abstract：:We investigated how much time wild-type Caenorhabditis elegans (Bristol N2) nematodes and the GABA-deficient unc25 mutant and the vesicular GABA transporter-deficient unc47 mutant spent moving. The worms were allowed to move freely on the surface of agarose plates either with or without the food bacterium OP50. We ide...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Shingai R

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NAP-22, a neuronal tissue-enriched acidic membrane protein, is a Ca(2+)-dependent calmodulin binding protein and has similar biochemical characteristics to GAP-43 (neuromodulin). Recent biochemical studies have demonstrated that NAP-22 localizes in the membrane raft domain with a cholesterol-dependent manner. Since th...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Kashihara M,Miyata S,Kumanogoh H,Funatsu N,Matsunaga W,Kiyohara T,Sokawa Y,Maekawa S

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many different kinds of voltage-gated ion channels (Na+ channels, K+ channels, Ca2+ channels) exist at neuronal dendrites. Integration of dendritic electric signals (excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs), inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (IPSPs) and action potentials) and/or non-electric signals (Ca2+ and secon...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Takagi H

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-glutamate is the primary excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system and has also been implicated as a potent neurotoxin. To ensure a high signal-to-noise ratio during synaptic transmission and to prevent neuronal damage that might occur as a result of excessive activation of glutamate recept...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Tanaka K

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) is a member of the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily and acts as a neurotrophic factor for the nigrostriatal dopamine (DA) system. Although previous studies have shown that pretreatment with GDNF could prevent degenerative changes of nigrostriatal DA system ...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Aoi M,Date I,Tomita S,Ohmoto T

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In rat hippocampal CA1 neurons recorded intracellularly from tissue slices, a rapid depolarization occurred approximately 5 min after application of ischemia-simulating medium. In extracellular recordings obtained from CA1 region, a rapid negative-going DC potential (rapid DC potential) was recorded, corresponding to ...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Uchikado H,Tanaka E,Yamamoto S,Isagai T,Shigemori M,Higashi H

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the interaction between nitric oxide (NO) and substance P (SP) in neurogenic inflammatory responses, we measured the change in the degree of Evans blue leakage and NO levels in perfusate from the subcutaneous space in the rat instep following noxious heat stimulation (47 degrees C for 30 min). Furthermore...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Yonehara N,Yoshimura M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate the role of the dorsal raphe nucleus and the serotonergic system in the regulation of ovulation, the number of ova and plasma luteinizing hormone (LH) concentrations were measured in female rats after making lesions in this nucleus (DRL) and/or treatment with 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) receptor...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Maekawa F,Tsukahara S,Tsukamura H,Maeda KI,Yamanouchi K

更新日期：1999-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuroprotective effect of nicotine via nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) has been reported in differentiated PC12 cells. We examined the effects of nerve growth factor (NGF) and nicotine on the expressions of the nAChR subunits alpha3, alpha5, alpha7, beta2, beta3 and beta4, in PC12 cells using Northern blo...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Takahashi T,Yamashita H,Nakamura S,Ishiguro H,Nagatsu T,Kawakami H

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), nerve growth factor (NGF) and neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) in various regions of the rat brain following kainic acid-induced seizure activity were investigated. BDNF protein, as measured by a two-site enzyme immunoassay, increased transiently 12-24 h after the in...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Katoh-Semba R,Takeuchi IK,Inaguma Y,Ito H,Kato K

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of neurotransmitter receptors with the underlying cytoskeleton via subsynaptic proteins is an important mechanism for the targeting of the receptors to synapses in the central nervous system. We show that delta glutamate receptors (delta receptors), expressed predominantly in the dendritic spines of ce...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Hirai H,Matsuda S

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intent of the present study is to define the brainstem nuclei which give rise to CGRP-immunolabeled afferents to the inferior olivary complex of the mouse. A technique which combines retrograde transport of fluorescent microspheres with immunohistochemistry was used to address this question. In the present study, ...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Peltier AC,Bishop GA

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the mammalian central nervous system (CNS), transcription factor activator protein 2 (AP-2) is one of the critical regulatory factors for neural gene expression and neural development. As AP-2 has diverged into several subtypes, i.e. AP-2alpha, -2beta, and 2.2, we investigated the distribution of the AP-2 subtypes ...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Shimada M,Konishi Y,Ohkawa N,Ohtaka-Maruyama C,Hanaoka F,Makino Y,Tamura T

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diazepam binding inhibitor (DBI), a putative endogenous polypeptide ligand for benzodiazepine (BZD) receptors, has been shown to act as an inverse BZD receptor agonist in the brain. We previously suggested that the social isolation stress-induced decrease in pentobarbital sleeping time in mice was partly due to an inc...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Dong E,Matsumoto K,Tohda M,Kaneko Y,Watanabe H

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of GABA in medial preoptico-anterior hypothalamic area in the regulation of spontaneous sleep-wakefulness and rapid eye movement sleep was investigated in this study. Local microinjection of picrotoxin, a GABA-A antagonist, into this area increased quiet wakefulness but significantly reduced deep sleep and ra...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Ali M,Jha SK,Kaur S,Mallick BN

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) is a serine protease that converts the inactive precursor plasminogen to the active protease plasmin. In the central nervous system, tPA has been suggested to participate in plasticity, memory and the neuronal degeneration caused by excitotoxins, but its precise functions during...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Nagai N,Urano T,Endo A,Takahashi H,Takada Y,Takada A

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of the phosphorylation dephosphorylation states on the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) transporter activity of synaptic plasma membranes (SPM) was studied by using either specific phosphatase inhibitors or activators. Calyculin A and okadaic acid (phosphatase 1 and phosphatase 2A inhibitors) inhibited the...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Gonçalves PP,Meireles SM,Vale MG

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medial preoptic area (MPA), supraoptic nucleus (SON), magnocellular (MaPVN) and parvocellular (PaPVN) paraventricular hypothalamic nuclei, and mesencephalic lateral tegmentum (MLT) are involved in maternal behavior, parturition and lactation. This study investigated the FosB and Fos immunoreactivity in these regions o...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Lin SH,Miyata S,Weng W,Matsunaga W,Ichikawa J,Furuya K,Nakashima T,Kiyohara T

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temporal changes in kainate-induced seizure activity and hippocampal NO generation were evaluated simultaneously in conscious rats by using in vivo microdialysis and by determining the concentrations of nitrite and nitrate in perfusates. Intraperitoneal injection of kainic acid produced 'wet dog shake', focal seizure ...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Kashihara K,Sakai K,Marui K,Shohmori T

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purposes of the present study were to determine which upper airway movements cause a difference in the expiratory airflow pathway between sneezing and coughing, and to develop a new animal model for studying the neural mechanism of sneezing in paralyzed animals, i.e. fictive sneezing. We compared the upper airway ...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Satoh I,Shiba K,Kobayashi N,Nakajima Y,Konno A

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the functional organization in the monkey inferotemporal cortex, which is the last exclusively visual area along the ventral visual cortical pathway, optical imaging based on intrinsic signals was carried out. We first conducted single-cell recordings with microelectrodes and determined the features cri...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Wang G,Tanifuji M,Tanaka K

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the amyloid hypothesis for the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), amyloid beta peptide (Abeta) directly affects neurons, leading to neurodegeneration and tau phosphorylation, followed by the production of paired helical filaments (PHF) in neurofibrillary tangles (NFT). To analyze the relationship b...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Takashima A,Honda T,Yasutake K,Michel G,Murayama O,Murayama M,Ishiguro K,Yamaguchi H

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the differences between peripheral nerve (PN) and embryonic homologous CNS structures as a conduit for CNS axons, spinal cord segments in neonatal rats were removed at the mid-thoracic level and PN or embryonic spinal cord (ESC) segments were grafted into the vacancy. Neural connections across the graft were ...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Asada Y,Kawaguchi S,Hayashi H,Nakamura T

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine is a major neurotransmitter in the carotid body of several animal species and its functional role at the level of peripheral arterial chemoreflex pathway is attributed to the presence of the dopamine D2-receptors. We present evidence that the dopamine D1-receptor mRNA is also expressed in the carotid body of ...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Bairam A,Frenette J,Dauphin C,Carroll JL,Khandjian EW

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the number and size of motoneurons and myelinated nerve fibers innervating the medial gastrocnemius (MG) muscle in the hindlimb of rats that were subjected to swimming for 10 months (30 min, 3 days/week) from 17 to 27 months of age. The number of MG motoneurons in exercised aged rats was slightly, but not ...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Kanda K,Hashizume K

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In rats with a unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)-induced lesion in the nigrostriatal fibers, methamphetamine (3 mg/kg, i.p.) induced Fos-like immunoreactivity (FLI), which was inhibited by pretreatment with N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonist MK-801 (1 mg/kg, i.p.), not only in the medial striatum contralateral to the...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Ishida Y,Todaka K,Kuwahara I,Nakane H,Ishizuka Y,Nishimori T,Mitsuyama Y

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute exposure to kainic acid (KA) induces neurochemical changes in dopaminergic systems in the brain and the aim of the present study was to investigate the acute toxicity of KA upon dopamine D2 receptors. Adult rats were injected intraperitoneally with either saline or 16 mg/kg KA. Brains were removed after 4 h. Mem...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Ridd MJ,Kitchen I,Fosbraey P

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudorabies virus (PrV) as a neuronal tracer was microinjected into the concave surface of the puppy's left pinna to establish the morphological basis of somato-visceral linkage. The virus infected neurons were detected by FITC conjugated with polyclonal swine anti-PrV serum. Labelled neurons were localized in: (1) t...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Chien CH,Shieh JY,Liao MH,Ling EA,Wen CY

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basigin (Bsg) is a transmembrane glycoprotein belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily. Chicken Bsg (HT7/neurothelin/ 5A11) is expressed in neuroblasts, but disappears from neurons after a specific stage of cytodifferentiation, and becomes restrictedly expressed in the capillary endothelium in the adult brain. We s...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Fan QW,Yuasa S,Kuno N,Senda T,Kobayashi M,Muramatsu T,Kadomatsu K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the molecular mechanisms that regulate the maturation of action potential, we began by examining voltage-dependent K+ currents, known to contribute to the maturation of action potential, of developing granule cells in mouse cerebellar microexplant cultures. The migration of developing granule cells in thi...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Wakazono Y,Kurahashi T,Nakahira K,Nagata I,Takayama C,Inoue Y,Kaneko A,Ikenaka K

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cats were trained to reach to an illuminated tube placed horizontally at shoulder level and retrieve food with the forepaw. The trajectory of an infrared light emitting diode, taped to the wrist dorsum, was recorded with a SELSPOT-like recording system. Movement paths and velocity profiles were compared before and aft...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Pettersson LG,Lundberg A,Alstermark B,Isa T,Tantisira B

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opiates have been used extensively in the treatment of pain but with the severe side effect of addiction, which is believed to be related to opiates' direct (primary) or indirect (secondary) neurotoxicity. In this study, the effects of opioids on cell growth and apoptosis have been examined in human neuroblastoma cell...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Yin DL,Ren XH,Zheng ZL,Pu L,Jiang LZ,Ma L,Pei G

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of 1-naphthyl acetyl spermine (NASPM), a synthetic analogue of Joro spider toxin (JSTX), on alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA)-type glutamate receptors were studied in cultured rat hippocampal neurons using the whole-cell patch clamp technique. A population of cultured neurons had ...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Koike M,Iino M,Ozawa S

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is a recently identified member of the secretin/vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) family. There are at least two types of receptor for PACAP: type I (PACAPR), which specifically binds PACAP; and type II (VIP/PACAPR), which binds both PACAP and VIP. The l...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Shioda S,Shuto Y,Somogyvari-Vigh A,Legradi G,Onda H,Coy DH,Nakajo S,Arimura A

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate electrophysiological correlates related to the recognition of repeated faces in the intact human by means of event-related brain potentials (ERPs). A group of young healthy adults performed a continuous face recognition task, in which 240 unfamiliar faces were flashed upon ...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Münte TF,Brack M,Grootheer O,Wieringa BM,Matzke M,Johannes S

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different tracer substances were injected into the superior colliculus (CoS) in order to study its afferents and efferents with the meso-rhombencephalic tegmentum, the precerebellar nuclei and the cerebellum in the Madagascan hedgehog tenrec. The overall pattern of tectal connectivity in tenrec was similar to that in ...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Künzle H

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By combining biochemical, molecular and immunohistochemical approaches, we have investigated the presence of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) belonging to the subtype 5 in rat and human spinal cords and the developmental changes in their expression. A polyclonal antibody raised against the carboxy-terminal po...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Valerio A,Rizzonelli P,Paterlini M,Moretto G,Knöpfel T,Kuhn R,Memo M,Spano P

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the contribution of retinal and cortical afferents to the patterns of glutamate- and homocysteate-like immunoreactivities in dorsal lateral geniculate, combined retinal and cortical ablations were performed in rats. In controls, glutamate immunoreactivity was in terminal-like dots and neurons. Homocysteate im...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Grandes P,Mateos JM,Azkue J,Sarría R,Cuénod M,Streit P

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Properties of the Ca2+ -activated K+ current (I[K(Ca)]) were investigated in bipolar cells isolated from the goldfish retina. Pharmacological experiments and single channel current recordings demonstrated that I[K(Ca)] represented currents through BK channels, which were confined mostly to the presynaptic terminal. Th...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Sakaba T,Ishikane H,Tachibana M

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined effects of carbachol (CCh), muscarinic receptor agonist, on long-term potentiation (LTP) of field excitatory postsynaptic potential (fEPSP) at Schaffer collateral-CA1 synapse of guinea pig hippocampal slices using extracellular recording technique. Application of 0.1 microM CCh to the slices significantly ...

journal_title：Neuroscience research

authors： Shimoshige Y,Maeda T,Kaneko S,Akaike A,Satoh M

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00