abstract：:Transcriptomic studies of murine D3 embryonic stem (ES) cells deficient in the purinergic biosynthetic function hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) and undergoing dopaminergic neuronal differentiation has demonstrated a marked shift from neuronal to glial gene expression and aberrant expression of mu...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kang TH,Friedmann T

更新日期：2015-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Vesicular glutamate transporters (VGLUTs) are responsible for loading glutamate into synaptic vesicles. Altered VGLUT protein expression has been suggested to affect quantal size and glutamate release under both physiological and pathological conditions. In this study, we investigated mRNA and protein expression level...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Van Liefferinge J,Jensen CJ,Albertini G,Bentea E,Demuyser T,Merckx E,Aronica E,Smolders I,Massie A

更新日期：2015-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:4-Methylamphetamine (4-MA) has recently emerged as a designer drug of abuse in Europe and it is consumed always with amphetamine. There have been reported some deaths and non-fatal intoxications related to 4-MA. We investigated the changes in locomotor activity and body temperature after 4-MA administration to male Sp...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Rubio M,López-Arnau R,Pubill D,Escubedo E,Camarasa J

更新日期：2015-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The rodent gustatory cortex is located in the anterior part of the insular cortex, which is near the dorsal part of the rhinal vein (RHV) and the intersection of the anterior and posterior regions of the middle cerebral artery (MCA). Thus, the intersection between the RHV and MCA is used as a landmark for the rodent g...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kida I,Enmi J,Iida H,Yoshioka Y

更新日期：2015-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Brachial plexus avulsion (BPA) is one of the major injuries in motor vehicle accidents and may result in neuropathic pain. Accumulating evidence suggests that 30-80% of BPA developed neuropathic pain in human. In our study, complete brachial plexus avulsion (C5-T1) rats model leads to the results that 37.5% of rats ha...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Wang L,Yuzhou L,Yingjie Z,Jie L,Xin Z

更新日期：2015-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to clarify the effect of Chinese propolis on the expression level of neurotrophic factors in dental pulp cells (DPCs). We also investigated that the effects of the conditioned medium (CM) of DPCs stimulated by the propolis against oxidative and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stresses in human...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kudo D,Inden M,Sekine S,Tamaoki N,Iida K,Naito E,Watanabe K,Kamishina H,Shibata T,Hozumi I

更新日期：2015-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Tourette's syndrome (TS) occurs commonly in children, and dysfunction of dopaminergic system has long been postulated to underlie the disorder. Here, we used two TS rat models induced by 3,3'-iminodipropionitrile (IDPN) and Apomorphine (Apo) to assess an unique dopamine (DA) modulating property of gastrodin (GAS), the...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zhang F,Li A

更新日期：2015-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP) 7 may be a critical regulator of memory consolidation. This study was performed to assess the relationship between circulating IGFBP7 levels and postoperative cognition dysfunction (POCD) in patients scheduled for elective head and neck carcinoma surgery under general...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Jiang J,Chen Z,Liang B,Yan J,Zhang Y,Xu H,Huang Y,Jiang H

更新日期：2015-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression is one of the most prevalent challenges of mental conditions. Yet its exact etiology has not been clear. Chronic stress increases the production of cytokines, which can lead to depression. Hepcidin, an iron modulator, is involved in the inflammation process as well as iron homeostasis. This study was design...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Farajdokht F,Soleimani M,Mehrpouya S,Barati M,Nahavandi A

更新日期：2015-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Febrile seizures (FSs) are the most common type of convulsions in childhood and complex FSs represent an increased risk for development of temporal lobe epilepsy. The aim of this study was to analyze the anticonvulsant effects of carnosine, an endogenous dipeptide composed of alanine and histidine, on hyperthermia ind...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Dai YJ,Wu DC,Feng B,Hou WW,Xu CL,Ohtsu H,Chen Z,Hu WW

更新日期：2015-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The underlying mechanism of isoflurane-induced cognitive dysfunction in older individuals is unknown. In this study, the effects of isoflurane exposure on the hippocampal blood-brain barrier (BBB) in aged rats were investigated because it was previously shown that BBB disruption involves in cognitive dysfunction. Twen...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Cao Y,Ni C,Li Z,Li L,Liu Y,Wang C,Zhong Y,Cui D,Guo X

更新日期：2015-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the effects of 5-HT4 receptors of the CA1 on MK801-induced amnesia and hyperlocomotion were examined. One-trial step-down method was used to assess memory retention and then, the hole-board method to assess exploratory behaviors. The results showed that post-training intra-CA1 administration of RS67333 ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nasehi M,Tabatabaie M,Khakpai F,Zarrindast MR

更新日期：2015-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:As overweight and obesity are a growing problem in industrialized societies, they become a main focus of many studies. The aim of this study was to determine whether there is an association between the occurrence of polymorphisms in serotonin-related genes and the prevalence of depressive symptoms in obese patients. T...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Bieliński M,Tomaszewska M,Jaracz M,Pulkowska-Ulfig J,Długosz D,Sikora M,Tretyn A,Kamińska A,Junik R,Borkowska A

更新日期：2015-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to assess corticospinal excitability of the biceps brachii in the non-dominant arm of chronic resistance-trained (RT) and non-RT individuals. Seven chronic-RT and six non-RT male participants performed 4 sets of 5s pseudo-randomized contractions of the non-dominant elbow flexors at 25, 50,...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Philpott DT,Pearcey GE,Forman D,Power KE,Button DC

更新日期：2015-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Ideomotor theory states that the neural codes that represent action and the perceptual consequences of those actions are tightly bound in a common code. For action imagination, bound action, and perceptual codes are thought to be internally activated at a sub-threshold level through action simulation. In support of th...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yoxon E,Tremblay L,Welsh TN

更新日期：2015-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragile X syndrome (FXS), a disorder caused by a mutation in the FMR1 gene, is often associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Common treatments for the hyperactivity often seen in ADHD involve the use of stimulants and α2-adrenergic agonists. The Fmr1 knockout (KO) mouse has been found to be a ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Wrenn CC,Heitzer AM,Roth AK,Nawrocki L,Valdovinos MG

更新日期：2015-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We had previously reported that small gap neurorrhaphy by scissoring and sleeve-jointing epineurium could enhance the rate and quality of peripheral nerve regeneration. To date, local implantation and systemic delivery of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) have been routinely used in nerve tissue engineering, ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Wang P,Zhang Y,Zhao J,Jiang B

更新日期：2015-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies suggested that statins have anti-inflammatory effects beyond their lipid-lowering properties. In the present study, we sought to investigate whether rosuvastatin could alleviate morphine tolerance by attenuating the glia mediated neuroinflammation in the spinal cord. Using a rat model of L5 spinal nerve...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Li W,Li Y,Zhu S,Ji Q,Shu Y,Zhang L,Liu J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that 5HTR2A (rs6311) receptors have high concentration in the cortical layer-5 pyramidal neurons and that these receptors play an important role in the modulation of neurocognitive functions. For example, layer-5 pyramidal neurons mediate cellular level integrative interaction of primary sensory afferent s...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Maksimov M,Vaht M,Harro J,Bachmann T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have shown that blockade of colony stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1) or its receptor (CSF-1R) inhibits disease progression in rodent models of rheumatoid arthritis (RA); however, the role of the CSF-1/CSF-1R pathway in RA-induced pain and functional deficits has not been studied. Thus, we examined the effec...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Alvarado-Vazquez PA,Morado-Urbina CE,Castañeda-Corral G,Acosta-Gonzalez RI,Kitaura H,Kimura K,Takano-Yamamoto T,Jiménez-Andrade JM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal intrauterine growth restriction generates chronic hypoxia due to placental insufficiency. Despite the hemodynamic process of blood flow, redistributions are taking place in key organs such as the fetal brain during intrauterine growth restriction, in order to maintain oxygen and nutrients supply. The risk of sho...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hernández-Andrade E,Cortés-Camberos AJ,Díaz NF,Flores-Herrera H,García-López G,González-Jiménez M,Santamaría A,Molina-Hernández A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ferumoxytol is an ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide (USPIO) nanoparticle that is FDA-approved as an intravenous iron replacement therapy for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease. Ferumoxytol has also been used as a contrast agent for cerebral blood volume mapping by mag...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Doyle KP,Quach LN,Arceuil HE,Buckwalter MS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus) use the cercal sensory system at the rear of the abdomen to detect air currents and direct predator avoidance behavior. Sensory information regarding the direction and dynamic properties of air currents is processed within the terminal abdominal ganglion, and conveyed by ascending giant ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ogawa H,Kajita Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) play a fundamental role in affective neuroscience. When placed in an MR scanner, some volunteers feel safe and relaxed in this situation, while others experience uneasiness and fear. Little is known about the basis and consequences of such inter-individual...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Mutschler I,Wieckhorst B,Meyer AH,Schweizer T,Klarhöfer M,Wilhelm FH,Seifritz E,Ball T

更新日期：2014-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we demonstrated that dimeric apocynin prevented loss of motor function in the leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2(R1441G)) transgenic (tg) mouse (treated with 200mg/kg, three times per week) [B.P. Dranka et al., Neurosci. Lett. 549 (2013) 57-62]. Here we extend those studies by treating LRRK2(R1441G) mice wi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Dranka BP,Gifford A,McAllister D,Zielonka J,Joseph J,O'Hara CL,Stucky CL,Kanthasamy AG,Kalyanaraman B

更新日期：2014-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the serotonergic system in regulating the expression of estrogen receptor (ER) α in the hypothalamus was investigated in ovariectomized rats by injecting a serotonin synthesis inhibitor, parachlorophenylalanine (PCPA), or by destroying the dorsal raphe nucleus (DR). The number of ERα-immunoreactive (ir) ce...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ito H,Shimogawa Y,Kohagura D,Moriizumi T,Yamanouchi K

更新日期：2014-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurons of the lateral olivocochlear (LOC) system project from the auditory brainstem to the cochlea, where they synapse on radial dendrites of auditory nerve fibers. Selective LOC disruption depresses sound-evoked auditory nerve activity in the guinea pig, but enhances it in the mouse. Here, LOC disruption depressed ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Le Prell CG,Dolan DF,Hughes LF,Altschuler RA,Shore SE,Bledsoe SC Jr

更新日期：2014-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Zebra finches are ideal animals to investigate sex difference in songbirds. Only males can sing. The brain nuclei controlling song learning and production in males are considerably larger than in females. The robust nucleus of the arcopallium (RA) is a premotor nucleus, playing a key role in controlling singing. RA re...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Wang S,Meng W,Liu S,Liao C,Huang Q,Li D

更新日期：2014-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Febrile seizures (FS) are generally defined as seizures taking place during fever. Long-term prognosis, including development of epilepsy and malformation of cognitive function, has been demonstrated after infantile FS. However, the mechanism that triggers seizures in hyperthermic environment is still unclear. We here...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Feng B,Tang YS,Chen B,Dai YJ,Xu CL,Xu ZH,Zhang XN,Zhang SH,Hu WW,Chen Z

更新日期：2014-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Harmonically rich sounds have been shown to be processed more efficiently by the human brain compared to single sinusoidal tones. To control for stimulus complexity as a potentially confounding factor, tones and equally complex spectrally rotated sounds, have been used in the present study to investigate the role of t...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Christmann CA,Lachmann T,Berti S

更新日期：2014-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of sleep deprivation (SD) on one-trial recognition memory were investigated in rats using either a spontaneous novel-object or object-place recognition test. Rats were allowed to explore a field in which two identical objects were presented. After a delay period, they were placed again in the same field in whi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ishikawa H,Yamada K,Pavlides C,Ichitani Y

更新日期：2014-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Mounting evidence suggests a chronic pro-inflammatory state in individuals with bipolar disorder (BD). Stress exposure is known to exacerbate several inflammatory conditions as well as psychiatric disorders. Here, we analyzed plasma levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines and their soluble receptors to realistic acute ps...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Wieck A,Grassi-Oliveira R,do Prado CH,Rizzo LB,de Oliveira AS,Kommers-Molina J,Viola TW,Marciano Vieira EL,Teixeira AL,Bauer ME

更新日期：2014-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Centrally formed acetaldehyde has proven to be responsible for several psychopharmacological effects induced by ethanol. In addition, it has been suggested that the cAMP-PKA signaling transduction pathway plays an important role in the modulation of several ethanol-induced behaviors. Therefore, we hypothesized that ac...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tarragon E,Baliño P,Aragon CM

更新日期：2014-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual mental imagery is a process that draws on different cognitive abilities and is affected by the contents of mental images. Several studies have demonstrated that different brain areas subtend the mental imagery of navigational and non-navigational contents. Here, we set out to determine whether there are distinc...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Boccia M,Piccardi L,Palermo L,Nemmi F,Sulpizio V,Galati G,Guariglia C

更新日期：2014-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Quantitative sensory testing (QST) is widely used in human research to investigate the integrity of the sensory function in patients with pain of neuropathic origin, or other causes such as low back pain. Reliability of QST has been evaluated on both sides of the face, hands and feet as well as on the trun...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Knutti IA,Suter MR,Opsommer E

更新日期：2014-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Cold defense mechanisms in mice are attenuated in the light phase during fasting, resulting in hypothermia. The present study examined whether specific neurons and areas in the SCN are related to the response. Mice were fasted over 47h or remained fed, during which they were placed at 20 or 27°C for 3h in the light or...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Uchida Y,Tokizawa K,Nagashima K

更新日期：2014-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have extensively reported an advantage of females in empathy as compared with males. It remains to be clarified, however, whether these sex differences are associated with sex specific neural processes underlying empathic response to different intensity of emotional stimulus. The present study examine...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Luo P,Zheng X,Chen X,Li Y,Wang J,Deng L,Zheng X

更新日期：2014-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to morphine during pregnancy produced long-term effects in offspring behaviors. Recent studies have shown that voluntary exercise decreases the severity of anxiety behaviors in both morphine-dependent and withdrawn rats. Thus, the aims of the present study were to examine whether maternal exercise decreases p...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Haydari S,Miladi-Gorji H,Mokhtari A,Safari M

更新日期：2014-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain pericytes are involved in neurovascular dysfunction, neurodegeneration and/or neuroinflammation. In the present study, we focused on the proinflammatory properties of brain pericytes to understand their participation in the induction of inflammation at the neurovascular unit (NVU). The NVU comprises different ce...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Matsumoto J,Takata F,Machida T,Takahashi H,Soejima Y,Funakoshi M,Futagami K,Yamauchi A,Dohgu S,Kataoka Y

更新日期：2014-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical exercise is beneficial to functional recovery after stroke. But its underling mechanism is still unknown. It is reported that neural stem cells (NSCs) proliferation, migration and differentiation play an important role in recovery following stroke, furthermore, stromal cell derived factor-1α (SDF-1α) and its ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Luo J,Hu X,Zhang L,Li L,Zheng H,Li M,Zhang Q

更新日期：2014-08-22 00:00:00