Pineal activity is under the control of retinal D1-dopaminergic pathways.

abstract：:Changes in transcription of Gs alpha, Gi2 alpha and Go alpha proteins after repeated methamphetamine administration were investigated using in situ hybridization. Rats received daily injections of methamphetamine (4 mg kg-1) for 14 days. Four hours after the last injection, Go alpha mRNA showed an increase of 16.6-31....

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Ujike H,Akiyama K,Kuroda S

更新日期：1996-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The environment in which cocaine is experienced becomes associated with the effects of the drug and can then elicit cocaine craving. This study examined whether the hippocampus is involved in such associations using the conditioned place preference model. Rats received bilateral lesions of the dorsal or ventral hippoc...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Meyers RA,Zavala AR,Neisewander JL

更新日期：2003-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Densities of serotonin transporters (5-HTT) in the postmortem neocortex of behaviorally assessed Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients and aged controls were measured by radioligand binding with [3H]citalopram. It was found that 5-HTT sites in the temporal cortex of AD patients with prominent antemortem anxiety were unalt...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Tsang SW,Lai MK,Francis PT,Wong PT,Spence I,Esiri MM,Keene J,Hope T,Chen CP

更新日期：2003-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) invariably result in fatal neurodegeneration and accumulation of PrP, an abnormal form of the host prion protein PrP, encoded by the PRNP gene. A naturally occurring polymorphism (methionine/valine) at PRNP codon 129 is associated with variation in relative disease ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： O'Rourke KI,Spraker TR,Zhuang D,Greenlee JJ,Gidlewski TE,Hamir AN

更新日期：2007-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:One mechanism thought to mediate hand and upper limb control across motor cortices is called interhemispheric inhibition (IHI). Somatosensory cortices are important in the motor control of the hand, although the neural mechanisms by which somatic loci act are not fully understood. In the present study, we study the po...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Zapallow CM,Jacobs MF,Lee KG,Asmussen MJ,Tsang P,Nelson AJ

更新日期：2013-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopaminergic neurotransmission is thought to be involved in reward-related incentive learning and addictive behaviour. Amphetamine will alter glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β) activity by increasing dopamine transporter efflux rates. We investigated the hypothesis that Wnt signalling will be altered in rat nucleus ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： MacLeod RJ,Moores ME,Beninger RJ

更新日期：2012-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:To confirm neural plasticity of the mouse hippocampo-prefrontal cortex (PFC) pathway, paired-pulse facilitation (PPF) and long-term potentiation (LTP) induction were determined in the pathway. In addition, we tested whether the plasticity differs in projections of the pathway from the dorsal (upper) and ventral (lower...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Izaki Y,Takita M,Nomura M

更新日期：2001-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Pronouns are commonly used instead of explicitly repeating a name, and, in many cases, we comprehend language faster when pronouns are used instead of repetitive references. This is surprising because pronouns are often ambiguous, whereas repeated names provide precise reference. We used functional MRI to investigate ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Almor A,Smith DV,Bonilha L,Fridriksson J,Rorden C

更新日期：2007-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the relationship between plasma lipoproteins and apolipoproteins in men with convictions for violent offences, blood was obtained from 15 men with a history of violence who were serving prison sentences for violent offences, and 25 age-matched male controls from the staff of the Argyll and Bute Psychiatric ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Gray RF,Corrigan FM,Strathdee A,Skinner ER,van Rhijn AG,Horrobin DF

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell death and neurofibrillary tangle formation are prominent features of Alzheimer's disease (AD). It has been suggested that DNA damage may reflect neuronal vulnerability. In this context, the Ced homologue Bcl-2 is able to repress a number of cell death programs. Recently we found both numerous nuclei exhibiting DN...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Su JH,Satou T,Anderson AJ,Cotman CW

更新日期：1996-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We used an electrophysiological marker of linguistic discordance, the N400 wave, to investigate how linguistic and pseudo-linguistic stimuli are categorised during sleep as compared to waking. During wakefulness, signs of discordance detection were, as expected, greater for pseudo-words than for real but semantically ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Perrin F,Bastuji H,Garcia-Larrea L

更新日期：2002-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have established a role for N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) containing the GluN2B subunit in efficient learning behavior on a variety of tasks. Recent findings have suggested that NMDAR on GABAergic interneurons may underlie the modulation of striatal function necessary to balance efficient acti...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Brigman JL,Daut RA,Saksida L,Bussey TJ,Nakazawa K,Holmes A

更新日期：2015-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The spatial-temporal expression and function of Drosophila melanogaster homothorax (hth) and its vertebrate homologue Meis2 in the eye anlage show a high degree of evolutionary conservation. Both are expressed by progenitor cells ahead of the neurogenic wave front, promote rapid proliferation of these cells, and are d...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Heine P,Dohle E,Schulte D

更新日期：2009-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal sleep architecture and white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) may be involved in cognitive impairment. There is little evidence on the connections between WMHs and chronic insomnia disorder (CID). Therefore, we evaluated the severity of WMHs and polysomnography parameters as well as cognitive tests to explore t...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Lu S,Song L,Wang D,Zhang X,Lv X,Yin H,Gao Y,Liu X,Tang J

更新日期：2019-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have provided electrophysiological evidence for attentional abnormalities in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The present study examined the electrophysiological activity of trauma-exposed patients with or without a PTSD during a modified Stroop task. The PTSD group showed a reduce...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Chen X,Wei D,Dupuis-Roy N,Du X,Qiu J,Zhang Q

更新日期：2012-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals, cytosine methylation is important for the regulation of gene expression and chromatin structure. Recently, we have found evidence indicating that the maintained DNA methyltransferase activity is critical for neuronal cell differentiation. In the present study, we have investigated the effect of the DNA met...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Persengiev SP,Kilpatrick DL

更新日期：1997-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is to explore the involvement of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors/protein kinase C cascade and the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway in the effect of huperzine A on the secretory amyloid precursor protein-alpha. Upregulation of secretory amyloid precursor protein-alpha by huperzine A was attenuated...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Yan H,Zhang HY,Tang XC

更新日期：2007-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In dorsal unpaired median (DUM) neurones isolated from the terminal ganglion of the cockroach Periplaneta americana two types of Ca2+ currents were found: a transient one activated by lower depolarizations (LVA) and a sustained one activated by higher voltage jumps (HVA). Both currents were strongly reduced by 100 mic...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Wicher D,Penzlin H

更新日期：1994-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Cisplatin is a widely used chemotherapeutic drug, but one of its side effects is ototoxicity. Epigenetic-related drugs, such as lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1) inhibitors, have been reported to protect against cisplatin-induced hair cell loss by preventing demethylation of histone H3K4 (H3K4me2). However, the pro...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Li A,He Y,Sun S,Cai C,Li H

更新日期：2015-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:This study provides evidence for the role of semantic composition in compound word processing. We examined the online processing of isolated two meaning unit compounds in Chinese, a language that uses compounding to 'disambiguate' meaning. Using auditory presentation, we manipulated the semantic meaning and syntactic ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Bai C,Bornkessel-Schlesewsky I,Wang L,Hung YC,Schlesewsky M,Burkhardt P

更新日期：2008-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effects of chemical lesions on hindpaw inflammation-induced Fos protein expression in spinoparabrachial neurons that were retrogradely labeled by Fluoro-Gold. The descending serotoninergic and noradrenergic pathways were destroyed by the selective neurotoxins, 5,7-DHT and DSP-4, respectively. After 5,...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Wei F,Dubner R,Ren K

更新日期：1999-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of histamine on N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-mediated ion current in cultured rat cortical neurones have been investigated by superfusion of voltage-clamped (-80 mV) cells with 100 mM NMDA and with various concentrations of histamine. In a subpopulation of the neurones tested (30/53), histamine (10...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Zwart R,Blank T,Spiess J

更新日期：1996-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined effects of trial averaging upon spatial extent, spatial topography, and temporal properties of fMRI activation. Two subjects participated in an event-related visual stimulation design. There was an exponential relation between number of trials and spatial extent, such that additional trials identified, on ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Huettel SA,McCarthy G

更新日期：2001-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examined in urethane-chloralose anaesthetized rats whether N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) is involved in the depressant effect of flupirtine on the monosynaptic Hoffmann (H)-reflex recorded from plantar foot muscles and on polysynaptic flexor reflexes recorded from tibialis muscle. Intrathecal administr...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Schwarz M,Block F,Pergande G

更新日期：1994-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we have generated transgenic mice (designated as SJLB) carrying human N279K mutant tau, one of the tau mutations causing parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17). SJLB mice mimic some features of behavioral alterations and neuronal pathology of patients with Alzheimer's disease. To investigate how tau ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Takano M,Otani M,Sakai A,Kadoyama K,Matsuyama S,Matsumoto A,Takenokuchi M,Sumida M,Taniguchi T

更新日期：2009-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of 8-OH-DPAT were investigated on food intake in food-deprived rats in both non-operant and operant feeding paradigms. 8-OH-DPAT produced dose-related reductions in food intake in both paradigms. While the higher doses of 8-OH-DPAT used in this study (i.e. 125-500 micrograms kg-1) produced a number of ster...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Ebenezer IS

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the role of kainate receptor activation in modulating the influx of Ca2+ coupled to the exocytotic release of glutamate in rat hippocampal synaptosomal fractions (P2). In whole hippocampus synaptosomes stimulation with domoic acid increased the intracellular free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in a dose-...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Malva JO,Carvalho AP,Carvalho CM

更新日期：1996-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Sirtuin 2 (SIRT2) is a member of the sirtuin family. Previous studies have suggested that SIRT2 mediates the cell death in models of Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease. However, the role of SIRT2 in oxidative stress-induced cell death has remained unclear. In this study, we investigated the roles of SIRT2 in...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Nie H,Hong Y,Lu X,Zhang J,Chen H,Li Y,Ma Y,Ying W

更新日期：2014-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported differential expression of the transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1), the transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1), and the (TRPM8) in the geniculate ganglions (GGs) of naive rats. In medical practice, the chorda tympani nerve (CTN) is injured in some patients during middle-ear surgery, an...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Tatsumi E,Katsura H,Kobayashi K,Yamanaka H,Tsuzuki K,Noguchi K,Sakagami M

更新日期：2015-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinal light exposure induces several immediate-early genes in the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), which contains the major circadian pacemaker of mammals. Clock-controlled and light-induced genes expressed in the SCN such as c- and contain upstream regulatory elements similar to those of the major immedi...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Sigworth LA,Liao L,Chandler TR,Geusz ME

更新日期：2003-03-03 00:00:00