Lesions of the pedunclopontine tegmental nucleus increase anxiety in rats.

abstract：:Reading demands precise and efficient letter and word processing. This event-related potentials (ERP) study utilized massive repetition of visually presented single letters to trigger neuronal adaptation. Our aim was to explore whether the adaptation pattern of the N170 ERP component, serving as an indicator of neuron...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Korinth SP,Sommer W,Breznitz Z

更新日期：2013-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging evidence has suggested that alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate (AMPA) protects neurons from glutamate-induced neurotoxicity. In this study, we examined the effect of AMPA on the cell surface expression of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor, a central player in glutamate-induced neurot...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Nishimoto T,Kihara T,Akaike A,Niidome T,Sugimoto H

更新日期：2009-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The terrestrial snail Helix lucorum is a promising model for molecular neurobiology since its central nervous system (CNS) is simple and contains many morphologically and functionally identified large neurones. Among these, the giant interneurones located in pleural and parietal ganglia are especially interesting beca...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Bogdanov YD,Ovchinnikov DA,Balaban PM,Belyavsky AV

更新日期：1994-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:fMRI investigation on the neural substrates involved in tactile imagery is reported. Healthy subjects performed mental imagery of tactile stimulation on the dorsal aspect of the right hand. The results were compared with the regions of activation during the actual tactile stimulation. During imagery, contralateral pri...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Yoo SS,Freeman DK,McCarthy JJ 3rd,Jolesz FA

更新日期：2003-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Because salicylate is known to produce tinnitus in humans and animals, the effect of salicylate on the auditory system of gerbils was investigated using [14C]2-deoxyglucose (2-DG). Salicylate treatment reduced activity in the inferior colliculus (IC), particularly in the high frequency part, whereas activation along s...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Wallhäusser-Franke E,Braun S,Langner G

更新日期：1996-07-08 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：:Decisions made on the basis of risk often require rapid evaluation of feedback before follow-up actions and feedback-related negativity in brain potential is sensitive to the poor outcome. The current study investigated the effects of feedback from one's own decision (Experiment 1) and feedback from observing others' ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Liu Y,Dou K,Wang Y,Li J

更新日期：2015-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:As the most numerous cell type in the brain, astrocytes are coupled via gap junction channels. It is believed that communication among astrocytes is normally regulated by extracellular ions, neurotransmitters and neuromodulators. However, the level of astrocytic coupling is altered in abnormal conditions such as strok...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Bani-Yaghoub M,Felker JM,Naus CC

更新日期：1999-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress are implicated in the pathological changes observed in the diabetic central nervous system. In this study, using the streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat model we document for the first time the over-expression of a mitochondrial specific stress protein (chaperonin 60) in ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Yuan J,Young BJ,Martinus RD

更新日期：2006-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:GLAST is a glial glutamate transporter; mRNA for a splice variant, GLAST1a, which lacks exon 3, has previously been identified. To detect GLAST1a protein, we generated antibodies against a peptide sequence encompassing the splice site. We demonstrate by Western blotting and immunocytochemistry the expression of GLAST1...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Macnab LT,Williams SM,Pow DV

更新日期：2006-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Establishing the computational rules and neural substrates of brightness coding is a topic of both historical and contemporary interest. Two major classes of explanations for brightness illusions, such as brightness contrast, can be traced to Hering and Helmholtz. Hering's legacy is a low-level account in which bright...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： McCourt ME,Foxe JJ

更新日期：2004-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory information from the genitourinary tract is transmitted to perineal muscle reflex circuits in the spinal cord and to the medullary reticular formation (MRF). This is the first report of a functional descending connection between neurons in the MRF and sensory inputs of the pudendal motoneuron reflex circuitry....

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Johnson RD,Hubscher CH

更新日期：1998-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes of serum immunoglobulin (Ig) concentrations may occur in both brain tumours and lumbar disc diseases (LDD). The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes of pre- and post-operative serum Ig levels in brain tumours and LDDs. Serum IgG, IgA and IgM levels were measured in 127 patients with brain tumou...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Yüceer N,Arasil E,Temiz C

更新日期：2000-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous event-related potential studies in Indo-European languages reported a surprising finding that failed syntactic category processing appears to block lexical-semantic integration, suggesting a functional primacy of syntax over semantics. An event-related potential experiment was conducted to test whether there ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Yu J,Zhang Y

更新日期：2008-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Two voltage-activated Na+ channel blockers, lamotrigine and flunarizine were applied ionophoretically to extracellularly recorded dorsal horn neurones to assess effects on activation by noxious (mustard oil) and innocuous (brush) stimuli. Lamotrigine and flunarizine caused significantly greater reductions in mustard o...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Blackburn-Munro G,Fleetwood-Walker SM

更新日期：1997-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Stop-consonant discrimination was investigated in normal-hearing listeners and cochlear-implanted patients (CIP) by recording auditory evoked potentials (AEPs) to /b epsilon/ and /p epsilon/ syllables. This study demonstrates that: (i) AEPs show time-locked components that mimic the temporal structure of the stimuli, ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Roman S,Canévet G,Lorenzi C,Triglia JM,Liégeois-Chauvel C

更新日期：2004-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Over 30% of normal elderly people have cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). Possession of APOE epsilon4 is associated with increased prevalence and severity of CAA in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and in cerebral haemorrhage. We examined CAA in relation to APOE genotype in brains from 152 people aged 60-102 years, without AD...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Love S,Nicoll JA,Hughes A,Wilcock GK

更新日期：2003-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we investigated whether the response of auditory and visual cortex was modulated by attending selectively to either heard or seen numbers presented simultaneously. Alternating attention between modalities modulated fMRI signal within the corresponding sensory cortex....

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Woodruff PW,Benson RR,Bandettini PA,Kwong KK,Howard RJ,Talavage T,Belliveau J,Rosen BR

更新日期：1996-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to attribute mental states to others ('theory of mind') pervades normal social interaction and is impaired in autistic individuals. In a previous positron emission tomography scan study of normal volunteers, performing a 'theory of mind' task was associated with activity in left medial prefrontal cortex. W...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Happé F,Ehlers S,Fletcher P,Frith U,Johansson M,Gillberg C,Dolan R,Frackowiak R,Frith C

更新日期：1996-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Meditation is a conscious mental process that induces a set of integrated physiologic changes termed the relaxation response. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to identify and characterize the brain regions that are active during a simple form of meditation. Significant (p<10(-7)) signal increases ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Lazar SW,Bush G,Gollub RL,Fricchione GL,Khalsa G,Benson H

更新日期：2000-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Target detection is the process of bringing a salient stimulus into conscious awareness. Target detection evokes a prominent event-related potential (ERP) component (P3) in the electroencephalogram (EEG). We combined the high spatial resolution of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) with the high temporal res...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Menon V,Ford JM,Lim KO,Glover GH,Pfefferbaum A

更新日期：1997-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgenic mouse strains were generated that overexpress human APP or clinical mutants of APP. All transgenic mouse strains that over-express APP displayed essentially the same phenotype of disturbed behaviour, differential glutamatergic responses, deficits in maintenance of long-term potentiation and premature death,...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Moechars D,Gilis M,Kuipéri C,Laenen I,Van Leuven F

更新日期：1998-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis of a general (i.e. cross-modal) temporal processing deficit in dyslexia was tested by examining rapid processing in both the auditory and the visual system in the same children with dyslexia. Participants were 10- to 12-year-old dyslexic readers and age-matched normal reading controls. Psychophysical th...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Van Ingelghem M,van Wieringen A,Wouters J,Vandenbussche E,Onghena P,Ghesquière P

更新日期：2001-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the effect of endothelial progenitor cells on the axon growth of cortex neurons, we transplanted CD133 cells derived from human peripheral blood to an organotypic coculture system consisting of spinal cord and cortex from neonatal rats. The axon growth from cortex to spinal cord was significantly promoted in...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Yamamoto R,Ishikawa M,Tanaka N,Kamei N,Nakanishi K,Sasaki H,Nakamae T,Mochizuki Y,Asahara T,Ochi M

更新日期：2008-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of dopamine D1A receptors in mediating amphetamine-induced sensitization was investigated using the D1A-deficient mouse. During the drug pre-exposure phase, D1A-deficient and control mice were injected for five consecutive days with saline or amphetamine (2 mg/kg, i.p.). Locomotor activity was measured on the...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Crawford CA,Drago J,Watson JB,Levine MS

更新日期：1997-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We localized the gene expression of angiotensin II receptor subtypes (AT1A, AT1B, and AT2) in 2-week-old rat brain by in situ hybridization using subtype specific riboprobes. AT1A receptor mRNA but not AT1B or AT2 receptor mRNA was expressed in the subfornical organ and paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus. AT1...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Johren O,Inagami T,Saavedra JM

更新日期：1995-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Birds are capable of dexterous sensory-motor activities such as tool use. Reaching is a crucial component of tool use and is a vision-guided behavior in primates, in which arm movement is monitored online in a stable visual frame. However, vision-guided reaching in primates is enabled by anatomical separation of the h...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kanai M,Matsui H,Watanabe S,Izawa E

更新日期：2014-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined differences in brain activity in response to two types of mechanical stimulation, which have been reported previously as being perceptually indistinguishable but having different impacts on autonomic reflexes. As an indicator of brain activity, glucose metabolism was evaluated by PET with 2-[F]fluoro-2-deo...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Watanabe N,Ishii K,Hotta H,Oda K,Sakata M,Toyohara J,Ishiwata K

更新日期：2013-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF), leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF), oncostatin M (OSM), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and interleukin-11 (IL-11) are structurally and functionally related cytokines. We compared their survival-promoting activities on embryonic chick and newborn rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurones. Human ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Simon R,Thier M,Krüttgen A,Rose-John S,Weiergräber O,Heinrich PC,Schröder JM,Weis J

更新日期：1995-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of glutamate on synaptic transmission in the submucosal plexus of guinea-pig small intestine were studied with intracellular electrophysiological recording methods. Glutamate suppressed stimulus-evoked slow excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) and increased the amplitude of slow inhibitory postsynaptic p...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Ren J,Hu HZ,Liu S,Xia Y,Wood JD

更新日期：1999-09-29 00:00:00