abstract：:Propofol has been demonstrated as a drug of abuse in humans. Our previous study indicated that dexamethasone, a potent agonist of glucocorticoid receptor (GR), inhibited propofol-maintained rat self-administration behaviors by systematic injection. However, the direct effect of GR in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) on pro...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Wu B,Lin W,Wang H,Abdullah T,Wang B,Su Y,Ge RS,Lian Q

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are neurodegenerative diseases that may share genetic risk factors. The exon variant Aal58Val (rs17571) in CTSD was recently associated with AD, leading us to examine whether it also affects risk of ALS and PD. The rs17571 varia...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Xi J,Yang X,Zhao Q,Zheng J,An R,Tian S,Huang H,Hu F,Ning P,Xu Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural circuitry comprising the ventral tegmental area, nucleus accumbens (NAc), prefrontal cortex (PFC) and hippocampus (HIP) has a main role in reward phenomena. Previous behavioral studies indicated that intracerebroventricular administration of AP5 (NMDA glutamate receptor antagonist) and CNQX (AMPA/kainate glutam...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Siahposht-Khachaki A,Ezzatpanah S,Razavi Y,Haghparast A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKROUND:8-hydroxy-2 deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) and the 8-hydroxyguanosine (8-OHG) are the most widely used biomarkers of nucleoside oxidation affecting DNA and RNA and are considered reliable markers of oxidative stress. Increased levels of these markers are found in the various biological fluids of patients with neurod...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Gmitterová K,Gawinecka J,Heinemann U,Valkovič P,Zerr I

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to investigate the relationship between DNA methylation and expression of human dopamine transporter (hDAT). We examined methylation status of hDAT in cells with various hDAT expression levels, including two dopaminergic neural cell lines (SK-N-AS and SH-SY-5Y) and one non-dopaminergic cell line (HEK29...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zhai D,Li S,Dong G,Zhou D,Yang Y,Wang X,Zhao Y,Yang Y,Lin Z

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lead is a neurotoxicant of immense public health importance. Epidemiology studies suggest that heavy metal exposure may be associated with an increased risk of cognitive decline, yet few studies to date have assessed the effect of adult lead exposure on cognitive behavior in animal models. Here, we exposed 6-week-old ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Engstrom AK,Xia Z

更新日期：2017-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs, such as miR-34, have been reported to influence age-related diseases. In this study, we explored the role of the miR-34a/Bcl-2 signaling pathway in age-related hearing loss (AHL). Using an AHL mouse model (C57BL/6), we found that the expression of miR-34a in the cochlea increased with age, whereas expressio...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Huang Q,Zheng Y,Ou Y,Xiong H,Yang H,Zhang Z,Chen S,Ye Y

更新日期：2017-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Fear-conditioned analgesia (FCA) is modulated by brain areas involved in the descending inhibitory pain pathway such as the basolateral (BLA) and central amygdala (CEA). The BLA contains Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) and parvalbumin (PV) neurons. CEA neurons are primarily inhibitory (GABAergic) ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Butler RK,Ehling S,Barbar M,Thomas J,Hughes MA,Smith CE,Pogorelov VM,Aryal DK,Wetsel WC,Lascelles BDX

更新日期：2017-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease is correlated with neuronal degeneration and loss of neuronal precursors in different parts of the brain. It has been found disturbance in the homeostasis neural stem cells (NSCs) can cause neurodegeneration. Morphine, an analgesic agent, can disrupt the dynamic and normal state of NSCs. However, m...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Salarinasab S,Nourazarian A,Nikanfar M,Abdyazdani N,Kazemi M,Feizy N,Rahbarghazi R

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptides orexin-A and -B are related to the regulation of sleep/wakefulness and feeding behaviors. Recently, the peptides have also been shown to yield antinociceptive effects in various pain models. However, it is not clear whether orexins are involved in forms of synaptic plasticity, such as long-term potentiat...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Park KB,Weon H

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) severely impacts the quality of life of affected individuals. Oxidative stress resulting from noise exposure is a significant cause of NIHL. Although histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors were shown to protect against NIHL, the underlying mechanism remains unclear, and it is not known...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yang DH,Xie J,Liu K,Peng Z,Guo JY,Yu SK,Wang GP,Gong SS

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) affects the sensory function of the hands and, consequently, may negatively impact hand dexterity, maximum grip strength (GSMax), and hand grip force (GF) control during object manipulation. The aims of this study were to examine and compare the GF control during a simple holding t...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lima KCA,Borges LDS,Hatanaka E,Rolim LC,de Freitas PB

更新日期：2017-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is a common disorder of cognitive functions in aged patients following anesthesia and surgery. α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (α7-nAChR) plays a regulatory role in cognitive processes and is involved in cognitive deficits. This study aims to observe the effect of electr...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Liu PR,Zhou Y,Zhang Y,Diao S

更新日期：2017-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Occurring at rates up to 6-7 syllables per second, speech perception and understanding involves rapid identification of speech sounds and pre-activation of morphemes and words. Using event-related potentials (ERPs) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we investigated the time-course and neural sources of ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Roll M,Söderström P,Frid J,Mannfolk P,Horne M

更新日期：2017-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The dorsal visual processing stream that includes V1, motion sensitive area V5 and the posterior parietal lobe, supports visually guided motor function. Two recent studies have reported associations between global motion perception, a behavioural measure of processing in V5, and motor function in pre-school and school...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Thompson B,McKinlay CJD,Chakraborty A,Anstice NS,Jacobs RJ,Paudel N,Yu TY,Ansell JM,Wouldes TA,Harding JE,CHYLD Study Team.

更新日期：2017-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:N-Methyl-d-Aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are present in both pyramidal neurons and interneurons of the hippocampus. These receptors play a key role in the structural plasticity of excitatory neurons, but to date little is known about their influence on the remodeling of interneurons. Among hippocampal interneurons, the...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Pérez-Rando M,Castillo-Gómez E,Bellés M,Carceller H,Nácher J

更新日期：2017-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging evidence suggests that the SNP rs2736990 of SNCA is a susceptibility factor for idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) in different populations, but the studies which examined the association have provided inconsistent results. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis of some case-control studies to obtain a more...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Fang J,Hou B,Liu H,Zhang X,Wang J,Zhou C,Xie A

更新日期：2017-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to estimate the effect of altitude (1500m vs. 3200m) on balance strategies, and to determine the influence of age (> or <40 years) and expertise (> or <20days of mountain climbing/year) on postural stability at altitude. METHOD:Eighty-nine volunteer mountaineers were tested at 1500m, ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Bruyneel AV,Humbert A,Bertrand M

更新日期：2017-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The role of Glial Fibrillic Acidic Protein (GFAP) as a potential biomarker for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) and clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) has been controversially discussed. The aim was to characterize the added value of GFAP levels in the CSF of RRMS and CIS patients in correlation ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kassubek R,Gorges M,Schocke M,Hagenston VAM,Huss A,Ludolph AC,Kassubek J,Tumani H

更新日期：2017-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebellar Purkinje cells differentiate the most elaborate dendritic trees among neurons in the brain and constitute the principal part of cerebellar neuronal circuitry. In the present study, we examined the role of the GluA2 subunit of α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA)-type glutamate recepto...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tanaka M,Senda T,Hirashima N

更新日期：2017-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Rehabilitation is a process which favors recovery after brain damage involving motor systems, and neural plasticity is the only real resource the brain has for inducing neurobiological events in order to bring about re-adaptation. Rats were placed on a treadmill and made to walk, in different groups, at different velo...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Vázquez-Hernández N,González-Tapia DC,Martínez-Torres NI,González-Tapia D,González-Burgos I

更新日期：2017-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore whether the cognitive impairment is correlated with freezing of gait (FOG) in patients with Parkinson disease (PD). METHODS:A total of 186 patients with Parkinson disease (104 patients with FOG and 82 patients with no clinical history of freezing behavior) and 125 healthy individuals were selected...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yao Z,Shao Y,Han X

更新日期：2017-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic factors have been reported to contribute to the liability of suicide. We aimed to investigate functional polymorphisms in eight genes (serotonin transporter, SLC6A4; receptors, 5HTR1A, 1B, 5HTR2A; Tryptophan Hydroxylase, TPH1, TPH2; Monoamine Oxidase, MAOA and G Protein Subunit Beta 3, GNB3) to investigate the...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Pompili M,Gentile G,Scassellati C,Bonvicini C,Innamorati M,Erbuto D,Montebovi F,Ducci G,Forte A,De Pisa E,Ferracuti S,Serafini G,De Luca V,Amore M,Simmaco M,Girardi P

更新日期：2017-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Quantitative assessments of extracellular EEG to identify specific features of three main phases of seizure acquisition based on kindling model in Rat. METHODS:Male rats were divided into 2 groups including kindled (n=10) and sham (n=7) and respectively underwent an amygdala rapid kindling and placebo kindli...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Jalilifar M,Yadollahpour A,Moazedi AA,Ghotbeddin Z

更新日期：2017-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic stress results in neurological complications like depression, cognitive dysfunction, and anxiety disorders. In our previous study, we observed that Urtica dioica leaf extract attenuated chronic stress-induced complications. Further, we observed that Urtica dioica contained a great amount of the flavonoid rutin...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Parashar A,Mehta V,Udayabanu M

更新日期：2017-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide analysis of miRNA expression has revealed increased levels of miR-144 in the brains of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2), a potential target of miR-144, is a central regulator of antioxidant response, and plays an important role in glutathione (GSH) biosy...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zhou C,Zhao L,Zheng J,Wang K,Deng H,Liu P,Chen L,Mu H

更新日期：2017-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12h sleep deprivation enhances the expression of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) 1A receptors in rat hippocampus that recedes with 48h sleep recovery. The depressant effect of applied 5-HT on the field excitatory postsynaptic potentials recorded in the CA1 area, is also enhanced in hippocampi of SD rats. Following a 24 o...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Azizi H,Hwang J,Suen V,Kang NZ,Somvanshi R,Tadavarty R,Kumar U,Sastry BR

更新日期：2017-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we aimed to investigate whether self-reported mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) was associated with decreased AD-vulnerable cortical thickness, and to assess the relationship between AD-vulnerable cortical thickness and AD-related biomarker in the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative subjects. W...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Wang ML,Wei XE,Yu MM,Li PY,Li WB,Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative.

更新日期：2017-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Moral sense is defined as a feeling of fairness or unfairness of an action that knowingly causes harm to people other than the subject. It is crucial in determining human behavior and becomes pivotal in operational environments. Here we assessed whether professional daily life experience in an operational environment ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Boccia M,Verde P,Angelino G,Carrozzo P,Vecchi D,Piccardi L,Colangeli S,Cordellieri P,Ferlazzo F,Giannini AM

更新日期：2017-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Prominent accounts of decision making state that decisions are made on the basis of an accumulation of sensory evidence, orchestrated by networks of prefrontal and parietal neural populations. Here we assess whether these findings generalize to decisions on self-motion. Participants were presented with whole body yaw ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： de Winkel KN,Nesti A,Ayaz H,Bülthoff HH

更新日期：2017-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous study suggested that adults with greater motor difficulties demonstrated less adaptation under a regular error feedback schedule (gain=1:1) but reached a similar level of adaptation compared to controls when feedback was enhanced (gain=1:2). In light of these findings, the present study examined inter-limb ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Bo J,Lee CM

更新日期：2017-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep fragmentation due to intermittent nocturnal arousal resulting in a reduction of total sleep time and sleep efficiency is a common symptom among people with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and elderly people with normal cognitive function. Although epidemiological studies have indicated an association between sleep frag...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Minakawa EN,Miyazaki K,Maruo K,Yagihara H,Fujita H,Wada K,Nagai Y

更新日期：2017-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Numerous studies have reported P50 gating deficits in schizophrenia, though with mixed results. Moreover, few studies have explored the association between P50 gating deficits and psychopathology in Chinese patients with schizophrenia. In the present study, we investigated the P50 auditory sensory gating patt...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zhu XL,Tan SP,Wang ZR,Zhang JG,Li D,Fan FM,Zhao YL,Zou YZ,Tan YL,Yang F,Zhang XY

更新日期：2017-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial pediatric solid tumor, arising from the embryonic sympathoadrenal lineage of the neural crest, and is responsible for 15% of childhood cancer deaths. Although survival rates are good for some patients, those children diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma have survival rat...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hegarty SV,Togher KL,O'Leary E,Solger F,Sullivan AM,O'Keeffe GW

更新日期：2017-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal infection during pregnancy increases the risk of neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia in offspring. Several previous animal studies have indicated that maternal immune activation (MIA), rather than a specific pathogen, alters fetal brain development. Among them, pr...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zuiki M,Chiyonobu T,Yoshida M,Maeda H,Yamashita S,Kidowaki S,Hasegawa T,Gotoh H,Nomura T,Ono K,Hosoi H,Morimoto M

更新日期：2017-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate and reliable prognostic judgments for disorders of consciousness (DOCs) can provide useful information for clinicians in the establishment of appropriate care plan, and may affect end-of-life decisions of caregivers. But until now no certain or standardized prognostic indicator has been constructed to predict...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zhang Y,Li R,Du J,Huo S,Hao J,Song W

更新日期：2017-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that acetyl-l-carnitine (ALC) has various neuroprotective effects against neurodegenerative diseases. In addition, it has been reported that ALC facilitates myelination of regenerated axons after peripheral nerve injuries. We previously reported that spontaneous regeneration of the lateral olfactory t...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Fukushima N,Yokouchi K,Kuroiwa M,Kawagishi K,Moriizumi T

更新日期：2017-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Restoring corticospinal function after spinal cord injury is a significant challenge as the corticospinal tract elicits no substantive, spontaneous regeneration, and its interruption leaves a permanent deficit. The corticospinal circuit serves multiple motor and sensory functions within the mammalian nervous system as...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Serradj N,Agger SF,Hollis ER 2nd

更新日期：2017-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently showed that the RNA regulator, HuR, is translocated to the cytoplasm in astrocytes in the acute phase of spinal cord injury (SCI), consistent with its activation. HuR positively modulates expression of many pro-inflammatory factors, including IL-1β, TNF-α, and MMP-12, which are present at high levels in th...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kwan T,Floyd CL,Patel J,Mohaimany-Aponte A,King PH

更新日期：2017-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth/differentiation factor-5 (GDF-5), a member of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) superfamily, has been shown to protect rat dopaminergic neurons against insult both in embryonic neuronal culture and in Parkinson's disease models. However, whether GDF-5 exerts neuroprotective effects in hippocampal neur...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zhao Y,Zhang M,Liu H,Wang J

更新日期：2017-06-09 00:00:00