abstract：:Vascular smooth muscle (VSM) cells comprise one of the primary targets of the sympathetic nervous system and have been shown to secrete nerve growth factor (NGF). There is increasing evidence that changes in the levels of NGF in the adult may underlie certain pathological conditions. To investigate the potential role ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Creedon DJ,Tuttle JB

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of treatment with a high dose of nandrolone or testosterone on nerve growth factor (NGF) levels and NGF low-affinity receptor (p75-NGFr) distribution in the brain were analyzed. Nandrolone, subcutaneously injected in rats for several weeks, caused an increase of NGF levels in the hippocampus and septum and...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Tirassa P,Thiblin I,Agren G,Vigneti E,Aloe L,Stenfors C

更新日期：1997-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that Na+, K(+)-ATPase activity in hypothalamus is increased after administration of an acute dose of desipramine, a noradrenaline uptake inhibitor (Viola et al., Cell Molec Neurobiol 9:263-271, 1989). In this report the same treatment (10 mg per kg) was applied to evaluate 3H-ouabain binding i...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Viola MS,Antonelli MC,Enero MA,Rodríguez de Lores Arnaiz G

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Production of hydrogen peroxide as a by-product of the breakdown of catecholamines by the enzyme monoamine oxidase (MAO) has been hypothesized to contribute to the increased proclivity of dopaminergic neurons for oxidative injury. We established clonal dopaminergic PC12 cell lines which have elevated MAO activity leve...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Wei Q,Yeung M,Jurma OP,Andersen JK

更新日期：1996-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve growth factor (NGF) is a protein essential for the survival and normal function of sympathetic neurons. Two-site immunoassays have been developed over the past decade in several laboratories and used to estimate its endogenous concentrations in a variety of effector tissues. However, levels appear restricted to ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Zettler C,Bridges DC,Zhou XF,Rush RA

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) inhibits neurite growth from a neuronal cell line. In this study we show that 60% of axonal growth cones of postnatal day 1 hippocampal neurons collapsed when they encountered polystyrene beads coated with recombinant MAG (rMAG). Such collapse was not ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Li M,Shibata A,Li C,Braun PE,McKerracher L,Roder J,Kater SB,David S

更新日期：1996-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:P0-glycoprotein, the major integral membrane protein of peripheral nerve myelin, is thought to mediate myelination and membrane interactions via its extracellular domain (P0-ED). Molecular modeling of P0-ED has suggested which of its amino acid side-chains may be involved in heterophilic and homophilic adhesions. We p...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Kirschner DA,Szumowski K,Gabreëls-Festen AA,Hoogendijk JE,Bolhuis PA

更新日期：1996-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is the major product of the calcitonin gene in brain and exerts a number of actions in the central nervous system (CNS). In particular the finding that CGRP affects dopamine (DA) release and metabolism has raised the possibility that it may play a role in several neuropsychiatric...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Mathé AA,Hertel P,Nomikos GG,Gruber S,Mathé JM,Svensson TH

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acid glutamate plays a key role in brain function. One of the major roles of glutamate is to mediate fast excitatory neurotransmission via activation of ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs). More recently, however, it has become clear that glutamate also serves a regulatory function through activation of ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Winder DG,Conn PJ

更新日期：1996-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous study demonstrated the release of newly loaded radiolabelled taurine (Tau) from cultured rabbit Müller glia not only following typical cell volume-increasing treatments with high (65 mM) potassium ions or hypotonic media, but also with ammonium chloride (further referred to as ammonia), in a dose-dependent ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Faff L,Reichenbach A,Albrecht J

更新日期：1996-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Acrylamide (ACR) is an environmental toxicant and prototypic tool for studying mechanisms of peripheral neuropathies. Reductions in fast anterograde axonal transport (faAXT) are thought to be a critical step leading to axonal degeneration. Kinesin and microtubules (MT) were evaluated as molecular sites of action using...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Sickles DW,Brady ST,Testino A,Friedman MA,Wrenn RW

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown previously that in oligodendrocytes, the transcription factor cyclic AMP response element binding protein (CREB) is maximally expressed immediately prior to the most rapid period of myelination in rat brain. We have begun to investigate the role of this protein during myelination by downregulating CREB s...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Sato-Bigbee C,DeVries GH

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early studies of murine experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) induced with myelin basic protein (MBP) divide various mouse strains into either "susceptible" or "resistant" phenotypes. Resistance is defined as lack of encephalitogenic responses after active immunization or adoptive transfer. It is now becomin...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Shaw MK,Kim C,Hao HW,Chen F,Tse HY

更新日期：1996-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) may infect up to 10% of peripheral blood T cells in patients with HTLV-I myelopathy. To examine the impact of HTLV-I infection on the abilities of T cells to present and respond to peptide antigen, we HTLV-I infected and subcloned a myelin basic protein peptide 84-102 (M...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Scholz C,Hafler DA,Höllsberg P

更新日期：1996-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonic central nervous system neuroepithelial cells are a transient population of cells that give rise to neuronal and glial progenitors. In the E12-E16 embryonic rat spinal neural tube we have identified neuroepithelial cells as radially oriented cells expressing the GD3 ganglioside as recognized by the monoclonal...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Bannerman PG,Oliver TM,Xu Z,Shieh A,Pleasure DE

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) has attracted the greatest attention as a major factor in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) pathogenesis. We compared rats undergoing EAE with manipulated but healthy animals by examining TNF-alpha gene expression in cells recovered from the brain. We used reverse ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Sun D,Hu X,Shah R,Zhang L,Coleclough C

更新日期：1996-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:T cell receptor (TCR) transgenic mice have been used extensively to study T cell development in vivo. Such studies have demonstrated high levels of expression of the TCR transgenes. Although a number of human T cell receptors appear to play a role in the development of autoimmune diseases, in vitro studies have proven...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Baker AM,Wang Y,Richert JR

更新日期：1996-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Several neuronal and non-neuronal cell lines express a Ca(2+)-dependent mechanism of transmitter release that can be demonstrated after loading the cells with acetylcholine during culture. In contrast, a particular cell line, the neuroblastoma N18TG-2, was found to be deficient for release. We transfected N18TG-2 cell...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Falk-Vairant J,Meunier FM,Lesbats B,Corrèges P,Eder-Colli L,Salem N,Synguelakis M,Dunant Y,Israël M

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Light microscopic anterograde tracing studies indicate that neurons in the central nucleus of the amygdala (CNA) project to a region of the dorsal pontine tegmentum ventral to the superior cerebellar peduncle which contains noradrenergic dendrites of the nucleus locus coeruleus (LC). However, it has not been establish...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Van Bockstaele EJ,Chan J,Pickel VM

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility that neuron-astrocyte communication may be responsible for glutamate (Glu)-stimulated cGMP formation even in relatively homogeneous primary cultures of mouse cerebellar granule cells (7 days in vitro) was investigated. Pharmacological analysis using selective excitatory amino acid (EAA) receptor antago...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Malcolm C,Grieve A,Ritchie L,Schousboe A,Griffiths R

更新日期：1996-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligodendrocyte responses in vitro to platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) include proliferation, survival, migration, and changes in cell morphology and molecular expression. Studies of mixed glial cultures established that astrocytes secrete PDGF; thus astrocytes are considered to be key regulators of oligodendrocy...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Ellison JA,Scully SA,de Vellis J

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfoglucuronosyl paragloboside (SGPG) is a member of the sulfated glucuronic acid-containing glycolipid (SGGL) family found primarily in peripheral nerves. These glycolipids contain the HNK-1 carbohydrate epitope and are recognized by monoclonal IgM from patients with chronic demyelinating neuropathy and paraproteine...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Yamawaki M,Ariga T,Bigbee JW,Ozawa H,Kawashima I,Tai T,Kanda T,Yu RK

更新日期：1996-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the NT-3 has been implicated in the survival of progenitor oligodendrocytes in culture. The object of this study was to investigate the expression of the TrkC receptor and its responsiveness in glial cells. We report the expression of two TrkC receptor isoforms in rat primary oligodendrocyte cultures, a gl...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Kumar S,de Vellis J

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of nerve growth factor (NGF) and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) rapidly induced the locomotion of PC12 cells by sequentially stimulating lamellar spreading, ruffling with pinocytosis, and polarization by retraction from the substratum. During migration, cells acquired long processes as a result ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Altun-Gultekin ZF,Wagner JA

更新日期：1996-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocytomas are the most common brain tumors arising in the CNS and account for 65% of all primary brain tumors. Astrocytes have been shown to have the highest predisposition to malignant transformation compared to any other CNS cell type. The majority of astrocytomas are histologically malignant neoplasm. Previous s...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Lal PG,Ghirnikar RS,Eng LF

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that PC12 cells overexpressing beta/A4 amyloid peptide display altered morphology characterized by pronounced membrane ruffling and extensive intercellular appositions. Having observed other cell types in which these features accompany increased connexin43 (Cx43) production and gap junction...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Nagy JI,Hossain MZ,Hertzberg EL,Marotta CA

更新日期：1996-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular mechanisms which underlie the heat shock response have commonly been analyzed using tissue culture systems, with less investigation of the intact mammal. In tissue culture, a temperature elevation of 5 degrees C is required to activate mammalian heat shock transcription factor 1 (HSF1) to the DNA-binding for...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Brown IR,Rush SJ

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Living organotypic cocultures of rat thalamic and cortical explants were used to examine the effects of blocking action potential activity on the morphological development of axons in the mammalian neocortex. Studies in vivo have suggested that blocking sodium channel-dependent activity influences the growth character...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Wilkemeyer MF,Angelides KJ

更新日期：1996-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the expression of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and its receptor, proto-oncogene c-met, has been demonstrated in the central nervous system (CNS), the function of HGF in the CNS was not fully understood. In the present studies, we determined the effects of HGF on neuronal development in neocortical explant a...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Hamanoue M,Takemoto N,Matsumoto K,Nakamura T,Nakajima K,Kohsaka S

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A morphogenic role of neurotransmitters during cellular differentiation in vitro has been demonstrated in recent years. Using in situ hybridization, we confirm the presence of the D1 receptor at E16 and show additionally that the transcript is relatively widespread and present in both proliferative and differentiating...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Reinoso BS,Undie AS,Levitt P

更新日期：1996-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies on the NG2 chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan have shown that NG2 is expressed on A2B5-positive O2A progenitor cells, which are known to respond to platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF). In the accompanying paper (Nishiyama et al.; J Neurosci Res 43:299-314, 1996) we show that on O2A progenitors in the ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Nishiyama A,Lin XH,Giese N,Heldin CH,Stallcup WB

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In searching for possible differences in the composition of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) forms in dystrophic brain, the distribution of various enzyme molecules in normal (NB) and dystrophic (DB) 129B6F1/J mouse brain has been investigated. The tissue was sequentially extracted with sa...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Moral-Naranjo MT,Cabezas-Herrera J,Vidal CJ

更新日期：1996-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe here a novel monoclonal antibody (mab H6) which recognizes CD9, an integral cell surface constituent previously described in cells of the hematopoietic lineage and involved in the aggregation of platelets. Mab H6 was raised against membranes of immature mouse astrocytes and reacted with a protein of 25-27 ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Schmidt C,Künemund V,Wintergerst ES,Schmitz B,Schachner M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous studies, we have shown that a traumatic lesion to the hippocampus of adult mice induces the transitory expression of TNF alpha and IL-1 alpha by neurons of different brain areas and also by glial cells at the site of injury. The aim of the present study was to establish whether the expression of TNF alpha ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Tchélingérian JL,Le Saux F,Jacque C

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we reported the presence of multiple neurotransmitters in subclones of SN6, a septal cholinergic hybrid cell line. To obtain information concerning the functionality of these transmitters, we measured transmitter contents, activities of transmitter-producing enzymes, and the effect of serum-free culture me...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Gallyas F Jr,Satoh J,Endoh M,Kunishita T,Tabira T

更新日期：1995-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Two fundamental questions about neuron cell culture were addressed. Can one serum-free medium that was developed for optimum growth of hippocampal neurons support the growth of neurons from other regions of the brain? Is the region specific state of differentiation maintained in culture? To answer these questions, we ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Brewer GJ

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the voltage-dependent ion channels in microglia, and their possible modulation by pro-inflammatory substances like lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) we employed the patch-clamp technique on purified rat microglial cell subcultures grown for 1 - 5 days in control condition or a...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Visentin S,Agresti C,Patrizio M,Levi G

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the nematocyst venom of the sea anemone Bunodosoma cangicum on depolarization-activated currents were studies in opener crayfish muscle fibers and in cultured bovine chromaffin cells. The venom selectively and reversibly blocked the Ca(2+)-dependent K+ current (IK(Ca)) present in crayfish muscle in a do...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Araque A,Urbano FJ,Cerveñansky C,Gandía L,Buño W

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PC12 cells can differentiate into neuron-like cells after treatment with either nerve growth factor (NGF) or transduction with a retrovirus which expresses the K-ras oncogene. The concomitant treatment of NGF plus ras differentiates PC12 cells further than either agent alone with respect to neurite outgrowth, acetylch...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Tao-Cheng JH,Dosemeci A,Bressler JP,Brightman MW,Simpson DL

更新日期：1995-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The remarkable quantities of myelin membrane produced by oligodendrocytes has led us to examine the mechanisms involved in the sorting and transport of proteins and lipids during myelinogenesis. Noting that it has been proposed that proteins destined for the apical surface of polarized epithelial cells co-cluster with...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Kim T,Fiedler K,Madison DL,Krueger WH,Pfeiffer SE

更新日期：1995-10-15 00:00:00