Ageing and monoamine turnover in the lateral geniculate nucleus and visual cortex of the rat.

abstract：:The neonatal administration of 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine to rats (100 mg kg(?1) s.c. on the 1st and 2nd day after birth) resulted in marked reductions in serotoninergic presynaptic markers ([(3)H]-5-HT synaptosomal uptake, tryptophan hydroxylase activity and endogenous 5-HT content) in various forebrain areas, particula...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Hamon M,Nelson DL,Mallat M,Bourgoin S

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glial (GLT-1 and GLAST) and neuronal (EAAC1) high-affinity transporters mediate the sodium dependent glutamate reuptake in mammalian brain. Their dysfunction leads to neuronal damage by allowing glutamate to remain in the synaptic cleft for a longer duration. The purpose of the present study is to understand their con...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Raghavendra Rao VL,Rao AM,Dogan A,Bowen KK,Hatcher J,Rothstein JD,Dempsey RJ

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholesterol, a molecule critical for cellular function, is found in particular high concentration in the brain and has been implicated to synaptic plasticity and neuronal regeneration. This study was undertaken to investigate the mechanism by which cholesterol shortage modulates glutamate (Glu)-induced excitotoxicity ...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Chou YC,Lin SB,Tsai LH,Tsai HI,Lin CM

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopaminergic dysregulation in nucleus accumbens has been implicated in the origin of schizophrenia. Accumbal cholinergic interneurons exert powerful modulatory control of local dopamine function, through nicotinic receptors located on dopamine terminals. Fast-scan cyclic voltammetry in rat brain slices in vitro was us...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Yavas E,Young AMJ

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of aging and CDP-choline treatment (20 mg kg⁻¹ body weight i.p. for 28 days) on the maximal rates (V(max)) of representative mitochondrial enzyme activities related to Krebs' cycle (citrate synthase, α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase, malate dehydrogenase), glutamate and related amino acid metabolism (glutamate...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Villa RF,Ferrari F,Gorini A

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The changes in intracellar Ca(2+)-concentration, which occur during stimulation of vascular smooth muscle cells with excitatory agonists, are discussed. The effects of these agonists on the membrane potential of these cells are indirect, and mainly due to an activation of K(+)- and Cl(?)-channels by the release of cal...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Casteels R,Droogmans G,Missiaen L

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is substantial evidence that hyperammonemia is one of the main factors contributing to the neurological alterations found in hepatic encephalopathy. The mechanisms by which chronic moderate hyperammonemia affects brain function involves alterations in neurotransmission at different steps. This article reviews th...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Corbalán R,Hernández-Viadel M,Llansola M,Montoliu C,Felipo V

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The correlation between rotational behaviors and neurochemical changes associated with the striatal damage induced by an unilateral microinjection of kainic acid were investigated. Shortly after the unilateral striatal injection of kainic acid, rats exhibited contralateral rotational behaviors, and these changes were ...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Kuriyama K,Kurihara E

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinal melatonin biosynthesis is regulated in part by changes in the activity of serotonin N-acetyltransferase (NAT), which increases at night in dark-adapted retinas, but not in light-exposed retinas. Using an in vitro preparation of Xenopus laevis (African clawed frog) eye cups, we have obtained evidence supporting...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Boatright JH,Iuvone PM

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of nonsynaptic communication in the 1960s and 1970s was an important milestone in investigating the function of the nervous system, and it revolutionized our view about information transmission between neurons. In addition, nonsynaptic communication has a practical importance not only within the nervous ...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Selmeczy Z,Vizi ES,Csóka B,Pacher P,Haskó G

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SN1, a system N amino acid transporter specific for astrocytes, is mainly responsible for export of newly synthesized L-glutamine from the cells. Astrocytic retention of L-glutamine which plays a critical role in ammonia-induced astrocytic swelling resulting in brain edema, could be tentatively attributed to the impai...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Dąbrowska K,Albrecht J,Zielińska M

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An endogenous Na+, K+-ATPase inhibitor termed endobain E has been isolated from rat brain which shares several biological properties with ouabain. This cardiac glycoside possesses neurotoxic properties attributable to Na+, K+-ATPase inhibition, which leads to NMDA receptor activation, thus supporting the concept that ...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Reinés A,Peña C,Rodríguez de Lores Arnaiz G

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of synthetic antisense oligonucleotides as specific inhibitors of gene expression exploits the susceptibility of mRNA to functional blockade at several levels, including mRNA processing, transport, translation and degradation. It is becoming increasingly apparent that the actions of these synthetic oligomers a...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Knee R,Murphy PR

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D1 dopamine receptors have been localized using a radioactive form of a new specific antagonist, [3H]SCH39166. This compound has been shown, in in vitro binding studies, to be highly selective for the D1 receptor subtype; more so than its predecessor, [3H]SCH23390. These ligand binds saturably, reversibly and with hig...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Wamsley JK,Alburges ME,McQuade RD,Hunt M

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GABA release and uptake were examined in Genetic Absence Epilepsy Rats from Strasbourg and in non-epileptic control animals, using crude synaptosomes prepared from the cerebral cortex and thalamus. Uptake of [3H]GABA over time was reduced in thalamic synaptosomes from epileptic rats, compared to controls. The affinity...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Sutch RJ,Davies CC,Bowery NG

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat pheochromocytoma cell line PC12 undergoes morphological differentiation into neurone-like cells when exposed to nerve growth factor (NGF). We found that in PC12 cells the enzymatic activity of choline-acetyltransferase and of tyrosine hydroxylase changed very little during NGF exposure, while tyrosine hydroxyl...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Reber BF,Porzig H,Becker C,Reuter H

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue preparations from the brain of rats and guinea-pigs were examined for their activity in binding isotopically labelled colchicine, as a measure of their content of tubulin. The amount of binding material extracted into a cold buffered solution was unaffected by keeping tissues at 0 degrees C. It diminished by on...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： McIlwain H,Poll JD

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP), an inducer of parkinsonism, causes degeneration of nigro-striatal dopaminergic neurons by producing its neurotoxic metabolite, 1-methyl-4-phenylpiridium ion (MPP+), by monoamine oxidase B in glial cells. We used PC12 (rat pheochromocytoma cell line) as a model cell ...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Itano Y,Kitamura Y,Nomura Y

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tau isoforms constitute a family of microtubule-associated proteins that are mainly expressed in neurons of the central nervous system. They promote the assembly of tubulin monomers into microtubules and modulate their stability, thus playing a key structural role in the distal portion of axons. In Alzheimer's disease...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Daccache A,Lion C,Sibille N,Gerard M,Slomianny C,Lippens G,Cotelle P

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified synaptic vesicles were isolated from hog cerebral cortex by a rapid procedure consisting of homogenization of cerebral cortex slices in iso-osmotic sucrose, differential centrifugation and sucrose density-gradient centrifugation. The purity of the vesicles was evaluated both biochemically and morphologically....

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Angel I,Fleissner A,Seifert R

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of neurotransmitter glutamate in brain is mainly carried out by glutaminase enzymes. This synthesis must be exquisitely regulated because of its harmful potential giving rise to excitotoxic damage. It is noteworthy that two glutaminase isozymes coded by different genes are expressed in the brain of mamma...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： de la Rosa V,Campos-Sandoval JA,Martín-Rufián M,Cardona C,Matés JM,Segura JA,Alonso FJ,Márquez J

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, I summarized transition in Dr. Marshall Nirenberg's research interests during 1970s, from a view of a long-lasting collaborator. Nirenberg switched his research filed to neurobiology after his success in deciphering genetic code and being honored with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1968. ...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Higashida H

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable evidence has been accumulated to suggests that blocking the inflammatory reaction promotes neuroprotection and shows therapeutic potential for clinical treatment of ischemic brain injury. Consequently, anti-inflammatory therapies are being explored for prevention and treatment of these diseases. Induction...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Simão F,Matté A,Pagnussat AS,Netto CA,Salbego CG

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A purification procedure to obtain peroxisomes (microperoxisomes) from the brain of suckling rats is reported. A P2 fraction, (crude light mitochondria) frozen and thawed seven times, was subfractionated yielding a P4 fraction, 4-fold enriched in catalase activity with respect to the cytoplasmic extract S1. The P4 fra...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Cimini AM,Moreno S,Giorgi M,Serafini B,Cerú MP

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DJ-1 (also known as PARK7) is a redox-active protein that protects against oxidative stress. This study evaluated the hypothesis that DJ-1 sustains brainstem cardiovascular regulation via maintaining mitochondrial function in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM), a brainstem site known to maintain blood pressure a...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Tsai CY,Wu CJ,Wu JCC,Fang C,Huang YH,Dai KY

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) hydrolyses acetylcholine to choline and acetate, playing an important role in terminating the neurotransmission in brain and muscle. Recently, the non-neuronal functions of AChE have been proposed in different tissues, in which there are various factors to regulate the expression of AChE. I...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Wu Q,Bai P,Xia Y,Lai QWS,Guo MSS,Dai K,Zheng Z,Ling CSJ,Dong TTX,Pi R,Tsim KWK

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The venom from the marine snail Conus pennaceus inhibits the binding of [3H]neuropeptide Y to calf brain membranes (Czerwiec et al., 1996a) and, in the present study, also to rat forebrain membranes. These membranes contain about 80% Y1- and 20% Y2-receptors. The inhibition by the venom was concentration-dependent wit...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Diallo B,Vanderheyden PM,De Backer JP,Vauquelin G

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptic like microvesicles (SLMV) form a pleiomorphic population of vesicles present in neuroendocrine cells of the pituitary and the adrenal medulla. Their composition and biogenesis is very similar to small synaptic vesicles (SSV) present in nerve terminals. Membrane proteins of SSV involved in fusion (synaptotagmi...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Llona I

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RBFox proteins are well-known alternative splicing regulators. We have shown previously that during neuronal differentiation of P19 cells induced by all-trans retinoic acid and cell aggregation, RBFox1 shows markedly increased temporal expression. To find its key splicing regulation, we examined the effect of RBFox1 o...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Alam S,Suzuki H,Tsukahara T

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic neuronal injury is associated with several life- and vision-threatening diseases. Neuroprotection is essential in the treatment of these diseases. Here, we identified and characterized a novel peptide, FK18, from basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF). We further assessed the neuroprotective effects of this pe...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Xiong S,Xu Y,Ma M,Wang H,Wei F,Gu Q,Xu X

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00