Secondhand smoke exposure induces Raf/ERK/MAPK-mediated upregulation of cerebrovascular endothelin ETA receptors.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Given the reported inverse association between light and depressive mood, ambient light may also be associated with some of the brain regions in healthy subjects. The present study aims to investigate the effects of ambient light on glucose metabolism in the brain. We used the data of 28 healthy participants...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Hirakawa H,Terao T,Hatano K,Kohno K,Ishii N

更新日期：2018-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study examined the relationship of the arithmetic mismatch negativity (AMN) and the semantic evaluation of numerical magnitude. The first question was whether the AMN was sensitive to the incongruity in numerical information per se, or rather, to the violation of strategic expectations. The second quest...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Hsu YF,Szücs D

更新日期：2011-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:How living neural networks retain information is still incompletely understood. Two prominent ideas on this topic have developed in parallel, but have remained somewhat unconnected. The first of these, the "synaptic hypothesis," holds that information can be retained in synaptic connection strengths, or weig...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Chen W,Hobbs JP,Tang A,Beggs JM

更新日期：2010-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Growing evidence shows that, in vivo, the precursor of Nerve Growth Factor (NGF), proNGF, displays biological activities different from those of its mature NGF counterpart, mediated by distinct, and somewhat complementary, receptor binding properties. NGF and proNGF induce distinct transcriptional signatures...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Arisi I,D'Onofrio M,Brandi R,Malerba F,Paoletti F,Storti AE,Florenzano F,Fasulo L,Cattaneo A

更新日期：2014-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this study, we examined the effects of cyclophosphamide, methothrexate, and 5-Fluorouracil (CMF) drug combination on various aspects of learning and memory. We also examined the effects of CMF on cell proliferation and chromatin remodeling as possible underlying mechanisms to explain chemotherapy-associat...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Briones TL,Woods J

更新日期：2011-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Protein aggregation plays important roles in several neurodegenerative disorders. For instance, insoluble aggregates of phosphorylated tau and of Aβ peptides are cornerstones in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease. Soluble protein aggregates are therefore potential diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for t...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Kamali-Moghaddam M,Pettersson FE,Wu D,Englund H,Darmanis S,Lord A,Tavoosidana G,Sehlin D,Gustafsdottir S,Nilsson LN,Lannfelt L,Landegren U

更新日期：2010-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multi-sensory integration is necessary for organisms to discriminate different environmental stimuli and thus determine behavior. Caenorhabditis elegans has 12 pairs of amphid sensory neurons, which are involved in generating behaviors such as thermotaxis toward cultivation temperature, and chemotaxis toward...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Adachi R,Osada H,Shingai R

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An ever growing body of evidences is emerging concerning metabolism hormones, neurotransmitters or stress-related biomarkers as effective modulators of eating behavior and body weight in mammals. The present study sought at examining the density and affinity of two proteins related to neurotransmission and c...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Giannaccini G,Betti L,Palego L,Pirone A,Schmid L,Lanza M,Fabbrini L,Pelosini C,Maffei M,Santini F,Pinchera A,Lucacchini A

更新日期：2011-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity has deleterious effects on the brain, and metabolic dysfunction may exacerbate the outcomes of seizures and brain injuries. However, it is unclear whether obesity affects excitotoxicity-induced neuronal cell death. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a high-fat diet (HFD) on n...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Kang DH,Heo RW,Yi CO,Kim H,Choi CH,Roh GS

更新日期：2015-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In rodents, dietary Na+ deprivation reduces gustatory responses of primary taste fibers and central taste neurons to lingual Na+ stimulation. However, in the rat taste bud cells Na+ deprivation increases the number of amiloride sensitive epithelial Na+ channels (ENaC), which are considered as the "receptor" ...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Huang T,Stähler F

更新日期：2009-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Excitotoxicity (the toxic overstimulation of neurons by the excitatory transmitter Glutamate) is a central process in widespread neurodegenerative conditions such as brain ischemia and chronic neurological diseases. Many mechanisms have been suggested to mediate excitotoxicity, but their significance across ...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Del Rosario JS,Feldmann KG,Ahmed T,Amjad U,Ko B,An J,Mahmud T,Salama M,Mei S,Asemota D,Mano I

更新日期：2015-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Noise exposure (NE) is a severe modern health hazard that induces hearing impairment. However, the noise-induced ultrastructural changes of blood-labyrinth barrier (BLB) and the potential involvements of tight junction proteins (TJP) remain inconclusive. We investigated the effects of NE on not only the ultr...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Wu YX,Zhu GX,Liu XQ,Sun F,Zhou K,Wang S,Wang CM,Jia JW,Song JT,Lu LJ

更新日期：2014-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A delay in surgical nerve repair results in impaired nerve function in humans, but mechanisms behind the weakened nerve regeneration are not known. Activating transcription factor 3 (ATF3) increases the intrinsic growth state of injured neurons early after injury, but the role of long-term changes and their ...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Saito H,Dahlin LB

更新日期：2008-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Symptoms of schizophrenia are related to deficits in self-monitoring function, which may be a consequence of irregularity in aspects of the default mode network (DMN). Schizophrenia can also be characterized by a functional abnormality of the brain activity that is reflected in the resting state. Oscillatory...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Kim JS,Shin KS,Jung WH,Kim SN,Kwon JS,Chung CK

更新日期：2014-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:NAP (Asn-Ala-Pro-Val-Ser-Ile-Pro-Gln, single amino acid letter code, NAPVSIPQ), an eight amino acid neuroprotective peptide derived from activity-dependent neuroprotective protein (ADNP), exhibits some structural similarity to activity-dependent neurotropic factor-9 (ADNF-9; Ser-Alal-Leu-Leu-Arg-Ser-Ile-Pr...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Gozes I,Divinski I,Piltzer I

更新日期：2008-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To determine whether early imitative responses fade out following the maturation of attentional mechanisms, the relationship between primitive imitation behaviors and the development of attention was examined in 4-month-old infants. They were divided into high and low imitators, based on an index of imitatio...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Nakagawa A,Sukigara M,Benga O

更新日期：2003-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subjective tinnitus is characterized by an auditory phantom perception in the absence of any physical sound source. Consequently, in a quiet environment, tinnitus patients differ from control participants because they constantly perceive a sound whereas controls do not. We hypothesized that this difference i...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Schlee W,Hartmann T,Langguth B,Weisz N

更新日期：2009-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Circadian clocks are endogenous biochemical oscillators that control daily behavioral rhythms in all living organisms. In fruit fly, the circadian rhythms are typically studied using power spectra of multiday behavioral recordings. Despite decades of study, a quantitative understanding of the temporal shape ...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Lazopulo A,Syed S

更新日期：2016-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Empathy refers to the ability to recognise and share emotions with others. Several research groups have recognised observational fear in mice as a useful behavioural model for assessing their ability to empathise. However, in these observation systems, it remains unclear whether the observer mouse truly reco...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Ueno H,Suemitsu S,Murakami S,Kitamura N,Wani K,Takahashi Y,Matsumoto Y,Okamoto M,Ishihara T

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effects induced by administering the anticonvulsant lamotrigine, the preferential inhibitor of neuronal nitric oxide synthase 7-nitroindazole and the precursor of NO synthesis L-arginine, alone or in combination, on an experimental model of partial complex seizures (maximal dentate gyrus activation) were...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Sardo P,Ferraro G

更新日期：2007-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Receptor-interacting protein 3 (RIP3), a member of RIP family proteins, has been shown to participate in programmed necrosis or necroptosis in cell biology studies. Evidence suggests that necroptosis may be a mode of neuronal death in the retina. RESULTS:In the present study we determined the expression of ...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Huang JF,Shang L,Zhang MQ,Wang H,Chen D,Tong JB,Huang H,Yan XX,Zeng LP,Xiong K

更新日期：2013-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies have shown that Stroop interference is stronger in children than in adults. However, in a standard Stroop paradigm, stimulus interference and response interference are confounded. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether interference at the stimulus level and the response lev...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Jongen EM,Jonkman LM

更新日期：2008-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8), the most potent endogenous anti-opioid peptide, has been shown to regulate the processes of morphine dependence. In our previous study, we found that exogenous CCK-8 attenuated naloxone induced withdrawal symptoms. To investigate the precise effect of exogenous CCK-8 and ...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Wen D,Ma CL,Zhang YJ,Meng YX,Ni ZY,Li SJ,Cong B

更新日期：2012-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neurogenesis continues to occur throughout life but dramatically decreases with increasing age. This decrease is mostly related to a decline in proliferative activity as a result of an impoverishment of the microenvironment of the aged brain, including a reduction in trophic factors and increased inflammatio...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Bachstetter AD,Pabon MM,Cole MJ,Hudson CE,Sanberg PR,Willing AE,Bickford PC,Gemma C

更新日期：2008-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parkinson disease (PD) is a movement disorder affecting 1 % of people over the age of 60. The etiology of the disease is unknown; however, accumulating evidence suggests that mitochondrial defects, oxidative stress, and neuroinflammation play important roles in developing the disease. Current medications for...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Javed H,Azimullah S,Abul Khair SB,Ojha S,Haque ME

更新日期：2016-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mismatch negativity (MMN) is an early component of event-related potentials/fields, which can be observed in response to violations of regularities in sound sequences. The MMN can be elicited by simple feature (e.g. pitch) deviations in standard oddball paradigms as well as by violations of more complex ...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Herholz SC,Lappe C,Pantev C

更新日期：2009-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Fronto temporal lobar dementia (FTLD) are common causes of dementia in the aging population for which limited therapeutical options are available. These disorders are associated with Tau accumulation. We have previously shown that Cerebrolysin™ (CBL), a neuropeptide mixture with ...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Rockenstein E,Ubhi K,Trejo M,Mante M,Patrick C,Adame A,Novak P,Jech M,Doppler E,Moessler H,Masliah E

更新日期：2014-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gap junction proteins, connexins, are expressed in most endocrine and exocrine glands in the body and are at least in some glands crucial for the hormonal secretion. To what extent connexins are expressed in neurons releasing hormones or neuropeptides from or within the central nervous system is, however, un...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Westberg L,Sawa E,Wang AY,Gunaydin LA,Ribeiro AC,Pfaff DW

更新日期：2009-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optic nerve is a pure white matter central nervous system (CNS) tract with an isolated blood supply, and is widely used in physiological studies of white matter response to various insults. We examined the gene expression profile of human optic nerve (ON) and, through the NEIBANK online resource, to prov...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Bernstein SL,Guo Y,Peterson K,Wistow G

更新日期：2009-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many studies of cerebral asymmetries in different species lead, on the one hand, to a better understanding of the functions of each cerebral hemisphere and, on the other hand, to develop an evolutionary history of hemispheric laterality. Our animal model is particularly interesting because of its original ev...

journal_title：BMC neuroscience

authors： Blois-Heulin C,Crével M,Böye M,Lemasson A

更新日期：2012-01-12 00:00:00