abstract：:Methyl-CpG binding protein 2 (MECP2) is a chromosome-binding protein that regulates the development and maintenance of brain circuits. Altered function of the protein product of MECP2 plays an important role in the etiology of many neurodevelopmental disorders. Mutations involving a loss of function are implicated in ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tropea D,Mortimer N,Bellini S,Molinos I,Sanfeliu A,Shovlin S,McAllister D,Gill M,Mitchell K,Corvin A

更新日期：2016-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that articulating different syllables is linked to different grasp actions, e.g. [ti] is linked to precision grip, and [kɑ] to power grip. The aim of the present study was to test whether articulating or hearing these syllables would result in an increased activity in the representation of hand muscles inv...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Komeilipoor N,Tiainen M,Tiippana K,Vainio M,Vainio L

更新日期：2016-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:DSP-4[N-(2-chloroethyl)-N-ethyl-2-bromobenzylamine hydrochloride] is a neurotoxin that depletes norepinephrine. The catecholaminergic system has been implicated in the regulation of blood glucose level. In the present study, the effect of DSP-4 administered intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) or intrathecally (i.t.) on...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Park SH,Kim SS,Lee JR,Sharma N,Suh HW

更新日期：2016-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated differences in the neural time-course of cognitive conflict and emotional conflict control, using event-related potentials (ERPs). Although imaging studies have provided some evidence that distinct, dissociable neural systems underlie emotional and nonemotional conflict resolution, no ERP study...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Xue S,Li Y,Kong X,He Q,Liu J,Qiu J

更新日期：2016-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as superoxide and hydrogen peroxide, play essential roles in physiological plasticity and are also involved in the pathogenesis of persistent pain. Roles of peripheral and spinal ROS in pain have been well established, but much less is known about ROS in the amygdala, a brain region...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Lu YF,Neugebauer V,Chen J,Li Z

更新日期：2016-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, the black/white preference test has been used to evaluate anxiety-like behaviors in zebrafish. However, several inconsistent results have been reported across literature. Since animal behavior can be influenced by several environmental factors, the main goal of the present study was to investigate the influ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Córdova SD,Dos Santos TG,de Oliveira DL

更新日期：2016-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Technologies for wireless telecommunication systems using millimeter waves (MMW) will be widely deployed in the near future. Forthcoming applications in this band, especially around 60GHz, are mainly developed for high data-rate local and body-centric telecommunications. At those frequencies, electromagnetic radiation...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Haas AJ,Le Page Y,Zhadobov M,Sauleau R,Le Dréan Y

更新日期：2016-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Early intervention following combat deployment has the potential to prevent posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but there is a need for greater understanding of the factors that contribute to PTSD symptom progression. This study investigated: (1) fear-potentiated startle during a fear extinction, (2) white matter mi...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Costanzo ME,Jovanovic T,Pham D,Leaman S,Highland KB,Norrholm SD,Roy MJ

更新日期：2016-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium butyrate (NaB) has exhibited neuroprotective activity. This study aimed to explore that NaB exerts beneficial effects on chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS)-induced depression-like behaviors and its possible mechanisms. The behavioral tests including sucrose preference test (SPT), open field test (OFT), ta...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Sun J,Wang F,Hong G,Pang M,Xu H,Li H,Tian F,Fang R,Yao Y,Liu J

更新日期：2016-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Cochlear hair cell loss results in the secondary loss of spiral ganglion cells (SGCs). The death of these SGCs is due to apoptosis. The E2F1-cyclin dependent kinase 1 (CDK1) pathway is believed to represent an important mechanism of neuronal cell death. However, the role of this pathway in spiral ganglion neuronal apo...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Liu YY,Wang GP,Peng Z,Guo JY,Wu Q,Xie J,Gong SS

更新日期：2016-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence that immune-inflammatory, stress of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (IO&NS) processes play a role in the neurodegenerative processes observed in Parkinson's disease (PD). The aim of the present study was to investigate peripheral IO&NS biomarkers in PD. We included 56 healthy individuals and 56 ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： de Farias CC,Maes M,Bonifácio KL,Bortolasci CC,de Souza Nogueira A,Brinholi FF,Matsumoto AK,do Nascimento MA,de Melo LB,Nixdorf SL,Lavado EL,Moreira EG,Barbosa DS

更新日期：2016-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Perceptions of facial attractiveness are sensitive to emotional expression of the perceived face. However, little is known about whether the emotional expression on the face of another observer of the perceived face may have an effect on perceptions of facial attractiveness. The present study used event-related potent...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Huang Y,Pan X,Mo Y,Ma Q

更新日期：2016-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress has been projected as a promising mechanism involved in lead exposure. The lead predisposition catalyzes oxidative reactions and generates reactive oxygen species. The present study was carried out to investigate the effect of oral administration of tannic acid (TA) on behavioral deficit, antioxidativ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ashafaq M,Tabassum H,Vishnoi S,Salman M,Raisuddin S,Parvez S

更新日期：2016-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer patients with bone metastases often suffer breakthrough pain. However, little progress has been made in the treatment of breakthrough pain and its associated mechanism(s) in the patient with cancer due to lacking of resembling and predictive animal models. We previously have demonstrated that endothelin-1 plays...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tang Y,Peng H,Liao Q,Gan L,Zhang R,Huang L,Ding Z,Yang H,Yan X,Gu Y,Zang X,Huang D,Cao S

更新日期：2016-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous results demonstrated improved cognition in adolescent rats housed in environmental enrichment (EE) that underwent neonatal hypoxia-ischemia (HI). The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of early EE on neurobehavioral development and brain damage in rats submitted to neonatal HI. Wistar rats w...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Schuch CP,Diaz R,Deckmann I,Rojas JJ,Deniz BF,Pereira LO

更新日期：2016-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptors (NMDARs) are heteromeric cation channels involved in learning, memory, and synaptic plasticity, and their dysregulation leads to various neurodegenerative disorders. Recent evidence has shown that apart from the GluN1/GluN2A and GluN1/GluN2B diheteromeric ion channels, the NMDAR also...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Cheriyan J,Balsara RD,Hansen KB,Castellino FJ

更新日期：2016-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich-repeat-containing family member X1 (NLRX1) is a cytoplasmic pattern recognition receptor that is predominantly located in mitochondria, which is tightly related to mitochondrial damage, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, inflammation and apoptosis. The present study wa...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Yang Q,Sun G,Cao Z,Yin H,Qi Q,Wang J,Liu W,Bai X,Wang H,Li J

更新日期：2016-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic postoperative pain (CPOP) is a common clinical problem which might be related to central sensitization. It has been widely accepted that NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptors are among the triggers of central sensitization. Ketamine is a non-competitive NMDA receptor antagonist that is widely used in...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Shen Y,Xu L,Liu M,Lei Y,Gu X,Ma Z

更新日期：2016-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), an insulinotropic peptide secreted from enteroendocrine cells, has been known to have a neuroprotective effect. However, it is not fully understood the intracellular mediator of GLP-1 signaling in neuronal cells. In the present study, we examined the change in intracellular signaling o...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Nakajima S,Numakawa T,Adachi N,Yoon HS,Odaka H,Ooshima Y,Kunugi H

更新日期：2016-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Rho kinase (ROCK) regulates the functions of several target proteins via its kinase activity. Therefore, ROCK activity inhibition may provide new possibilities of controlling the in vitro neuronal differentiation of embryonic stem (ES) cells. When we investigated the effects of the ROCK inhibitor Y-27632 on ES cell di...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kamishibahara Y,Kawaguchi H,Shimizu N

更新日期：2016-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:P2X7 receptor is a ligand gated ion channel found peripheral macrophages and microglia in the nervous system. The current study investigated the relationship between the activated P2X7 and depression for the first time. Chrysophanol (Chr) was examined for its protective effects against depression targeting P2X7. Chr (...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Zhang K,Liu J,You X,Kong P,Song Y,Cao L,Yang S,Wang W,Fu Q,Ma Z

更新日期：2016-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Fe65 is a brain enriched multi domain adaptor protein involved in diverse cellular functions. One of its binding partners is the amyloid-β (Aβ) precursor protein (APP), which after sequential proteolytic processing by secretases gives rise to the Alzheimer's Aβ peptide. Fe65 binds to the APP intracellular domain (AICD...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Koistinen NA,Bacanu S,Iverfeldt K

更新日期：2016-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Probiotics participate actively in the neuropsychiatric disorders. However, their roles on ischemic stroke remain unclear. This study aims to determine whether Clostridium butyricum (C. butyricum) could attenuate cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury and its possible mechanisms. Male ICR mice were intragastricall...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Sun J,Ling Z,Wang F,Chen W,Li H,Jin J,Zhang H,Pang M,Yu J,Liu J

更新日期：2016-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug addiction is a process that transits from recreative and regular drug use into compulsive drug use. The two patterns of drug use, controlled drug intake and escalated drug intake, represent different stages in the development of drug addiction; and escalation of drug use is a hallmark of addiction. Accumulating s...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Du HY,Cao DN,Chen Y,Wang L,Wu N,Li J

更新日期：2016-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The cingulum, a major structure of the limbic system, is closely associated with memory function. In the current study, we investigated aging of the cingulum according to the location of the cingulum in each part of the cingulum after dividing the cingulum into five parts in normal subjects, using DTT parameters (frac...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Jang SH,Kwon YH,Lee MY,Kim JR,Seo JP

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient receptor potential channels have diverse roles in mechanosensation. Evidence is accumulating that members of the canonical subfamily of TRP channels (TRPC) are involved in touch and hearing. Characteristic features of TRP channels include their high structural homology and their propensity to form heteromeri...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Sexton JE,Desmonds T,Quick K,Taylor R,Abramowitz J,Forge A,Kros CJ,Birnbaumer L,Wood JN

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bidirectional transport of cargos along the thin axon is fundamental for the structure, function and survival of neurons. Defective axonal transport has been linked to the mechanism of neurodegenerative diseases. In this paper, we study the effect of the local axonal environment to cargo transport behavior in neur...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Che DL,Chowdary PD,Cui B

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Curcumin is capable of promoting peripheral nerve regeneration in normal condition. However, it is unclear whether its beneficial effect on nerve regeneration still exists under diabetic mellitus. The present study was designed to investigate such a possibility. Diabetes in rats was developed by a single dose of strep...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Ma J,Yu H,Liu J,Chen Y,Wang Q,Xiang L

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal apoptosis is a contributing cause of disability and death in cerebral ischemia. Nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) may become a potential therapeutic target for hypoxic/ischemic neuron damage because NF-κB is inactivated after hypoxia exposure. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has been found to improve neurol...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Mo SJ,Hong J,Chen X,Han F,Ni Y,Zheng Y,Liu JQ,Xu L,Li Q,Yang XH,Sun RH,Yin XY

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME), which has been attributed to the dysfunction of cortico-thalamic pathway, has been considered to be one of the system epilepsies. However, electrophysiological and functional neuroimaging techniques have revealed the functional involvement of various parts of the central nervous syst...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kandemir M,Gündüz A,Uzun N,Yeni SN,Kızıltan ME

更新日期：2015-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral infections of the central nervous system are often associated with seizures, and while patients usually recover from the infection and the seizures cease, there is an increased lifetime incidence of epilepsy. These viral infections can result in mesial temporal sclerosis, and, subsequently, a type of epilepsy th...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Smeal RM,Fujinami R,White HS,Wilcox KS

更新日期：2015-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:It has long been known that primary neurons in the brain and spinal cord exhibit very distinctive dendritic structures. However, it remains unclear whether dendritic processing for signal propagation and channel activation over dendrites is a function of the cell type-specific dendritic structure. By applying an exten...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Kim H,Heckman CJ

更新日期：2015-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Schnurri-2 (Shn-2) knockout (KO) mice have been proposed as a preclinical neuroinflammatory schizophrenia model. We used behavioral studies and imaging markers that can be readily translated to human populations to explore brain effects of inflammation. Shn-2 KO mice and their littermate control mice were imaged with ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Choi JK,Zhu A,Jenkins BG,Hattori S,Kil KE,Takagi T,Ishii S,Miyakawa T,Brownell AL

更新日期：2015-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed whether the use of an "anchor system" benefited older adults who performed a tandem walking task. Additionally, we tested the effects of practice with the anchor system during walking on trunk stability, in the frontal plane, of older adults. Forty-four older adults were randomly assigned to three ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Costa AA,Manciopi PA,Mauerberg-deCastro E,Moraes R

更新日期：2015-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamatergic system, the main stimulating system of the brain, plays an important role in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. Hippocampus, a structure crucial for memory and cognitive functions and rich in glutamatergic neurons, is a natural object of interest in studies on psychoses. Sarcosine, a glycine transporter ...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Strzelecki D,Podgórski M,Kałużyńska O,Gawlik-Kotelnicka O,Stefańczyk L,Kotlicka-Antczak M,Gmitrowicz A,Grzelak P

更新日期：2015-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Precise evaluation of the ascending reticular activating system (ARAS) is important for diagnosis, prediction of prognosis, and management of patients with disorders of impaired consciousness. In the current study, we attempted to reconstruct the direct neural pathway between the brainstem reticular formation (RF) and...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Jang SH,Kwon HG

更新日期：2015-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymol, which is contained in thyme essential oil, has various actions including antinociception and nerve conduction inhibition. Although thymol activates transient receptor potential (TRP) channels expressed in heterologous cells, it remains to be examined whether this is so in native neurons. It has not yet been ex...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Xu ZH,Wang C,Fujita T,Jiang CY,Kumamoto E

更新日期：2015-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a training protocol that effectively induces procedural memory consolidation (PMC) in young adults, we show that older adults are good learners, robustly improving their motor performance during training. However, performance declined over the day, and overnight 'offline' consolidation phase performance gains we...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Korman M,Dagan Y,Karni A

更新日期：2015-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between phantom limb pain (PLP) and the movement representation of a phantom limb remains controversial in several areas of neurorehabilitation, although there are a few studies in which the representation of phantom limb movement was precisely evaluated. We evaluated the structured movement representatio...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Osumi M,Sumitani M,Wake N,Sano Y,Ichinose A,Kumagaya S,Kuniyoshi Y,Morioka S

更新日期：2015-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The endosome/lysosome system in the nervous system is critically important for a variety of neuronal functions such as neurite outgrowth, retrograde transport, and synaptic plasticity. In neurons, the endosome/lysosome system is crucial for the activity-dependent internalization of membrane proteins and contributes to...

journal_title：Neuroscience letters

authors： Tsuruta F,Dolmetsch RE

更新日期：2015-09-25 00:00:00