GABA(B) receptors modulate short-term potentiation of spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic currents in the rat supraoptic nucleus in vitro.

abstract：:As a preliminary to positron emission tomography (PET) studies of excitatory amino acid neurotransmission, N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-sensitive glutamate receptors of mice and rats were labelled in vivo with [3H]fluorothienylcyclohexylpiperidine [corrected] (FTCP), which binds to the phencyclidine site of the NMDA re...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Ferrarese C,Guidotti A,Costa E,Miletich RS,Rice KC,de Costa BR,Fulham MJ,Di Chiro G

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and L-glutamate on the concentration of intracellular free calcium (Cai) and on uptake of the calcium was determined in microsacs and synaptosomes isolated from mouse brain. L-Glutamate and NMDA increased Cai in hippocampal microsacs but had little or no effect on Cai in micro...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Daniell LC

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis was first described nearly a century ago and has since emerged as a region central to motivated behavior and affective states. The last several decades have firmly established a role for the BNST in drug-associated behavior and implicated this region in addiction-related process...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Vranjkovic O,Pina M,Kash TL,Winder DG

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the regulation of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (NOS) by phosphorylation with cyclic-GMP (PKG) and cyclic-AMP-dependent (PKA) protein kinases. In vitro phosphorylation studies indicate that both PKG and PKA phosphorylate NOS on a single site. Phosphoamino-acid analysis and peptide mapping demonstrate...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Dinerman JL,Steiner JP,Dawson TM,Dawson V,Snyder SH

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In several strains of mice: Swiss CD1, BALB, DBA2, C57, the mixed D1/D2 direct dopamine receptor agonist, apomorphine, elicited a marked and virtually similar hypothermic effect. By contrast, in C3H mice, this effect was obviously less and shorter. Similarly, the hypothermic effects of two direct D2 dopamine agonists ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Suaudeau C,Bousselmame R,Costentin J

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate, by means of quantitative and multivariate analyses, the effects of diazepam on the behavioral structure of the rat's response to pain in the hot-plate test as well as whether such changes are associated with drug-induced effects on anxiety and/or nociception. To this purpo...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Casarrubea M,Sorbera F,Santangelo A,Crescimanno G

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioligand binding assays were used to demonstrate the presence of alpha 1, alpha 2 and beta receptors in rat spinal cord. Specific and saturable binding was exhibited for [3H]-WB 4101 (alpha 1), [3H]-aminoclonidine (alpha 2) and [3H]-dihydroalprenolol (beta). Binding was of high affinity and the total number of bind...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Jones DJ,Kendall DE,Enna SJ

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mu-opioid and CB1-cannabinoid agonists produce analgesia; however, adverse effects limit use of drugs in both classes. Additive or synergistic effects resulting from concurrent administration of low doses of mu- and CB1-agonists may produce analgesia with fewer side effects. Synergism potentially results from interact...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Seely KA,Brents LK,Franks LN,Rajasekaran M,Zimmerman SM,Fantegrossi WE,Prather PL

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of haloperidol, chlorpromazine and clozapine on transmitter release have been studied by measuring the simultaneous release of dopamine and acetylcholine from tissue slices of nucleus accumbens and striatum in vitro following in vivo drug application, either a single dose or daily for periods of up to 25 d...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： de Belleroche JS,Neal MJ

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocannabinoids are suggested to control pain, even though their clinical use is not fully validated and the underlying mechanisms are incompletely understood. To clarify the targets of endocannabinoid actions, we studied how activation of the endocannabinoid CB1 receptor (CB1R) affects neuronal responses in two in v...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Eroli F,Loonen ICM,van den Maagdenberg AMJM,Tolner EA,Nistri A

更新日期：2018-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The heart rate of the anaesthetized rabbit was slowed by electrical stimulation of the hypothalamus with 7-9 sec trains of 250-330 microA pulses, duration 1 msec, frequency 60 Hz. This vagally-mediated cardio-decelerator response was attenuated in a dose-dependent manner after intravenous administration of phenoxybenz...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Evans MH,Sutton MR,Williamson NM

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regional differences are known in the serotonin-induced modulation of neuronal activity within the amygdala. This in vitro study in rats focuses on analyzing the ionic mechanism underlying serotonin-induced depolarization in the lateral amygdala. Serotonin depolarized membrane potential by 5 mV, which is underlain by ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Yamamoto R,Hatano N,Sugai T,Kato N

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in children. Experimental and clinical studies demonstrate that the developmental age, the type of injury (diffuse vs. focal) and sex may play important roles in the response of the developing brain to a traumatic injur...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Huh JW,Raghupathi R

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies on humans and mice support oxytocin's role in improving social behaviour, but its use in pharmacotherapy presents some important limiting factors. To date, it is emerging a pharmacological potential for melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) agonism in social deficits treatment. Recently, we demonstrated that ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Mastinu A,Premoli M,Maccarinelli G,Grilli M,Memo M,Bonini SA

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:mGlu7 receptors are coupled to Gi/Go-proteins and activate multiple transduction pathways, including inhibition of adenylyl cyclase activity and stimulation of ERK1/2 and JNK pathways. mGlu7 receptors play an important role in cognition and emotion and are involved in stress-related disorders such as anxiety and depre...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Iacovelli L,Felicioni M,Nisticò R,Nicoletti F,De Blasi A

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conantokin-G (con-G), conantokin-T (con-T), a truncated conantokin-R (con-R[1-17]), that functions the same as wild-type con-R, and variant sequences of con-T, were chemically synthesized and employed to investigate their selectivities as antagonists of glutamate/glycine-evoked ion currents in human embryonic kidney-2...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Sheng Z,Dai Q,Prorok M,Castellino FJ

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) and an analog of this hormone, MK-771, were determined on body shaking behavior and on biochemical estimates of the activity of dopamine (DA) neurons in the rat. Both compounds elicited dose-related episodes of "wet-dog shakes". A dose of TRH (20 mg/kg, i.p.) which ca...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Yamada K,Demarest KT,Moore KE

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylphenidate (MPD), or Ritalin, is a psychostimulant that is prescribed for an extended period of time to children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Adolescence is a time of critical brain maturation and development, and the drug exposure during this time could lead to lasting changes i...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Lee MJ,Yang PB,Wilcox VT,Burau KD,Swann AC,Dafny N

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postsynaptic Density Protein-95 (PSD-95) is a major scaffolding protein in the excitatory synapses in the brain and a critical regulator of synaptic maturation for NMDA and AMPA receptors. PSD-95 deficiency has been linked to cognitive and learning deficits implicated in neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： McEachern EP,Coley AA,Yang SS,Gao WJ

更新日期：2020-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hippocampal damage produces spatial memory impairment and hyperactivity in animals, while reductions in hippocampal size have been associated with memory deficits in humans. There are no known treatments for the behavioral changes specifically related to reduced hippocampal size. The purpose of this study was to deter...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Bardgett ME,Baum KT,O'Connell SM,Lee NM,Hon JC

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the possibility of multiple 5-HT(1) autoreceptor subtypes in the rostral raphé nuclei. Slices (350 microm) of rat dorsal or median raphé nucleus (DRN/MRN) were taken from male Wistar rats and superfused with artificial cerebrospinal fluid at 32 degrees C. Fast cyclic voltammetry at carbo...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Hopwood SE,Stamford JA

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The alpha7 and alpha4beta2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAchR) subtypes have been shown to be involved in memory. It is also known that losses of frontal cortical nAchRs are correlated to declining memory function in Alzheimer's disease, but the subtype-specific role of frontal cortical nAchRs in memory has not b...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Chan WK,Wong PT,Sheu FS

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present studies examined the relationship between protein kinase C (PKC) and L-type voltage-dependent calcium channels in modulating the release of neurotransmitter from K(+)-depolarized rat spinal cord synaptosomes. Activators of PKC, such as phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), mezerein and oleoyl acetylglycer...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Gandhi VC,Jones DJ

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of several stress procedures on the release of 5-HT in the dorsal and median raphe nuclei (DRN and MRN, respectively) and in forebrain structures of the rat brain innervated by both nuclei have been studied using intracerebral microdialysis. Handling for 30 sec, a saline injection and forced swimming for 5...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Adell A,Casanovas JM,Artigas F

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the pharmacological characteristics of the 5-hydroxytryptamine-(5-HT)-induced electrical response in cultured neuroblastoma N1E-115 cells of the mouse. In these cells 5-HT induces a transient membrane depolarization, which is associated with a transient inward current, that has...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Neijt HC,te Duits IJ,Vijverberg HP

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) to the modulation of nociception by the periaqueductal gray (PAG) matter was investigated in mice. Intra-PAG microinjection of (IS,3R)-ACPD, an agonist of groups I and II mGluRs, as well as (S)-3,5-DHPG, a selective agonist of group I mGluRs, increased the ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Maione S,Marabese I,Leyva J,Palazzo E,de Novellis V,Rossi F

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:gamma-Aminobutyric acid type A (GABA(A)) receptors are an important target for general anesthetics in the central nervous system. Site-directed mutagenesis techniques have identified amino acid residues that are important for the positive modulation of GABA(A) receptors by general anesthetics. In the present study, we...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Krasowski MD,Nishikawa K,Nikolaeva N,Lin A,Harrison NL

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anxiety and depression are considered as stress-related disorders, which present considerable sex differentiation. In animal models of anxiety and depression sex differences have been described and linked to the sexually dimorphic hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenals (HPA) axis. The present study aimed to adjust corticoste...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Kokras N,Dalla C,Sideris AC,Dendi A,Mikail HG,Antoniou K,Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study used pharmacological and gene ablation techniques to examine the involvement of kappa opioid receptors (KOPr) in modulating the convulsant effects of two mechanistically different drugs: cocaine and pentylenetetrazol (PTZ; GABA-A receptor antagonist) in mice. Systemic administration of the selective ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Kaminski RM,Witkin JM,Shippenberg TS

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of alaproclate, an inhibitor of the uptake of serotonin, on muscarinic cholinergic responses in N1E-115 neuroblastoma cells were studied using intracellular recording techniques. Application of carbachol activates an inward calcium channel, through an action on muscarinic receptors. The influx of calcium activ...

journal_title：Neuropharmacology

authors： Hedlund B

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00