abstract：:Manual actions and speech are connected: for example, grip execution can influence simultaneous vocalizations and vice versa. Our previous studies show that the consonant [k] is associated with the power grip and the consonant [t] with the precision grip. Here we studied whether the interaction between speech sounds a...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tiainen M,Tiippana K,Paavilainen P,Vainio M,Vainio L

更新日期：2017-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult filum terminale (FT) is an atypical region from where multipotent neural progenitor cells (NPCs) have been isolated. However, poor neuronal differentiation rate of FT-NPCs currently limits their clinical applications. Using custom-designed electric fields (EFs), this study sets up a method to significantly impro...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Dong ZY,Pei Z,Li Z,Wang YL,Khan A,Meng XT

更新日期：2017-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Which cognitive processes are reflected by the N400 in ERPs is still controversial. Various recent articles (Lau et al., 2008; Brouwer et al., 2012) have revived the idea that only lexical pre-activation processes (such as automatic spreading activation, ASA) are strongly supported, while post-lexical integrative proc...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Steinhauer K,Royle P,Drury JE,Fromont LA

更新日期：2017-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of cognitive behavior in rodent models of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are the mainstay of academic and industrial efforts to find effective treatments for this disorder. However, in the majority of such studies, the nature of rodent behavioral tests is considerably different from the setting associated with cogni...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Piiponniemi TO,Bragge T,Vauhkonen EE,Vartiainen P,Puoliväli JT,Sweeney PJ,Kopanitsa MV

更新日期：2017-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-18 (IL-18) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine and an important mediator of peripheral inflammation and host immune response. IL-18 functions through its binding with the IL-18 receptor (IL-18R), which consists of two chains, an IL-18-binding α chain (IL-18Rα) and a signaling β chain. IL-18 and IL-18R are expre...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kuwahara-Otani S,Maeda S,Kobayashi K,Minato Y,Tanaka K,Yamanishi K,Hata M,Li W,Hayakawa T,Noguchi K,Okamura H,Yagi H

更新日期：2017-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have reported the presence of methylphenidate (MPH) in effluents; however, its impacts on aquatic life are not yet well understood. Here, we investigated the effects of acute exposure on endocrine and behavioral stress responses to environmentally relevant concentrations of MPH in zebrafish. We show th...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Endres HC,da Rosa JG,Kabasele Kalala C,Barcellos HH,Bertol CD,Gil Barcellos LJ,Rossato-Grando LG

更新日期：2017-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep disturbance is common in chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, prior work has demonstrated that there are inconsistencies between subjective and objective assessments of sleep disturbance in PTSD. Therefore, we investigated whether subjective or objective sleep assessment has greater clinical u...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tahmasian M,Jamalabadi H,Abedini M,Ghadami MR,Sepehry AA,Knight DC,Khazaie H

更新日期：2017-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Antidepressants such as tricyclic antidepressants, and serotonin noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors are a first-line treatment for neuropathic pain. Here, we aimed to determine the involvement of the spinal dopaminergic system in the antihyperalgesic effects of antidepressants in a rat model of neuropathic pain induced...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Chen M,Hoshino H,Saito S,Yang Y,Obata H

更新日期：2017-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurotrophin 3 (NT3) is a potent neurotrophic factor for promoting remyelination and recovery of neuronal function; upregulation of its expression in the central nervous system (CNS) is thus of major therapeutic importance for neurological deficits. Matrine (MAT), a quinolizidine alkaloid derived from the herb Radix S...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zhang ML,Zhang XJ,Kang J,Zhang HJ,Chen XL,Liu N,Liu SQ,Ma WD,Zhang GX,Zhu L

更新日期：2017-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscarinic cholinoreceptors regulate the neurosecretion process in vertebrate neuromuscular junctions. The diversity of muscarinic effects on acetylcholine (ACh) secretion may be attributed to the different muscarinic subtypes involved in this process. In the present study, the location of five muscarinic receptor sub...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tsentsevitsky AN,Kovyazina IV,Nurullin LF,Nikolsky EE

更新日期：2017-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain-related evoked potentials (PREP) is an established electrophysiological method to evaluate the signal transmission of electrically stimulated A-delta fibres. Although prerequisite for its clinical use, test-retest-reliability and side-to-side differences of bilateral stimulation in healthy subjects have not been ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Özgül ÖS,Maier C,Enax-Krumova EK,Vollert J,Fischer M,Tegenthoff M,Höffken O

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolactin (PRL) has been shown to be altered by psychotropic drugs, including antidepressant drugs (ADs). Many studies have focused on the response to antidepressant treatment (especially related to the serotonergic system) using the fenfluramine test (PRF), however some data suggest lack of correlation between PRF an...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Faron-Górecka A,Kuśmider M,Szafran-Pilch K,Kolasa M,Żurawek D,Gruca P,Papp M,Solich J,Pabian P,Dziedzicka-Wasylewska M

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined c-Fos expression in selected brain areas consequent to intraperitoneal (IP) administration of saccharin and lithium chloride. Rats were tested for aversion to the saccharin as measured by flavor consumption and orofacial reactions in the taste reactivity (TR) test. It was found that intraperitoneal...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Soto A,Gasalla P,Begega A,López M

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:AMPA receptor (AMPAR) trafficking has emerged as a fundamental concept for understanding mechanisms of learning and memory as well as many neurological disorders. Classical conditioning is a simple and highly conserved form of associative learning. Our studies use an ex vivo brainstem preparation in which to study cel...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Keifer J,Tiwari NK,Buse L,Zheng Z

更新日期：2017-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The Chronic Constriction Injury of the Infraorbital Nerve (CCI-ION) is a well-established model to study facial sensory changes related to trigeminal neuropathic pain. CCI-ION induces heat hypersensitivity that resolves within 2-3 weeks and a delayed mechanical hypersensitivity that emerges during the second week post...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nones CFM,Claudino RF,Ferreira LEN,Dos Reis RC,King T,Chichorro JG

更新日期：2017-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The conversion of α-synuclein from its natively unfolded and α-helical tetrameric forms to an amyloid conformation is central to the emergence of Parkinson's disease. Therefore, prevention of this conversion may offer an effective way of avoiding the onset of this disease or delaying its progress. At different concent...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Giffin JC,Richards RC,Craft C,Jahan N,Leggiadro C,Chopin T,Szemerda M,MacKinnon SL,Ewart KV

更新日期：2017-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive age-related debilitating motor disorder and the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease. In this study, we aimed to investigate the expression of 24 candidate miRNAs in PD and to assess their diagnostic value in patients with PD. We collected ser...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Cao XY,Lu JM,Zhao ZQ,Li MC,Lu T,An XS,Xue LJ

更新日期：2017-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) function is essential for organismal survival, mediating the packaging of acetylcholine (ACh) for exocytotic release. However, its expression pattern in the Drosophila brain has not been fully elucidated. To investigate the localization of VAChT, we developed an antibody aga...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Boppana S,Kendall N,Akinrinsola O,White D,Patel K,Lawal H

更新日期：2017-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by a loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc). Adenosine is a neuromodulator that inhibit the release of dopamine via a disinhibitory mechanism. In this study, we investigated the neuroprotective effect of 8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dipropylxanthine and...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Fathalla AM,Soliman AM,Moustafa AA

更新日期：2017-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed toinvestigate the efficacy of adenovirus vector-mediated brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) ex vivo gene transfer to human umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells (UCB-MSCs) in a rat sciatic nerve crush injury model. BDNF protein and mRNA expression after infection was checked...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hei WH,Almansoori AA,Sung MA,Ju KW,Seo N,Lee SH,Kim BJ,Kim SM,Jahng JW,He H,Lee JH

更新日期：2017-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite extensive data addressing the regulation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in vertebrates, the neuroendocrine regulation of stress in birds remains incomplete. The paraventricular nucleus (PVN) contains the key neuropeptides, corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) and arginine vasotocin (AVT), con...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nagarajan G,Kang SW,Kuenzel WJ

更新日期：2017-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative damage induced-mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis has been widely studied in spinal cord injury (SCI). Lycopene, a polyunsaturated hydrocarbon, has the highest antioxidant capacity compared to the other carotenoids. However, the role of lycopene in SCI is unknown. In the present study, we evaluated the ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hu W,Wang H,Liu Z,Liu Y,Wang R,Luo X,Huang Y

更新日期：2017-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Freshwater clams are a popular health food in Asia and are traditionally used to prevent hepatic inflammation. Freshwater clam extract (FCE) inhibits inflammatory responses in activated macrophages by reducing the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase and nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hsieh CC,Lin MS,Hua KF,Chen WJ,Lin CC

更新日期：2017-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Akathisia is characterized by restlessness and crawling sensations similar to restless legs syndrome (RLS). Long latency flexor reflex (LLFR) which has helped to advance RLS pathophysiology has never been investigated in akathisia. Due to the clinical commonalities of akathisia and RLS, we inve...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Gunduz A,Metin B,Metin SZ,Poyraz BC,Karadeniz D,Kiziltan G,Kiziltan ME

更新日期：2017-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we describe the distribution of GABAC ρ3 receptor immunoreactivity in the cortex, striatum and hippocampus of wild type (wt) and 11 weeks old HD transgenic (tg) R6/2 mouse brain. In the brain of wt mice, GABAC ρ3 immunoreactivity is well expressed in neuronal cells, nerve fibers and axonal proces...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kumar U,Heer M,Somvanshi RK

更新日期：2017-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The human craniofacial muscles innervated by the facial nerve typically lack muscle spindles. However these muscles have proprioception that participates in the coordination of facial movements. A functional substitution of facial proprioceptors by cutaneous mechanoreceptors has been proposed but at present this alter...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Cobo JL,Abbate F,de Vicente JC,Cobo J,Vega JA

更新日期：2017-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic morphine administration induces neural plasticity followed by withdraw. And clinic observation indicates that obvious cognitive deficits are found during withdrawal. However, current neural substrates that regulate dysfunction in withdrawal are unknown. In our studies, chronic morphine administration was used ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Niu H,Zhang G,Li H,Zhang Q,Li T,Ding S,Wang L,Zhang Z,Qiao Y,Hu M

更新日期：2017-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid beta (Aβ) is the main component of the amyloid plaques that accumulate in the brains of Alzheimer patients. Here, we reported the protective role of Formononetin (Form) against Aβ25-35-induced neurotoxicity in HT22 cells. We found that Form significantly increased the viability of HT22 cells but decreased the ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Chen L,Ou S,Zhou L,Tang H,Xu J,Guo K

更新日期：2017-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine if the effect of downslope walking (DSW) on spinal excitability depends on walking duration and slope steepness, and if findings from the soleus (Sol) generalize to the tibialis anterior (TA). Sol and TA Hmax and Mmax were measured before and after four DSW doses (time/slope,...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Arnold E,Farmer B,Keightley M,Lee D,Rigel T,Hoque M,Sabatier MJ

更新日期：2017-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Regular physical activity benefits brain health and function. Physical activity performed by young adults is declining. However, the influence of diminished physical activity on cognitive performance and motor preparation in young adults remains unclear. This study measured changes in behavior and brain activity durin...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Cirillo J,Finch JB,Anson JG

更新日期：2017-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was performed to explore the role of galanin in nociceptive modulation in anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) of rats with acute inflammation, and the changes in galanin and galanin receptor 2 (Gal R2) expressions in rats with acute inflammation. Intra-ACC injection of galanin induced antinociception in ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zhang ML,Fu FH,Yu LC

更新日期：2017-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, research on lateralized event related potentials (ERPs) in response to irrelevant distractors has revealed that angry but not happy schematic distractors capture spatial attention. Whether this effect occurs in the context of the natural expression of emotions is unknown. To fill this gap, observers were ask...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Burra N,Coll SY,Barras C,Kerzel D

更新日期：2017-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcranial pulsed current stimulation (tPCS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) are two noninvasive neuromodulatory brain stimulation techniques whose effects on human brain and behavior have been studied individually. In the present study we aimed to quantify the effects of tDCS and tPCS, individual...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Thibaut A,Russo C,Morales-Quezada L,Hurtado-Puerto A,Deitos A,Freedman S,Carvalho S,Fregni F

更新日期：2017-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Repeated exposure to dizocilpine (MK-801) can be used as a model of schizophrenia that incorporates disease progression. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H MRS) has been widely used to investigate schizophrenia-related alterations in glutamate (Glu). The purpose of this study was to investigate metabolic alter...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yoo CH,Song KH,Lim SI,Lee DW,Woo DC,Choe BY

更新日期：2017-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Anesthetic cardioprotection reduces myocardial infarct size following ischemia-reperfusion injury. However, the underlying mechanisms that drive ischemia-reperfusion injury in cardiomyocytes remain unclear. In this study, we report that isoflurane, a commonly used inhaled anesthetic, can protect cardiomyocytes from an...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yang C,Jiao Y,Yan N,Wu B,Ren Y,Li H,Sun J,Gao J

更新日期：2017-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Opiate withdrawal syndrome is temporally associated with the hyperactivity of locus coeruleus neurons. Previous studies have shown that this hyperactivity, at least in part, results from the activity of excitatory afferents which mainly include the orexinergic neurons of hypothalamus and glutamatergic neurons of parag...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Hooshmand B,Azizi H,Javan M,Semnanian S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study aimed to explore the modification to cortical oscillations of Parkinson disease (PD) patients by subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN DBS). METHODS:With Magnetoencephalogram (MEG) detection, we examined the changes in absolute power spectrum of cortical oscillations in the PD patients wi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Cao CY,Zeng K,Li DY,Zhan SK,Li XL,Sun BM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the pre-dementia phase of Alzheimer disease, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) involves the onset and development of cognitive impairments. Opioid receptors play pivotal roles in the regulation of learning and cognition. Our study focused on the association of OPRK1 and OPRM1 methylation with MCI in Xinjiang Uygur an...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Liu G,Ji H,Liu J,Xu C,Chang L,Cui W,Ye C,Hu H,Chen Y,Zhou X,Duan S,Wang Q

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sweetened diets share commonalities with drugs of abuse, but studies comparing behavioral effects of different sweeteners are lacking. Common table sugar produces rewarding and withdrawal effects in planarians. We postulated that Splenda and Equal would produce similar responses and used a tetrad of behavioral assays ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ouyang K,Nayak S,Lee Y,Kim E,Wu M,Tallarida CS,Rawls SM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleus accumbens (NAc) shell is closely associated with reward, psychiatric disorders (depression or schizophrenia), and drug abuse. Dopamine, released from the ventral tegmental area, is involved in these physiological functions and pathophysiological changes of NAc shell. Medium spiny neurons (MSNs), which are ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kohnomi S,Ebihara K,Kobayashi M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00