Abstract:
:Recent work has suggested that one factor in the etiology of the neuromuscular disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), may be an autoimmune mechanism in which presynaptic voltage-sensitive calcium channels are an antigenic target. We have developed a fluorescence technique to measure rapid Ca2+ influx through presynaptic calcium channels in isolated nerve terminals (synaptosomes) from rat cerebral cortex. Depolarization of the synaptosomes by elevated external K+ concentration caused a rapid increase in cytoplasmic Ca2+, as measured by a change in fluorescence of the Ca2+ chelating dye, Fura-2, which was loaded inside the synaptosomes. Pharmacological characterization suggests that the P- and Q-subtypes of voltage-sensitive calcium channels mediate the majority of this Ca2+ influx. The synaptosome preparation has been used as a model system to investigate the effects of IgG, purified from eight ALS patients, on presynaptic calcium channel function. IgG (1 microgram ml-1 to 1 mg ml-1) was preincubated with the synaptosomes prior to depolarization. IgG, from these eight ALS patients, had no systematic effects on presynaptic Ca2+ influx. Thus, using this system, we find no evidence for an effect of ALS IgG on the function of presynaptic calcium channels.
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Neurol Resjournal_title
Neurological researchauthors
Thomas MM,Dunn SMdoi
10.1080/01616412.1997.11740785subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1997-04-01 00:00:00pages
129-34issue
2eissn
0161-6412issn
1743-1328journal_volume
19pub_type
杂志文章abstract::The objective of this study was to improve the ability to detect cerebrovascular complications in patients undergoing complicated neurosurgical procedures using on-line monitoring of cerebral pH with in vivo microdialysis. We employed on-line pH monitoring in patients with a variety of neurosurgical procedures includi...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/01616412.1998.11740497
更新日期:1998-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::In order to investigate the role of the endothelium in the regulation of cerebrovascular tone, we studied selective intraluminal and extraluminal vasoactive mechanisms of acetylcholine, potassium and serotonin. We also examined the effects of removal of the endothelium on these vasoactive responses. With 0.75 g of ten...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/01616412.1993.11740128
更新日期:1993-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::A series of 15 arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) of the corpus callosum--9% of 170 intracranial AVMs admitted to the School of Medicine of the University of Rome during a 30-yr period--was studied. In all cases the lesion concerned mainly the corpus callosum, although in some it also involved the surrounding structur...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/01616412.1982.11739626
更新日期:1982-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) abnormalities can frequently be detected after carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and carotid angioplasty with stent placement (CAS) of the carotid arteries. We looked for possible predictors for the development of DWI lesions during the intervention. METHODS:We investigated 41 pa...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/016164105X49391
更新日期:2006-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Intracranial artery stenosis may be the most frequent cause of ischemic stroke in the world. Early detection of asymptomatic intracranial artery stenosis may allow for therapeutic intervention. Most elements of the Framingham stroke risk profile (FSRP) are also risk factors for intracranial artery stenosis....
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/1743132812Y.0000000024
更新日期:2012-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::This paper summarizes the work of developing and analyzing a mathematical model of schizophrenia. First the psychological and physiological studies of patients with periodic catatonia made by R. R. Gjessing are briefly described. Then a mathematical model, which is based on Gjessing's work and consists of a set of non...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/01616412.1979.11739544
更新日期:1979-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) regulates neurogenesis in normal developing brain, but the role of nNOS in neurogenesis in the ischemic brain remains unclear. To investigate the temporal and spatial relationship between cell proliferation of the ependymal/subventricular zone (SVZ), a principal neuroproliferative...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/016164106X91942
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study is to use diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) parameters to evaluate cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury in the infarct core (IC) and ischemic penumbra (IP) in a rhesus transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model. METHODS:Seven rhesus monkeys were used to construct the MCAO...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/016164110X12761752770177
更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:In order to avoid occurrence of post-operative hygromas in specific hydrocephalus patients being at high risk of overdrainage, a combination of programmable valve and anti-gravity device is widely recommended. We analyzed our series of hydrocephalus patients implanted with such a shunt configuration focusin...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/1743132811Y.0000000079
更新日期:2012-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Here, we investigated inflammatory signs of peripheral nerves in leptin-deficient obese ob/ob mice and the modulating effects of the exogenous iron load. METHODS:Ob/ob and ob/+ control mice were fed with high, standard, or low iron diet for four months. RESULTS:We found intraepidermal nerve fiber degener...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/01616412.2018.1564191
更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::We performed proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) in three patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to evaluate the distribution and extent of cortical neuronal damage as demonstrated by decreased N-acetyl-aspartate (NAA) levels. We examined primary motor (precentral gyrus) and parietal neocortical...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/01616412.1996.11740412
更新日期:1996-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Tissue PCO2 (carbon dioxide tension) (PtCO2), interstitial H+ (H+e) and potassium activities (K+e) were monitored in the cerebral cortex of rats during and after 2-3 min of anoxia. Anoxia was associated with systemic hypotension and caused H+e (extracellular hydrogen ion activity) to increase from pH approximately equ...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/01616412.1989.11739882
更新日期:1989-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::As early as 1 to 3 hr after cord transection, proliferation of many reactive oligodendrocytes was observed. Bundles of microfilaments and microtubules were observed in those cells that sent out long, complex pseudopodlike processes near the area of injury. These reactive oligodendrocytes may be comparable to Vaughn's ...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/01616412.1980.11739566
更新日期:1980-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::In this work, we evaluated the differences between epileptic electroencephalogram (EEG) and interictal EEG by computing some non-linear features. Correlation dimension (CD) and Hurst exponent (H) were calculated for 100 segments of epileptic EEG and 100 segments of interictal EEG. A comparison was made between epilept...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/1743132811Y.0000000041
更新日期:2011-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Previous work has shown that unsaturated fatty acid components of model membrane phospholipids in vitro, damaged via a free radical mechanism, are protected by the presence of cholesterol in these membranes. The participation of these membrane lipids in the pathogenesis of traumatic injury to brain was studied in vivo...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/01616412.1981.11739608
更新日期:1981-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The survival of a group of patients with malignant gliomas of the brain submitted to radical surgery and radiotherapy was studied. The average survival was nearly 4 times longer with X-ray treatment than with cobalt 60 irradiation when a comparison was made between 24 patients with glioblasto-astroblastoma (grade 3-4)...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/01616412.1987.11739796
更新日期:1987-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::1-Aminocyclopropanecarboxylic acid is a high affinity ligand with partial agonist properties at strychnine-insensitive glycine sites associated with the N-methyl-D-aspartate subtype of glutamate receptors. Since occupation of these sites appears required for operation of N-methyl-D-aspartate, receptor coupled cation c...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/01616412.1995.11740324
更新日期:1995-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Fifteen patients with symptoms of cerebral ischaemia and angiographically confirmed unilateral stenoses or occlusions of the extracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) and 20 controls were studied by a 2 MHz transcranial Doppler (TCD) at rest and after stimulation with 1 g acetazolamide i.v., a cerebral vasodilator. I...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/01616412.1992.11740033
更新日期:1992-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To establish a detailed technical procedure for studying the anatomical correlates of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in cadavers of multiple sclerosis and control subjects, and to present our findings of the normal anatomic venous structures, with reference to previous descriptions from the liter...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/1743132812Y.0000000071
更新日期:2012-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Although the circulation of cerebrospinal fluid enjoys an apparent simplicity, its underlying basis is amazingly complex. Many factors influence how CSF flows through the human central nervous system. In the presence of hydrocephalus and subsequent shunt placement, this system is further complicated. The challenge bef...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1080/01616412.2000.11741037
更新日期:2000-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Crossed-uncrossed differentials (CUDs) are viewed as surrogates for interhemispheric transfer time (IHTT). Not uncommonly CUDs assume statistically significant negative values (inverted CUDs). This raises doubts of the accepted interpretation of CUDs, i.e. intra- and inter-hemispheric routings of signals in ...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1179/016164106X115107
更新日期:2006-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::We investigated the neuroprotective effects of a novel 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitor (pitavastatin) on ischemic neuronal damage in gerbils using immunohistochemistry. The animals were allowed to survive for 14 days after 5 min of ischemia induced by bilateral occlusion of the comm...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/016164104225014102
更新日期:2004-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Our aim was to evaluate the relationship between the neurological outcome of tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) and the findings obtained from both cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and single voxel proton spectroscopy (SVPS). MRIs of 13 children who met the diagnostic criteria for TSC were taken. Eleven of these...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/016164107X163996
更新日期:2007-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Aspirin therapy for stroke prophylaxis in low risk patients has paradoxically demonstrated an increased risk of ischemic stroke in several studies. Moreover, the MAST-Italy trial reported a near doubling of mortality with the addition of aspirin to thrombolytics while experimentally, we have noted that aspirin antagon...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1999-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The presence of beta-amyloid (betaA) deposition, induction of reactive gliosis and dystrophic neurites, is a characteristic feature of neuritic plaques in Alzheimer's disease. In vitro, betaA-exposed astrocytes become reactive, similar to astrocytes in contact with betaA plaques in vivo. How betaA-exposed re...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/016164105X40020
更新日期:2005-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Neuropsychological outcomes after carotid endarterectomy (CEA) have been investigated extensively. However, cognitive impacts of carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS), an emerging alternative to CEA, have not been studied. This study is aimed at investigating pattern and degree of cognitive changes after CAS...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/016164107X159216
更新日期:2007-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The object of the study was to evaluate brain tissue oxygenation (p(ti)O2) for intra-operative monitoring of critical ischemic events during early cerebral aneurysm surgery of the anterior circulation supplementary to somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs). P(ti)O2 was continuously evaluated during surgery for an intr...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1179/016164102101200528
更新日期:2002-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Vascular endothelial growth factor is a potent stimulator of angiogenesis; activation of hypoxia inducible factor-1alpha and p44/42 mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways has been associated with vascular endothelial growth factor production. The present study examined if thrombin modulates vascular endoth...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/174313209X385699
更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To describe the role of neurosurgical techniques in treatment of symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS:A review of the existing world literature searching (using PubMed, August 22, 2005) for key words 'multiple sclerosis' and multiple symptoms associated with MS including trigeminal neuralgia, pain (...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1179/016164106X98224
更新日期:2006-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Hourly neurologic assessments for traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the critical care setting are common practice but prolonged use may actually be harming patients through sleep deprivation. We reviewed practice patterns at our institution in order to gain insight into the role of frequent neurological assess...
journal_title:Neurological research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/1743132813Y.0000000285
更新日期:2014-02-01 00:00:00