive NMDA antagonist MK-801 facilitates food intake in rats by acting on the NTS. Here we repor...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Qian M,Zhu SW,Johnson AE,Södersten P

更新日期：2000-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficits in processing of auditory stimuli are known to play an important role in the aetiology of dyslexia. To specify the auditory deficit in children at risk for dyslexia, 19 children with a phonological deficit and 15 controls were tested using the mismatch negativity event-related potential, which reflects preatt...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Bitz U,Gust K,Spitzer M,Kiefer M

更新日期：2007-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The neural foundation of age-related declines in prospective memory was explored using event-related brain potentials (ERPs). Consistent with previous research, a decline in the efficiency of prospective memory was observed in older adults that reflected a decrease in veridical prospective responses and an increase in...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： West R,Covell E

更新日期：2001-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We show that the pro-apoptotic proteins Bax and Bak trigger apoptosis when over-expressed in sympathetic neurons cultured in the presence of NGF. This effect can be blocked with z-VAD-fmk, a peptide inhibitor of caspases, but not with anti-apoptotic chemical compounds such as antioxidants or proteasome inhibitors. The...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Martinou I,Missotten M,Fernandez PA,Sadoul R,Martinou JC

更新日期：1998-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory funneling of liminal multiple-point air-puff stimulation on the skin was evaluated by measuring somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs), reaction time (RT) and subjective detection threshold. Single-point air-puffs at the threshold intensity, and 2-point and 3-point air-puffs (10 mm apart) of the same intensity...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Hashimoto I,Yoshikawa K,Kimura T

更新日期：1999-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of neurones expressing neuropeptide Y (NPY) mRNA in the brain of the goldfish was investigated using a non-radioactive in situ hybridization technique. Neurones expressing NPY mRNA were located in cell groups previously shown to exhibit NPY immunoreactivity in the ventral telencephalon, thalamus, opti...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Vecino E,Perez MT,Ekström P

更新日期：1994-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Vectors based on lentiviruses are opening up new approaches for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Currently, the equine infectious anaemia virus (EIAV) vector is one of the most attractive gene delivery systems with respect to neuronal tropism. The aim was to validate EIAV-lentiviral vectors as a gene deliv...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Azzouz M,Ralph S,Wong LF,Day D,Askham Z,Barber RD,Mitrophanous KA,Kingsman SM,Mazarakis ND

更新日期：2004-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the incentive motivational properties of MK-801 by determining its priming effect on drug-seeking behaviour following extinction of cocaine self-administration, an animal model for drug craving. Rats were allowed to self-administrate cocaine (0.5 mg/kg) or saline during 10 daily sessions. MK-801 (0.1-0.25...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： De Vries TJ,Schoffelmeer AN,Binnekade R,Mulder AH,Vanderschuren LJ

更新日期：1998-03-09 00:00:00