Microglial activation in multiple system atrophy: a potential role for NF-kappaB/rel proteins.

abstract：:We investigated the influence of gravity on the maturation of electrical properties of lumbar motoneurons and the development of their inputs from ventral descending pathways, which are important for the control of posture and locomotion. Using electrophysiological approaches in the in vitro brain stem-spinal cord pre...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Brocard F,Clarac F,Vinay L

更新日期：2003-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In rapid serial visual presentation of pictures, an early event-related brain potential component shows enlarged negativity over occipital regions for emotional pictures compared with neutral pictures. The present study examined whether the processing of emotional target pictures varies as a function of stimulus repet...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Schupp HT,Stockburger J,Codispoti M,Junghöfer M,Weike AI,Hamm AO

更新日期：2006-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Cortical processes underlying perception of musical consonance were investigated by long-latency auditory evoked potentials (EPs). Subjects listened to a random sequence of dyadic pure tones paired at various pitch intervals (1, 4, 6, 7, or 9 semitones). Amplitudes of P2 and N2 components of auditory EPs were signific...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Itoh K,Suwazono S,Nakada T

更新日期：2003-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was measured using PET and H2(15)O in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with predominantly right-sided akinetic-rigid symptoms and in control subjects during the execution of an externally cued motor task either with the left or the right hand. During the execution of the task with ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Thobois S,Dominey P,Decety J,Pollak P,Gregoire MC,Broussolle E

更新日期：2000-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, changes in the cytokine system (IL-1 beta, IL-2, IL-3, IL-6 and TNF alpha) were assessed following exposure to mild mood induction (negative and positive) in humans. An increase in secretion of TNF alpha, a decrease in that of IL-2 and of IL-3 with no change in IL-1 beta and in IL-6 secretion lev...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Mittwoch-Jaffe T,Shalit F,Srendi B,Yehuda S

更新日期：1995-03-27 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：:The present study examined the effect of peripherally applied morphine and GABA on jaw muscle electromyographic activity reflexly evoked by co-injection of glutamate into the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) of lightly anesthetized Sprague-Dawley rats of both sexes. In male but not female rats, morphine significantly sup...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Cai BB,Cairns BE,Sessle BJ,Hu JW

更新日期：2001-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that perceiving another person's body movements activates corresponding motor representations in an observer's brain, a process which appears to be imitative in nature. However, it is also true that simply imitating another person's action/s in many situations is not an effective or appropriate respon...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Sartori L,Betti S,Castiello U

更新日期：2013-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The conditioned place preference (CPP) induced by cocaine 2.5 mg/kg was measured in rats pre-exposed to ethanol (14 days with only 10% v/v ethanol followed by a free choice between ethanol solution and water for 14 days). Rats were divided according to their alcohol intake during the free choice period into low-drinki...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Le Pen G,Duterte-Boucher D,Daoust M,Costentin J

更新日期：1998-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Antisera were produced against synthetic peptides predicted from the recent cloning of a delta opioid receptor, DOR-1. Confocal microscopic examination of immunostained spinal cord sections revealed that DOR-1 immunoreactive (-ir) nerve fibers and terminals form a moderately dense plexus within the superficial dorsal ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Dado RJ,Law PY,Loh HH,Elde R

更新日期：1993-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared beta-amyloid peptide (Abeta) levels in the serum, CSF and brain (hippocampus) and correlated these with spatial learning in APP+PS1 transgenic mice. Compared with non-transgenic littermates, male 14-month-old APP + PS1 mice were impaired in spatial learning in the water maze. Among the APP + PS1 mice, only...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Liu L,Tapiola T,Herukka SK,Heikkilä M,Tanila H

更新日期：2003-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA fragmentation, the hallmark of apoptosis, has been recently investigated with contradictory results in several skeletal muscle disorders. Using in situ labeling of nuclear DNA fragmentation, we have tested the possibility that apoptosis might occur in muscles from patients with mitochondrial respiratory chain defe...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Monici MC,Toscano A,Girlanda P,Aguennouz M,Musumeci O,Vita G

更新日期：1998-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Altered glutamate signaling is associated with Parkinson's disease. To study the involvement of the cystine/glutamate antiporter in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease, we developed new polyclonal antibodies recognizing xCT, the specific subunit of this antiporter. The striatal xCT protein expression level was inv...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Massie A,Schallier A,Mertens B,Vermoesen K,Bannai S,Sato H,Smolders I,Michotte Y

更新日期：2008-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The whole cell configuration of the patch clamp technique was used to study the biophysical and pharmacological properties of voltage activated Ca2+ channel currents on hippocampal neurones cultured in the presence or absence of foetal calf serum. In the presence of serum cells were intensively immunostained with neur...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Bertollini L,Cattaneo A,Cherubini E

更新日期：1995-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:N- and C-terminal substance P (SP) fragments increase striatal dopamine outflow at nanomolar concentrations. This contrasts with their low affinity for NK1 receptors. To explore this discrepancy, we investigated the interaction of SP and SP fragments with NK1 sites in fresh striatal slices, the same model used in the ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Michael-Titus AT,Blackburn D,Connolly Y,Priestley JV,Whelpton R

更新日期：1999-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinally administered adenosine reduces hypersensitivity in animals and humans with nerve injury, but also causes transient pain in humans and reduces tonic inhibition in spinal neurons. Nerve injury results in increased tonic spinal cord adenosine A1 receptor activation, consistent with a role for adenosine to genera...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Martin TJ,Eisenach JC,Misler J,Childers SR

更新日期：2006-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patterns of neuronal firing, bursting and regular spiking, are observed in the somatosensory cortex of anesthetized rats. The effects of excitatory amino acid receptor agonists and antagonists on these discharge types have been examined in vivo, in order to assess their involvement in the generation of such firing...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kobayashi T,Nagao T,Fukuda H,Hicks TP,Oka JI

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein E (apoE) and the beta-amyloid peptide are both found in the senile plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease. Several studies have recently determined that apoE can prevent beta-amyloid fibril (Abetaf) formation in vitro. In vivo, apoE is normally associated with a lipid source. We show that both reco...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Beffert U,Poirier J

更新日期：1998-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that lower motor neurons containing calcium-binding proteins (CBP) may be resistant to degeneration in motor neuron disease. The testing of this hypothesis is hampered by lack of comprehensive information regarding the presence of CBPs in motor neurons. To address this shortcoming, we investigate...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Fahandejsaadi A,Leung E,Rahaii R,Bu J,Geula C

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulphated cholecystokinin-8 (CCK-8) given into the neostriatum of the rat by in vivo microdialysis produced a concentration-dependent (1-100 microM) increase in extracellular aspartate (Asp) and dynorphin B (Dyn B), but not in glutamate, GABA or dopamine levels. The increase in Asp levels produced by 10 microM CCK-8 w...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： You ZB,Pettersson E,Herrera-Marschitz M,Hökfelt T,Terenius L,Nylander I,Goiny M,Hughes J,O'Connor WT,Ungerstedt U

更新日期：1994-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In the adult brain, neural proliferation is almost absent and neurons are generally not renewed. By contrast, in the olfactory organ, olfactory neurons are produced continuously throughout life. To investigate whether specific cell cycle inhibitors are involved in the control of neural quiescence in adulthood, we comp...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Legrier ME,Ducray A,Propper A,Kastner A

更新日期：2001-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the changes in insular cortex metabolites and the correlation with clinical manifestations in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA). Lateral insular metabolite levels were measured and relevant ratios were calculated in OSA patients and healthy individuals, inclu...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kang J,Tian Z,Li M

更新日期：2018-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription factors have been used as neuronal markers in the nucleus accumbens (ACB) of male juvenile spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), an animal model of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), to trace putative neural substrates. In SHR, immunocytochemistry and PC-assisted image analysis showed lowe...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Papa M,Sergeant JA,Sadile AG

更新日期：1997-05-06 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：:Changes in the regulation, formation, and gating of connexin-based gap junction channels occur in various disorders. It has been shown that H and Ca are involved in the regulation of gap junctional communication. Ischemia-induced intracellular acidification and Ca overload lead to closure of gap junctions and inhibit ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kucheryavykh LY,Benedikt J,Cubano LA,Skatchkov SN,Bukauskas FF,Kucheryavykh YV

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recorded event-related potentials (ERPs) in 2-month-old infants in two different states of alertness: awake and asleep. Syllables varying in vowel duration (long vs short) were presented in an oddball paradigm, known to elicit a mismatch brain response. ERPs of both groups showed a mismatch response reflected in a ...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Friederici AD,Friedrich M,Weber C

更新日期：2002-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We used whole-cell recording to identify, for the first time, GABAergic tonic current in subpopulations of substantia gelatinosa neurons in mouse spinal cord slices. Application of the gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor antagonist bicuculline revealed tonic currents in 49 of 73 substantia gelatinosa neurons. Thes...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Takahashi A,Mashimo T,Uchida I

更新日期：2006-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of retinal ganglion cells innervating the suprachiasmatic nucleus are intrinsically light sensitive, while the rest are conventional ganglion cells that collect inputs through conventional photoreceptors. Here we report a rarely encountered ganglion cell that had a dendritic field covering approximately 1...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Pu M,Chen B,Li RS,Tay D,So KF

更新日期：2006-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Groups of 20 C57BL/6J mice (10 males and 10 females) were given BSE strain 301C i.p. and subsequently given 2 microg recombinant human TGFbeta1 s.c. at single or multiple times. There was a significant positive correlation between the day of TGFbeta1 administration and incubation time; the later TGFbeta1 was administe...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Kempster S,Collins ME,Edington N

更新日期：2004-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the expression for fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2), in cultured rat cerebellar granule cells and its modulation by Ca2+ regulating agents. There were no significant differences in the levels of FGF-2 mRNA in cells cultured in high vs low K+. The expression of the trophic factor is induced by Ca2+ en...

journal_title：Neuroreport

authors： Roceri M,Molteni R,Racagni G,Riva MA

更新日期：2000-11-09 00:00:00