Sexual differences in N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-mediated regulation of tuberoinfundibular dopaminergic neurons in the rat.

abstract：:Patients undergoing dental treatment employ different attentional strategies. In order to investigate associated neuronal correlates, we exposed 20 women suffering from dental phobia and 20 non-anxious women to disorder-related and unrelated pictures. They were asked to either direct their attention to a foreground st...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Scharmüller W,Ubel S,Leutgeb V,Schoengassner F,Wabnegger A,Schienle A

更新日期：2014-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Central catecholaminergic nerves have been shown to participate in the integration of cardio-cardiac reflexes induced by coronary artery ligation in the rat. In this study we measured the turnover of dopamine, norepinephrine and epinephrine in microdissected brain regions to identify some of the specific neural loci i...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Sole MJ,Hussain MN,Versteeg DH,de Kloet ER,Adams D,Lixfeld W

更新日期：1982-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Although nitric oxide (NO) has been shown to play an important role in the pathophysiology of cerebral ischemia, its contribution to the pathogenesis of experimentally induced thromboembolic stroke is unknown. In this study, we pharmacologically manipulated NO levels in the acute post-thrombotic stage and determined t...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Stagliano NE,Dietrich WD,Prado R,Green EJ,Busto R

更新日期：1997-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently we have reported that methamphetamine (METH) neurotoxicity in rats depends on the environmental temperature. Here, we evaluate whether a cold environment (4 degrees C) or drugs which chloride and glutamate ion channel function block METH neurotoxicity in mice. Adult male CD mice received METH i.p. (4 x 10 mg/...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Ali SF,Newport GD,Holson RR,Slikker W Jr,Bowyer JF

更新日期：1994-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Spreading depression (SD) is characterized by a transient breakdown of neuronal function concomitant with a massive failure of ion homeostasis. It is a phenomenon that can be induced in neocortical tissue by raising excitability, e.g. injection of K(+), application of glutamatergic agonists, or blocking Na(+)/K(+) ATP...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Köhling R,Koch UR,Hagemann G,Redecker C,Straub H,Speckmann EJ

更新日期：2003-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Female rats were subjected to unilateral left or right, bilateral, or sham ablation of the cerebral cortex. Eight weeks after surgery, the rats were sacrificed by decapitation and spleen cells were grown in culture for 96 h in the presence or absence of the T-cell mitogen concanavalin A or the B-cell mitogen lipopolys...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： LaHoste GJ,Neveu PJ,Mormède P,Le Moal M

更新日期：1989-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations occurring in the antioxidant enzymes, copper, zinc-dependent superoxide dismutase (Cu,Zn-SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) following nigral dopaminergic denervation are unclear. We now report on the distribution and levels of m-RNA for Cu,Zn-SOD and GPX in basal ganglia of normal and 1-methyl-4-phenyl-...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Kunikowska G,Jenner P

更新日期：2003-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Sardinian alcohol non-preferring (sNP) rats, selected for their low ethanol preference and consumption, carry a point mutation (R100Q) in the gene coding for GABA(A) receptor alpha(6) subunit, which becomes more sensitive to diazepam-evoked GABA currents. We performed binding studies in the cerebellum of normal (RR) a...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Sanna A,Congeddu E,Porcella A,Saba L,Pistis M,Peis M,Marchese G,Ruiu S,Lobina C,Grayson DR,Gessa GL,Pani L

更新日期：2003-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:An extensive exploration of the discriminating properties of olfactory receptors cells has been conducted in our laboratory through the statistical processing of single cell responses recorded in the frog's olfactory epithelium. Similarities between odorant stimulating properties could be demonstrated by comparing the...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Sicard G,Holley A

更新日期：1984-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular events associated with mnemonic processes and neuronal plasticity are postulated to result in functional changes in synaptic structure. One possible site is the post-synaptic density, where activity-dependent changes modulate signal transduction cascades. In this report, we detail spatial-temporal changes fo...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Ahmed T,Frey JU

更新日期：2005-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:SBA and NADPH-d histochemistries allow identification of functionally distinct components of the amphibian primary olfactory system. In Pipa, a secondarily aquatic frog, combination of both methodologies, using alternate sets of histological sections, reveals that, apart from Jacobson's organ, this species has a "wate...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Meyer DL,Fackler IR,Jadhao AG,D'Aniello B,Kicliter E

更新日期：1997-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Using biochemical techniques we determined concentrations of the AMPA-selective glutamate receptor subunits GluR1 and GluR2/3 in the entorhinal cortex of patients with Alzheimer's disease pathology and age-matched controls. Tangle density was also determined in anatomically matched samples and correlated with GluR1 an...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Yasuda RP,Ikonomovic MD,Sheffield R,Rubin RT,Wolfe BB,Armstrong DM

更新日期：1995-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that the antinociceptive effect of morphine on the thermal tail withdrawal reflex (tail flick, TF) was reduced in rats that had practiced the TF response prior to morphine administration. This phenomenon, termed behavioral tolerance, was observed even when rats were spinally transected following...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Advokat C,McInnis C

更新日期：1992-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence has suggested that cholecystokinin (CCK) may act as a physiological opiate antagonist. Both the overlap of CCK and opiate systems within the central nervous system and the fact that exogenous CCK can antagonize opiate analgesia suggest that endogenous CCK systems interact with opiate-mediated pain inhi...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Watkins LR,Kinscheck IB,Mayer DJ

更新日期：1985-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient foci of epileptiform alteration in neuronal population activity were induced by microinjection of strychnine sulfate into different layers of cat striate cortex. Potentials evoked by visual field-specific photic stimulation were recorded from microelectrodes at the injection site and in adjacent laminae. Epi...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Ebersole JS,Chatt AB

更新日期：1985-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The substance P and Met-enkephalin content were measured in the rat lumbar spinal cord after monolateral section of the sciatic nerve. The proximal stump of the lesioned nerve was either ligated, limiting the formation of neuroma, or sutured intraperitoneally, allowing the formation of a very large neuroma. Both types...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Di Giulio AM,Mantegazza P,Dona M,Gorio A

更新日期：1985-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of 3 different non-noxious stressors on body temperature (Tb) were investigated in the rat: (1) loose restraint in cylinders, (2) removal of the rats from cylinders, exposure to a novel environment and replacement in cylinders, a stressor called here 'novelty', and (3) gentle holding of the rats by the nap...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Vidal C,Suaudeau C,Jacob J

更新日期：1984-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) is found in the brain and acts directly on plasma membrane-associated receptors in the prostate gland. Infusing SHBG into the medial preoptic area or medial basal hypothalamus of female rats increases their female sexual receptivity. SHBG, SHBG plus estradiol (SHBG-E), and SHBG-E pl...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Caldwell JD,Moe BD,Hoang J,Nguyen T

更新日期：2000-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent researches suggest that autophagic degradation declines with age, and this leads to an accumulation of damage that contributes to age-related cellular dysfunction. Nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase 1 (NMNAT1) shows therapeutic potential for cerebral ischemia in young-adult animals. This study inve...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Wang P,Lu Y,Han D,Wang P,Ren L,Bi J,Liang J

更新日期：2019-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The analgesic effect of clonidine in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and in normotensive Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats was assessed by using the formalin pain test. The analgesic response of SD rats to low doses (15-60 micrograms/kg i.p.) but not to a high dose (150 micrograms/kg i.p.) of clonidine was inhibited by n...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Mastrianni JA,Abbott FV,Kunos G

更新日期：1989-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol (4-HBA), one of the major active phenolic constituents of Gastrodia elata Blume, a very important traditional Chinese medicinal herb, has been shown to be an effective agent against the central and peripheral nervous disorders. In this study, we attempted to explore the possible mechanisms unde...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Yu SS,Zhao J,Zheng WP,Zhao Y

更新日期：2010-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the responsivity of alpha 2-adrenoceptors to agonists in normotensive (WKY) and genetically hypertensive (SH) rats. Clonidine produced a greater degree of analgesia in SH as compared to WKY rats. This analgesia was antagonized by yohimbine. Neither naphazoline nor 4-hydroxy-clonidine produced analg...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Marwaha J

更新日期：1984-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are supposed to be involved in neurodegenerative processes like Parkinson's or Alzheimer's disease. Beside this there are an increasing number of studies indicating an involvement of ROS in traumatic brain injury. We therefore studied the potential role of astrocytes against neurotoxic ef...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Lucius R,Sievers J

更新日期：1996-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug addiction is characterized by persistent relapse vulnerability during abstinence. In abstinent drug users, relapse is often precipitated by re-exposure to environmental contexts that were previously associated with drug use. This clinical scenario is modeled in preclinical studies using the context-induced reinst...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Marchant NJ,Kaganovsky K,Shaham Y,Bossert JM

更新日期：2015-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Hippocampal soluble fraction stimulates acetylcholine (AcCho) synthesis of medial septal nuclei in explant culture system. This stimulating activity was purified from 10-12-day-old rat hippocampus. During purification, the activity was separated into two fractions and a previously unreported peptide was purified from ...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Ojika K,Kojima S,Ueki Y,Fukushima N,Hayashi K,Yamamoto M

更新日期：1992-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown behavioral changes in pre- and postnatal rats exposed to morphine before and during gestation. The present study has attempted to discover morphological correlates of these changes in the fetal rat spinal cord. Pregnant Wistar rats were injected subcutaneously on days 12-18 of gestation wit...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Kirby ML

更新日期：1980-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine if motoneurons in the spinal ventral horn express the muscarinic m2 acetylcholine receptor. Motoneurons were retrogradely labelled in adult rats by intramuscular injection of Fluorogold and examined with confocal microscopy for evidence of immunoreactivity for the receptor. T...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Welton J,Stewart W,Kerr R,Maxwell DJ

更新日期：1999-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Homogenates of rat ventral and dorsal spinal cords were subjected to differential and gradient centrifugation on linear sucrose gradients following lysis of a synaptosomal fraction. The distribution of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and substance P (SP) in dorsal spinal cord as well as the distribution of sero...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Fried G,Franck J,Brodin E,Born W,Fischer JA,Hiort W,Hökfelt T

更新日期：1989-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal exposure to dexamethasone (DEX) alters brain plasticity and cognitive functions during adulthood in a sex-dependent manner. The mechanisms underlying such long-lasting sex-dependent change of prenatal DEX is not well understood. The p73 gene plays an important role in brain development. It encodes for two protei...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Abul M,Al-Bader MD,Mouihate A

更新日期：2019-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pupil dilatation (PD) was produced by vaginocervical mechanical stimulation (VCMS) in intact rats, and in rats with spinal cord (SC) transection at level T7 (i.e., above the level of entry into SC of all genitospinal nerves). After transection of SC, bilateral vagotomy abolished PD in response to VCMS, providing evide...

journal_title：Brain research

authors： Bianca R,Komisaruk BR

更新日期：2007-10-26 00:00:00