abstract：:Thymocyte differentiation antigen-1 (Thy-1) is a cell surface glycoprotein found on T cells and neurons and is involved in cell-to-cell interactions. In addition, Thy-1 knockouts (KO) are a potential mouse model of restless legs syndrome (RLS) based on clinical observations and the role of dopamine in the disease. In ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Carkaci-Salli N,Battula S,Wang X,Connor JR,Vrana KE

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroadaptations in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) are associated with the development of drug addiction. Plasticity in synaptic strength and intrinsic excitability of NAc medium spiny neurons (MSNs) play critical roles in addiction induced by different classes of abused drugs. However, it is unknown whether morphine exp...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Wu X,Shi M,Wei C,Yang M,Liu Y,Liu Z,Zhang X,Ren W

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs) are a group of hereditary childhood diseases characterized mainly by lipopigment accumulation and a multisystemic pattern of symptoms including mental retardation, seizures, motor impairment, and blindness. The mnd mouse, carrying a mutation in the Cln8 gene, has been proposed as ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Bigini P,Milanese M,Gardoni F,Longhi A,Bonifacino T,Barbera S,Fumagalli E,Di Luca M,Mennini T,Bonanno G

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growing evidence suggests that decreased brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels are associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis. Therefore, BDNF gene therapy is considered to be a promising therapeutic strategy for treating AD. Sendai virus (SeV) is a type I parainfluenza virus that does not interac...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Iwasaki Y,Negishi T,Inoue M,Tashiro T,Tabira T,Kimura N

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Remyelination of the central nervous system in multiple sclerosis patients is often incomplete. Remyelination depends on normal oligodendrogenesis and the differentiation of oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPC) into mature oligodendrocytes (OL). Inhibitor of DNA binding (ID), a transcription factor, is thought to inh...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Chen XS,Zhang YH,Cai QY,Yao ZX

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calpain, an intracellular cysteine protease, has been widely reported to be involved in neuronal cell death. The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of calpain activation in axonal damage-induced retinal ganglion cell (RGC) death. Twelve-week-old male calpstatin (an endogenous calpain inhibitor) knockout ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Ryu M,Yasuda M,Shi D,Shanab AY,Watanabe R,Himori N,Omodaka K,Yokoyama Y,Takano J,Saido T,Nakazawa T

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motor neurons (MNs) are designated as alpha/gamma and fast/slow based on their target sites and the types of muscle fibers innervated; however, few molecular markers that distinguish between these subtypes are available. Here we report that osteopontin (OPN) is a selective marker of alpha MNs in the mouse spinal cord....

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Misawa H,Hara M,Tanabe S,Niikura M,Moriwaki Y,Okuda T

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes and obesity are characterized by hyperlipidemia and represent risk factors for premature neurological disorders. Diabetic/obese animals have impaired adult neurogenesis. We hypothesize that lipotoxicity leading to neurogenesis impairment plays a role in the development of neurological complications. If so, no...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Mansouri S,Ortsäter H,Pintor Gallego O,Darsalia V,Sjöholm A,Patrone C

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zinc is an endogenous N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor blocker. It is possible that zinc-mediated modification of hippocampal CA1 long-term potentiation (LTP) is linked to the expression of NMDA receptor subunits, which varies with postnatal development. In the present study, the effect of ZnCl(2) and CaEDTA, a me...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Takeda A,Itagaki K,Ando M,Oku N

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemia elicits a variety of stress responses in neuronal cells, which result in cell death. wld(S) Mice bear a mutation that significantly delays Wallerian degeneration. This mutation also protects all neuronal cells against other types of stresses resulting in cell death, including ischemia. To clarify the types of...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Tokunaga S,Araki T

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular matrix surrounds different neuronal compartments in the mature nervous system. In a variety of vertebrates, most brain regions are loaded with a distinct type of extracellular matrix around the somatodendritic part of neurons, termed perineuronal nets. The present study reports that chondrotin sulfat...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Lendvai D,Morawski M,Brückner G,Négyessy L,Baksa G,Glasz T,Patonay L,Matthews RT,Arendt T,Alpár A

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sildenafil, given shortly before 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), affords protection against 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) depletions caused by this amphetamine derivative by an acute preconditioning-like mechanism. Because acute and delayed preconditionings do not share the same mechanisms, we investigated whet...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Puerta E,Barros-Miñones L,Hervias I,Gomez-Rodriguez V,Orejana L,Pizarro N,de la Torre R,Jordán J,Aguirre N

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular pathways underlying the neuroprotective effects of preconditioning are promising, potentially drugable targets to promote cell survival. However, these pathways are complex and are not yet fully understood. In this study we have established a paradigm of hypoxic preconditioning based on a chick embryo mo...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Giusti S,Fiszer de Plazas S

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play a key role in controlling innate immune responses to a wide variety of pathogen-associated molecules as well as endogenous signals. In addition, TLR expression within nonimmune cells has been recognized as as modulator of cell behavior. In this study we have addressed the question of wh...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Bsibsi M,Nomden A,van Noort JM,Baron W

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligodendrocyte (OLG) death plays a major role in white matter dysfunction and demyelination following injury to the CNS. Axonal contact, communication, and neuronal activity appear to promote OLG survival and function in cell culture and during development. The application of electrical stimulation to mixed neural cu...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Gary DS,Malone M,Capestany P,Houdayer T,McDonald JW

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male and female rodents respond differently to acute stress. We tested our hypothesis that this sex difference is based on differences in stress sensitivity of forebrain areas, by determining possible effects of a single acute psychogenic stressor (1-hr restraint stress) on neuronal gene expression (c-Fos and FosB imm...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Sterrenburg L,Gaszner B,Boerrigter J,Santbergen L,Bramini M,Roubos EW,Peeters BW,Kozicz T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple neurodegenerative disorders are associated with altered mitochondrial bioenergetics. Although mitochondrial O(2) consumption is frequently measured in isolated mitochondria, isolated synaptic nerve terminals (synaptosomes), or cultured cells, the absence of mature brain circuitry is a remaining limitation. He...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Schuh RA,Clerc P,Hwang H,Mehrabian Z,Bittman K,Chen H,Polster BM

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study tested the hypothesis that sensitivity to the Ca(2+) -induced loss of mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨ(m)) and the sensitivity of the loss of ΔΨ to mitochondrial permeability transition pore (PTP) inhibitors are different for neurons and astrocytes. Primary cultures of rat cortical neurons and astrocyte...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Kahraman S,Bambrick LL,Fiskum G

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:P-glycoprotein (P-gp), a drug efflux pump, is known to alter the bioavailability of antiretroviral drugs at several sites, including the brain. We have previously shown that human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) glycoprotein 120 (gp120) induces proinflammatory cytokine secretion and decreases P-gp functional expressi...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Ashraf T,Ronaldson PT,Persidsky Y,Bendayan R

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estradiol attenuates the ATP-induced increase of intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) in rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons by blocking the L-type voltage gated calcium channel (VGCC). Because ATP is a putative nociceptive signal, this action may indicate a site of estradiol regulation of pain. In oth...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Chaban V,Li J,McDonald JS,Rapkin A,Micevych P

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zinc ion elevation contributes to acute excitotoxic brain injury and correlates with the severity of dementia in chronic neurodegenerative diseases. Downstream control of zinc-triggered signals is believed to be an efficient countermeasure. In the current study, we examined whether the flavonoid luteolin (Lu) could pr...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Zhou F,Qu L,Lv K,Chen H,Liu J,Liu X,Li Y,Sun X

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vertebrates and invertebrates, dopamine signaling modulates a wide variety of physical and behavioral functions and exerts these effects through heterotrimeric G proteins. The soil nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has been used to model dopamine signaling and reacts reproducibly to alterations in dopamine levels thr...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Felton CM,Johnson CM

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The limited availability and potential to culture primary human brain cells means that there is still a need for cell lines that reliably model human neurons and glial cells. The human-derived NTera2/D1 (NT2) cell line is a promising tool from which both neuronal (NT2N) and astrocytic (NT2A) cells can be derived in vi...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Goodfellow CE,Graham SE,Dragunow M,Glass M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypoxia-responsive cytokine erythropoietin (EPO) provides neuroprotective effects in the damaged brain during ischemic events and neurodegenerative diseases. The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the EPO/EPO receptor (EPOR) endogenous system between astrocyte and oligodendrocyte precursor cell (OPC) unde...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Kato S,Aoyama M,Kakita H,Hida H,Kato I,Ito T,Goto T,Hussein MH,Sawamoto K,Togari H,Asai K

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present work, we analyzed whether endogenous and/or transplanted bone marrow mononuclear cells (BMMC) migrate spontaneously to the crushed sciatic nerve and whether they transdifferentiate into Schwann cells (SC) in order to help repair the damaged tissue. We also studied both the immunohistochemical evolution ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Usach V,Goitia B,Lavalle L,Martinez Vivot R,Setton-Avruj P

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although increased neurogenesis has been described in rodent models of focal traumatic brain injury (TBI), the neurogenic response occurring after diffuse TBI uncomplicated by focal injury has not been examined to date, despite the pervasiveness of this distinct type of brain injury in the TBI patient population. Here...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Bye N,Carron S,Han X,Agyapomaa D,Ng SY,Yan E,Rosenfeld JV,Morganti-Kossmann MC

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The GTP binding proteins Rhes and AGS1/Dexras1 define a subfamily of the Ras superfamily and have been shown to affect signaling by G-protein-coupled receptors. We tested the effects of both proteins at an early stage of signaling by dopamine receptors, activation of adenylyl cyclase. Rhes decreased dopamine D1 recept...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Harrison LM,He Y

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal 2C3 specific to β-amyloid (Aβ) oligomers (AβOs) enabled us to test our hypothesis that the alteration of lipoprotein-Aβ interaction in the central nervous system (CNS) initiates and/or accelerates the cascade favoring Aβ assembly. Immunoprecipitation of frontal cortex employing 2C3 unequivocally detected so...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Takamura A,Kawarabayashi T,Yokoseki T,Shibata M,Morishima-Kawashima M,Saito Y,Murayama S,Ihara Y,Abe K,Shoji M,Michikawa M,Matsubara E

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histology, immunohistochemistry, and Western blotting were used to characterize the changes in morphology, distribution pattern, and marker protein expression of striatal interneurons in the transition zone of striatal injury induced by 3-NP. The 3-NP treatment in rats yielded movement, motor coordination, and cogniti...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Mu S,OuYang L,Liu B,Zhu Y,Li K,Zhan M,Liu Z,Jia Y,Lei W,Reiner A

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed an animal model of learning and memory impairment associated with activation of microglia in the mouse brain. Injection of lipopolysaccharide into the CA1 region of the mouse hippocampus resulted in an increased production of inflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin-1β. Immunostaining for interleu...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Tanaka S,Kondo H,Kanda K,Ashino T,Nakamachi T,Sekikawa K,Iwakura Y,Shioda S,Numazawa S,Yoshida T

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal stress exerts long-lasting psychiatric and somatic on offspring, which persist into adulthood. However, the effect of maternal stress on the postnatal growth of pups has not been widely reported. In this study, we found that maternal immobilization stress (IS) during lactation resulted in low body weight of m...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Gao P,Ishige A,Murakami Y,Nakata H,Oka J,Munakata K,Yamamoto M,Nishimura K,Watanabe K

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence has shown that β-amyloid (Aβ) induces hyperphosphorylation of tau and contributes to Aβ toxicity. Recently, tau hyperphosphorylation by glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β) activation has been emphasized as one of the pathogenic mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The phosphoinositide 3 kinase ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Zhang Z,Zhao R,Qi J,Wen S,Tang Y,Wang D

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The balance of bone morphogenic protein (BMP), transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ)/activin/nodal, and Wnt signals regulates the early lineage segregation of human embryonic stem cells (ESCs). Here we demonstrate that a combination of small-molecule inhibitors of BMP (Dorsomorphin) and TGFβ/activin/nodal (SB431542) sig...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Morizane A,Doi D,Kikuchi T,Nishimura K,Takahashi J

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:α-Synuclein (α-syn) is the major component of pathological inclusions characteristic of several neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson's disease. The major posttranslational modification of α-syn is phosphorylation at S129, and previous studies estimate that approximately 90% of α-syn in proteinaceous, patholo...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Waxman EA,Giasson BI

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The periglomerular cells (PG) of the olfactory bulb (OB) are involved in the primary processing and the refinement of sensory information from the olfactory epithelium. The neurochemical composition of these neurons has been studied in depth in many species, and over the last decades such studies have focused mainly o...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Baltanás FC,Curto GG,Gómez C,Díaz D,Murias AR,Crespo C,Erdelyi F,Szabó G,Alonso JR,Weruaga E

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Alzheimer's disease, Aβ deposits are considered the initial cardinal events that induce tauopathy secondarily. However, the relationship between Aβ amyloidosis and tauopathy has not been determined in detail. We produced double transgenic mice, 2×TgTau(+/-) APP(+/-) , by mating Tg2576 mice that exhibit Aβ amyloidos...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Seino Y,Kawarabayashi T,Wakasaya Y,Watanabe M,Takamura A,Yamamoto-Watanabe Y,Kurata T,Abe K,Ikeda M,Westaway D,Murakami T,Hyslop PS,Matsubara E,Shoji M

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deletion of the tumor suppressor gene p53 has been shown to improve the outcome in experimental models of focal cerebral ischemia and kainate-induced seizures. To evaluate the potential role of p53 in traumatic brain injury, genetically modified mice lacking a functional p53 gene (p53(-/-), n = 9) and their wild-type ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Tomasevic G,Raghupathi R,Scherbel U,Wieloch T,McIntosh TK

更新日期：2010-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular matrix molecules take part in functional isolation and stabilization of neuronal compartments but form a vivid interface between neuronal elements at the same time. Previous studies have shown that the accumulation of extracellular matrix, especially its typical phenotypic form, termed perineuronal nets,...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Gáti G,Morawski M,Lendvai D,Jäger C,Négyessy L,Arendt T,Alpár A

更新日期：2010-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channels (HCN) are key determinants of CNS functions. Here we describe an increase in hyperpolarization-activated current (I(h)) at the beginning of whole-cell recordings in rat layer 5 cortical neurons. For a closer investigation of this I(h) increase, we overex...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Battefeld A,Bierwirth C,Li YC,Barthel L,Velmans T,Strauss U

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble oligomeric aggregates of the amyloid-beta (A beta) peptide are believed to be the most neurotoxic A beta species affecting the brain in Alzheimer disease (AD), a terminal neurodegenerative disorder involving severe cognitive decline underscored by initial synaptic dysfunction and later extensive neuronal death...

journal_title：Journal of neuroscience research

authors： Dineley KT,Kayed R,Neugebauer V,Fu Y,Zhang W,Reese LC,Taglialatela G

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00