Expression of activin receptors type I and II only partially overlaps in the nervous system.

abstract：:The first step in olfactory transduction is the recognition of odor molecules by membrane bound receptors belonging to the superfamily of G-protein coupled receptors; other members of this family are involved in neurotransmission. Based on the considerable homology between individual members of this family, we have in...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Firestein S,Shepherd GM

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The changes of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity and nitrite level in rat brain regions after spatial learning were investigated. NOS activity was assayed by conversion of [3H]L-arginine to [3H]L-citrulline, and a sensitive fluorometric assay for quantification of nitrite was used. Compared with sham-trained rats, ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Chen J,Zhang S,Zuo P,Tang L

更新日期：1997-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A combined microdialysis/microinfusion technique was used to investigate whether arginine vasopressin (AVP) is involved in the regulation of its own release into the extracellular fluid of the supraoptic nucleus in vivo. While intranuclear neuropeptide release was monitored, 0.33 microliter of either vehicle, lysine v...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Wotjak CT,Ludwig M,Landgraf R

更新日期：1994-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of dopaminergic pathways in the retina in controlling the functional state of the pineal was investigated. Dopaminergic agents were injected into the eyes of dark-adapted chickens which were maintained in the dark. Changes in the activity of N-acetyltransferase (NAT) in the retina and pineal were then monitor...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Morgan IG,Boelen MK,Miethke P

更新日期：1995-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct application of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) to the cut end of axotomized immature motor neurones had only transient survival-promoting effects. Therefore, we have examined whether additional delivery of BDNF with repeated subcutaneous injections (1 mg/ml) could potentiate this short-term rescue of t...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Vejsada R,Sagot Y,Kato AC

更新日期：1994-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to establish a method for the culture of organotypic spinal cord slices. A long-term organotypic spinal cord slice culture was conducted from postnatal rats. Lumbar spinal cord was isolated, and meninges were removed from the spinal cord. The spinal cord was embedded in 4% agarose, and was se...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Liu JJ,Huang YJ,Xiang L,Zhao F,Huang SL

更新日期：2017-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:I have investigated the role of Ca2+ on M-current (IK(M)) inhibition by the muscarinic agonist oxo-M using the perforated patch voltage clamp technique. Oxo-M inhibited IK(M) in cultured SCG cells with an IC50 of 1.2 microM in 2 mM [Ca2+]o, and 13.1 microM in nominally Ca(2+)-free external solution. BAPTA-AM, ryanodin...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Lamas JA

更新日期：1999-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the hypothesis that cholinergic receptor mechanisms within the gigantocellular tegmental field (FTG) of the medial pontine reticular formation can cause state-dependent changes in the firing rates of parabrachial nuclear complex (PBNC) neurons. Using intact, unanesthetized cats, long-term recording...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Gilbert KA,Lydic R

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effect of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR) antagonist scopolamine on eyeblink conditioning in glutamate receptor subunit 62 null mice, which have severe impairments in cerebellar long-term depression (LTD). Mice were injected intraperitoneally with scopolamine (0.5 mg/kg) or saline, an...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Takatsuki K,Kawahara S,Mori H,Mishina M,Kirino Y

更新日期：2002-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The regional distribution of c-Fos expression in the brain after the administration of two tremorgenic agents was studied. In both the harmaline- and oxotremorin-treated rats, c-Fos-positive neurons were extensively distributed in the basal ganglia nuclei and the cerebellum. Additionally, in the harmaline-treated rats...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Miwa H,Nishi K,Fuwa T,Mizuno Y

更新日期：2000-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:GABAA receptor-independent effects of benzodiazepine receptor (BZ-R) agonists on calcium and barium spikes were recorded intracellularly in the presence of bicuculline from CA3 hippocampal cells of young and adult rats. Zolpidem (omega 1 BZ-R agonist), had no effects in young animals but decreased calcium and barium s...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Rovira C,Ben-Ari Y

更新日期：1994-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine (L-BMAA) is an excitotoxin whose neurodegenerative effects are associated with its agonist properties at the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor. We measured the effects of L-BMAA on inositol phosphate (InsP) formation in primary cultured striatal neurons. This culture is almost devoid of...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Manzoni OJ,Prezeau L,Bockaert J

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have suggested that the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC) plays a central role in processing first impressions; however, little is known about how dmPFC processes different valences of first impressions. Moreover, it is still unclear as to whether the dmPFC shows lateralization or only induces dif...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Yu CL,Wang MY,Hu JF

更新日期：2016-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify age-related changes of P300 peak amplitude and P300 latency between closely separated nonsenile age groups (late young-aged adults and early middle-aged adults) and to investigate whether or not P300 has the potential to be used as a measure of cognitive aging even among nonsenile...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Bourisly AK

更新日期：2016-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Using NADPH-diaphorase (NADPH-d) histochemistry, the expression of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) was studied in the rat brain 1 week after kainate-induced status epilepticus. Major changes were observed in the hippocampi of epileptic animals, especially a loss of NADPH-d positive fibres in the periphery of degenerative ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Lerner-Natoli M,de Bock F,Bockaert J,Rondouin G

更新日期：1994-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies in zebra finches failed to demonstrate the involvement of the NIf, a higher-order song nucleus afferent to the HVc, in the production of learned song. The song of the Bengalese finch, a related species, has a higher level of temporal organization; multiple song phrases are organized into a song. We hypothesize...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Hosino T,Okanoya K

更新日期：2000-07-14 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：:Motor fluctuations that ultimately complicate the response of most parkinsonian patients to levodopa therapy might represent a form of behavioral or neuronal plasticity. Since various forms of neuronal plasticity appear to be mediated by glutamate transmission through the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor, the effe...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Engber TM,Papa SM,Boldry RC,Chase TN

更新日期：1994-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The increase in neural activity in cat visual cortex associated with eye movements has been thought to reflect a replica of the motor command signal. We examined the timing of the saccade-related increase in neural activity in cat areas 17 and 18 in relation to saccade onset and offset. The increase in activity was te...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Park J,Lee C

更新日期：2000-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Temporal changes of serotonin (5-HT) content in the median (MRN) and dorsal (DRN) raphe nuclei were measured in rats kept under various lighting conditions. Serotonin content in the MRN and DRN under light-dark (LD) condition showed diurnal rhythmicity, with a peak during early light phase and a trough during the dark...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Cagampang FR,Yamazaki S,Otori Y,Inouye SI

更新日期：1993-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the diagnostic value of T1-inversion recovery sequence (T1 IR) to that of a T2-sequence with contrast inversion (T2 CI) in the investigation of heterotopias. In this study, we processed a contrast-inverted copy of our coronal T2-sequence of 21 patients with subependymal and subcortical heterotopias on an on...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Rösch J,Mennecke A,Knott M,Hamer HM,Doerfler A,Engelhorn T

更新日期：2020-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of Type I adrenal steroid receptors in prolonging synaptic plasticity in the dentate gyrus of freely behaving rats was investigated. Rats were implanted with chronic, bilateral stimulating and recording electrodes in the perforant pathway and dentate gyrus, respectively, and adrenalectomized (ADX). After a...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Pavlides C,Kimura A,Magariños AM,McEwen BS

更新日期：1994-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased oxidative stress in the brain due to chronic ethanol consumption is known to result in a number of neurodegenerative changes. This study was designed to test whether dietary supplementation of grape polyphenols (GP) can offer protection to the neurodegenerative changes resulting from chronic ethanol consumpt...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Sun GY,Xia J,Draczynska-Lusiak B,Simonyi A,Sun AY

更新日期：1999-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to investigate differences in the distribution of intranasal trigeminal receptors in humans using an electrophysiological measure of trigeminally induced activation, the negative mucosa potential. A total of 29 young, healthy volunteers participated, results were on the basis of data from 18 p...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Scheibe M,Zahnert T,Hummel T

更新日期：2006-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:By using high-resolution, conventional, and neuromelanin-sensitive magnetic resonance imaging techniques, we reviewed the normal anatomy of the nuclei consisting of monoamine neurons such as dopaminergic, noradrenergic, and serotoninergic neurons and noted the changes in these nuclei that occur in some degenerative an...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Sasaki M,Shibata E,Tohyama K,Kudo K,Endoh J,Otsuka K,Sakai A

更新日期：2008-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic factors are involved in variation in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), which is also observed among various inbred mouse strains. The CD1 mouse strain is often used in toxicological and genetic experiments. However, there is little literature using this strain to study long-term neurologic abnormalities...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Wei S,Xu Z,Gao J,Ding J,Xiao M

更新日期：2013-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Three SNARE proteins, SNAP-25, syntaxin 1A, and VAMP2 or synaptobrevin 2, constitute the minimal functional machinery needed for the regulated secretion of neurotransmitters. Dynamic changes in the regulated release of neurotransmitters are associated with the induction of long-term plasticity at central synapses. In-...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Irfan M,Zurawski Z,Hamm HE,Bark C,Stanton PK

更新日期：2019-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Auditory evoked magnetic fields were recorded with a 24-SQUID magnetometer on a patient with a vascular lesion in the right auditory cortex and its vicinity. The contralateral transient 100 ms response (N100m) was absent over the damaged side, with no recovery within 16 months. Responses were normal over the healthy s...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Mäkelä JP,Hari R

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An entry of Ca2+ into postsynaptic sites may play a role in the induction of long-term potentiation (LTP) of synaptic transmission in the visual cortex. To test this hypothesis, a Ca(2+)-chelator was injected into layer II/III neurons of sliced visual cortex obtained from young rats, and excitatory postsynaptic potent...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kimura F,Tsumoto T,Nishigori A,Yoshimura Y

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TA20 cDNA was previously cloned as a neurite outgrowth factor from a hybridoma of mouse and rat cells, NG108-15. To clarify the detailed function and tissue distribution of this gene, homologous sequences of rat and mouse were identified. The cloned sequences had no homology with known genes, and was designated as spr...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Tohda C,Jacobowitz DM

更新日期：1999-07-13 00:00:00