Injury selectively down-regulates the gene encoding for the Id4 transcription factor in primary cultures of forebrain astrocytes.

abstract：:Latest reports suggest the involvement of insulin in modulating memory. A few published in-vitro studies favor the antidementia effect of insulin. Thus, the present study aimed to evaluate the prophylactic role of insulin and its combination with glucose and its possible mechanism(s) in an aluminum chloride (AlCl3)-in...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Nampoothiri M,Kumar N,Venkata Ramalingayya G,Gopalan Kutty N,Krishnadas N,Mallikarjuna Rao C

更新日期：2017-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient global amnesia (TGA), characterised by a profound anterograde amnesia, is a model of interest to study the acquisition of novel meanings independent of episodic functioning. Three patients were tested during a TGA attack, two in the early recovery phase and the third during the acute phase of TGA, with a sem...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Guillery B,Desgranges B,Katis S,de la Sayette V,Viader F,Eustache F

更新日期：2001-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the reactive cytoskeletal changes following physical damage to axons in the rodent neocortex and compared these with the earliest neuronal alterations seen in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Insertion of a 25 gauge needle into the rodent somatosensory cortex resulted in ring- and club-like axonal changes cha...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： King CE,Jacobs I,Dickson TC,Vickers JC

更新日期：1997-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve growth factor (NGF) is trophic to sensory and sympathetic fibres, and ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) to motoneurones, in animal models of peripheral nerve injury: NGF excess produces hyperalgesia. In this first study of injured human nerves and sensory ganglia, we quantified and localized endogenous NGF and ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Anand P,Terenghi G,Birch R,Wellmer A,Cedarbaum JM,Lindsay RM,Williams-Chestnut RE,Sinicropi DV

更新日期：1997-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine lesion to rat substantia nigra pars compacta resulted in a modest, but significant, decrease in the specific binding of N-alpha-[methyl-3H]histamine (19 +/- 5% reduction) to synaptosomal membranes from ipsilateral striata. Dopamine synthesis was assessed in striatal slices by determining [...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Molina-Hernández A,Nuñez A,Arias-Montaño JA

更新日期：2000-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the effect of the N-terminal Slit2 protein on neuronal survival and development, recombinant human N-terminal Slit2 (N-Slit2) was assayed against isolated embryonic chick dorsal root ganglion sensory, ciliary ganglion and paravertebral sympathetic neurons. N-Slit2 promoted significant levels of neuronal...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Piper M,Nurcombe V,Reid K,Bartlett P,Little M

更新日期：2002-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that spatial memory retention is affected by the metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) influencing agents (R,S)-alpha-methyl-4-carboxyphenylglycine (MCPG) and trans-azetidine-2,4-dicarboxylic acid (tADA). In the present investigation we examined whether the mGluR antagonist MCPG (20 mM an...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Wetzel W,Wagner T,Reymann KG,Riedel G

更新日期：1995-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic administration of DL-fenfluramine (20 mg kg-1), an indirect serotonergic agonist, induced widespread FOS-like protein in the rat caudate putamen (CPu), paraventricular nucleus (PVn) of the hypothalamus and several intralaminar thalamic nuclei. To ascertain whether the dopaminergic nigrostriatal system coordin...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Torres G

更新日期：1995-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) is a ubiquitous reactive oxygen species that can induce several inner ear disorders. In this study, we recorded the potassium (K) currents in acutely isolated inner hair cells of guinea pig cochlea, and investigated the effects of H₂O₂. We also observed the morphological changes in inner hair ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kimitsuki T,Komune N,Noda T,Takaiwa K,Ohashi M,Komune S

更新日期：2010-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported differential expression of the transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1), the transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1), and the (TRPM8) in the geniculate ganglions (GGs) of naive rats. In medical practice, the chorda tympani nerve (CTN) is injured in some patients during middle-ear surgery, an...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Tatsumi E,Katsura H,Kobayashi K,Yamanaka H,Tsuzuki K,Noguchi K,Sakagami M

更新日期：2015-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that nitric oxide (NO) plays a role in 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG)-induced hypothermia. The body temperature of awake, unrestrained rats was measured before and after the administration of 2-DG, or N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME; a non-selective NOS inhibi...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Carnio EC,Almeida MC,Fabris G,Branco LG

更新日期：1999-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Both ice-like protease and calpain have been shown to be involved in apoptosis in non-neuronal cells. Cultured rat cerebellar granule neurons undergo apoptosis when exposed to low potassium-containing medium. Calpain inhibitors 3-(4-iodophenyl)-2-mercapto-(Z)-2-propenoic acid (PD150606) and N-acetyl-Leu-Leu-Met-CHO (c...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Nath R,Raser KJ,McGinnis K,Nadimpalli R,Stafford D,Wang KK

更新日期：1996-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitory deficits are one of the predominant causes of cognitive aging. This study examined age-related changes in response inhibition. In this study, young and older participants performed a bimanual/bipedal response inhibition task while we measured their brain activity via functional near-infrared spectroscopy. P...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kawai N,Nakata R,Kubo-Kawai N

更新日期：2020-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple signal classification is an alternative to the traditional dipole fitting source analysis methods. Our aim was to assess the clinical usefulness of this algorithm and to compare the localization of the epileptiform electroencephalography discharges with the regions of altered cerebral blood flow in 10 patient...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Beniczky S,Oturai PS,Alving J,Sabers A,Herning M,Fabricius M

更新日期：2006-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was carried out based on the assumption that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) may counterbalance the action of morphine in the brain. Morphine analgesic tolerance after daily administrations for six days was blocked by intracerebroventricular injection of anti-BDNF IgG on day 5, but not by administr...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Matsushita Y,Ueda H

更新日期：2009-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a devastating motor neuron disorder. Traditionally regarded as a 'neuron only' disease, recent evidence suggested that other cells contribute critically to the pathogenesis. This review provides a short synopsis of the role neuroinflammation and microglial cells play in the disease and...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Weydt P,Möller T

更新日期：2005-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) channel has been found to be expressed in a variety of tissues over the last few years, including the central nervous system (CNS). However, the distribution of TRPV1 in the CNS remains a controversial question. Here, we reveal that the expression of TRPV1 can be detect...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Huang WX,Min JW,Liu YQ,He XH,Peng BW

更新日期：2014-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Correcting for eddy currents, movement-induced distortion and gradient inhomogeneities is imperative when processing diffusion MRI (dMRI) data, but is highly computing resource-intensive. Recently, Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) was implemented for the widely-used eddy-correction software, 'eddy', which re...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Maller JJ,Grieve SM,Vogrin SJ,Welton T

更新日期：2020-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurons respond to extracellular stimulation by modulating the expression of certain immediate-early genes. Inducible transcription factors (ITFs), such as c-Fos and Zif268, are coded by this class of gene and are among the first proteins to appear. The rapid accumulation of these products combined with histological m...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Chaudhuri A

更新日期：1997-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Disturbances in methyl-carbon metabolism, which result in hyperhomocysteinemia, have been associated with schizophrenia. Homozygosity for the T677 allele of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene, which encodes for a thermolabile enzyme associated with hyperhomocysteinemia, has been found to be increased...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Virgos C,Martorell L,Simó JM,Valero J,Figuera L,Joven J,Labad A,Vilella E

更新日期：1999-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Lesions involving the dorsolateral prefrontal lobes may produce deficits on conceptual reasoning (CR) tasks in humans. Such deficits can also occur with subcortical lesions involving the basal ganglia, thalamus, or cerebellum, suggesting a common, yet widespread, neural network supporting this executive function. Here...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Rao SM,Bobholz JA,Hammeke TA,Rosen AC,Woodley SJ,Cunningham JM,Cox RW,Stein EA,Binder JR

更新日期：1997-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that dendritic cells play a key role in producing antigen-specific responses. Inversely, tolerogenic dendritic cells (TolDCs), a specialized subset, induce immune tolerance and negatively regulate autoimmune responses. Statins, the inhibitors of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase in the m...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Chen Z,Yang D,Peng X,Lin J,Su Z,Li J,Zhang X,Weng Y

更新日期：2018-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of intravenous or intrathecal (i.t.) administration of R-phenylisopropyladenosine (R-PIA), a selective A1 adenosine receptor agonist, on spontaneous scratching behaviour, a phenomenon presumably related to pain in a mononeuropathy model (sciatic nerve ligation...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Sjölund KF,Sollevi A,Segerdahl M,Hansson P,Lundeberg T

更新日期：1996-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Male Bengalese finches sing complex song sequences during courtship. To examine the female perception of sequence complexity, we tested female auditory processing with respect to sequential differences in the caudomedial nidopallium and caudomedial mesopallium. Repeated song presentations caused lower expression of th...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kato Y,Kato M,Hasegawa T,Okanoya K

更新日期：2010-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic ethanol (EtOH) exposure can cause intracellular Ca overload by stimulating calcium channel receptors and trigger apoptosis of neurons. NCX3 may play a cytoprotective role in intracellular Ca excretion. In this study, the effect of EtOH on NCX3 was analyzed by observing NCX3 expression in the hippocampus of chr...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Wang C,Wang X,Li Y,Xia Z,Liu Y,Yu H,Xu G,Wu X,Zhao R,Zhang G

更新日期：2019-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied whether 5-month-old to 8-month-old infants process faces in a size-invariant manner by applying the fNIRS-adaptation paradigm used in our previous study. We used near-infrared spectroscopy to measure hemodynamic responses in the temporal regions of infants' brains during the repeated presentation of an iden...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kobayashi M,Otsuka Y,Kanazawa S,Yamaguchi MK,Kakigi R

更新日期：2012-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven early-onset dementia families, all with affected individuals who have either presented clinical symptoms of early onset familial Alzheimer's disease (EOFAD) or have been confirmed to have EOFAD by autopsy, and two early onset cases with biopsy-confirmed AD pathology, were screened for missense mutations in the ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kwok JB,Taddei K,Hallupp M,Fisher C,Brooks WS,Broe GA,Hardy J,Fulham MJ,Nicholson GA,Stell R,St George Hyslop PH,Fraser PE,Kakulas B,Clarnette R,Relkin N,Gandy SE,Schofield PR,Martins RN

更新日期：1997-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:To confirm neural plasticity of the mouse hippocampo-prefrontal cortex (PFC) pathway, paired-pulse facilitation (PPF) and long-term potentiation (LTP) induction were determined in the pathway. In addition, we tested whether the plasticity differs in projections of the pathway from the dorsal (upper) and ventral (lower...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Izaki Y,Takita M,Nomura M

更新日期：2001-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effect of long-term potentiation (LTP) on paired-pulse responses across varied stimulus intensities and interstimulus intervals (ISIs), at ascending synapses from the intermediate and ventral hippocampus to the medial prefrontal cortex in urethane-anesthetized rats. LTP significantly shifted the median...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Takita M,Izaki Y,Kuramochi M,Yokoi H,Ohtomi M

更新日期：2010-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular pH transients were evoked in rat hippocampal brain slices by activation of a monosynaptic inhibitory pathway following pharmacological blockade of glutaminergic transmission. Repetitive stimulation in stratum radiatum near the recording site in stratum pyramidale evoked an immediate alkaline shift which ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kaila K,Paalasmaa P,Taira T,Voipio J

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00