abstract：:The nuclear complex of the horizontal limb of the diagonal band and the magnocellular preoptic nucleus, components of the basal forebrain magnocellular system affected in Alzheimer-type dementia, supply centrifugal innervation to the olfactory bulb. The lateral magnocellular preoptic nucleus provides significant GABAe...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Paolini AG,McKenzie JS

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thalamofugal visual projections of the chick are known to develop in response to stimulation by light prior to hatching, and asymmetry in the number of projections develops as a consequence of the embryo being oriented in the egg so that it occuludes its left eye. The right eye only is stimulated by light and this...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Rogers LJ,Krebs GA

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared repeated treatment with methamphetamine (4.0 mg/kg, i.p.) plus scopolamine (0.5 mg/kg, i.p.) and methamphetamine alone in behavioral sensitization and drug conditioning with respect to a reciprocal balance between the dopaminergic and cholinergic systems. Repeated methamphetamine plus scopolamine t...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Yui K,Miura T,Sugiyama K,Ono M,Nagase M

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In rats with a unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine lesion of the ascending dopamine neurons, we investigated the relationship between the expression of Fos-like immunoreactivity in the caudate-putamen and contralateral turning behavior in response to dopamine agonists during the induction and expression of sensitization (pri...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Morelli M,Fenu S,Carta A,Di Chiara G

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work was aimed to study if goldfish telencephalon is involved differentially in spatial and cue learning. With this purpose, animals were assigned to two learning conditions, 'spatial constancy' and 'directly cued', and their performance was recorded before and after ablation of the telencephalon. During the pres...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Salas C,Broglio C,Rodríguez F,López JC,Portavella M,Torres B

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal mice received subcutaneous injections of either antibody against murine NGF raised in goat (3 mg, injection volume 50 microliters) or preimmune serum on postnatal days 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12. They were tested on postnatal days 15-16 or 20-21 for learning and 24-h retention of a passive avoidance step-through ...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Calamandrei G,Ricceri L,Valanzano A

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacological studies suggest that the discriminative stimulus (DS) produced by nicotine is mediated centrally. The aim of the present study was to identify neuroanatomical substrates that mediate the DS properties of nicotine. Specifically, the nucleus accumbens, a brain region known to mediate the DS effects of am...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Shoaib M,Stolerman IP

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study of leg flexion conditioning in dogs, which were trained under both avoidance and classical contingencies consecutively, confirmed and extended the results from the Wahlsten and Cole study (In Classical Conditioning II: Current Research and Theory, Appleton Century-Crofts, New York, 1972). Briefly, dogs were...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Cassady JM

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study's goal is to identify adaptations involving striatal glutamate (GLU) or dopamine (DA) receptors that may contribute to recovery of function following cortical injury. Unilateral aspiration of the medial agranular region of frontal cortex (AGm) in rats produces neglect of contralateral stimuli. Pharmacologic...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Vargo JM,Marshall JF

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was previously shown [17] that visual movement sensitive neurons lacking selectivity in the anterior parts of the dorsal superior temporal sulcus (STP) of monkeys exhibited selective responses to externally moved objects and failed to respond to the sight of the animal's own limb movements. This paper describes a s...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Hietanen JK,Perrett DI

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cholinergic hypothesis of memory dysfunction originally proposed that dysfunction of cholinergic neurons in the basal forebrain cholinergic system (BFCS) may be responsible for the memory deficits associated with aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD). This hypothesis directed focus on the BFCS in experimental animal ...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Voytko ML

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is generally acknowledged that psychosis occurs with increased frequency within epileptic populations. There are several possible explanations for this over-representation: (1) psychosis may develop as a result of anti-epileptic drug or surgical treatment, or as a result of the psychosocial effects of living with e...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Smith PF,Darlington CL

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the behavioral characteristics of rats neonatally treated with 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA), their performance on 4 aversive learning tasks, 3 active (shuttle, one-way, and rearing) avoidance tasks and one passive (step-through) avoidance task, was examined. On days 2 and 4 after birth, each rat of F344/Du st...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Takasuna M,Iwasaki T

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CGS 10746B is an imidazole-derivative related to the atypical antipsychotic clozapine which produces a decrease in dopamine release without altering dopamine metabolism or occupying D2 receptors. Rats were trained on an appetitively-motivated, two-choice, operant task to discriminate 20.0 mg/kg CGS 10746B from its veh...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Meehan SM,Schechter MD

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this brief review, we present the evidence for the regulation of the mesolimbic dopamine system by 5-HT3 and 5-HT4 receptors. A range of studies show good evidence that 5-HT3 receptor antagonists reduce raised mesolimbic dopamine activity by blocking 5-HT3 receptors in terminal parts of the mesolimbic dopamine syst...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Kilpatrick GJ,Hagan RM,Gale JD

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mice injected with formalin into the hindpaw, the 5-HT1A receptor agonists, 8-OH-DPAT and flesinoxan, equipotently inhibited the early phase (EP) and late phase (LP) of licking. At higher doses, they provoked ataxia and inhibited the writhing elicited by intra-abdominal acetic acid. The antagonists, (-)-alprenolol,...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Millan MJ,Seguin L,Honoré P,Girardon S,Bervoets K

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melatonin is produced only during nighttime darkness. Its onset during the evening is a useful marker for circadian phase position, when melatonin levels are sampled frequently and under conditions of dim light or darkness. This marker is termed the dim light melatonin onset (DLMO). Recently, we have described a phase...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Lewy AJ,Ahmed S,Sack RL

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:P11 cells were used as an in vitro model system to explore effects of exposure to 5-HT on levels of mRNA encoding 5-HT2A receptors. Exposure of cells to the agonist 5-HT resulted in a doubling of receptor mRNA levels. mRNA levels returned to control levels within 8-16 h. The stability of receptor mRNA transcripts was ...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Ferry RC,Molinoff PB

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work examines the autoradiographic distribution of serotonin (5-HT) receptor subtypes in rat, guinea pig and human brain, using [3H]5-HT and [3H]5-CT as ligands. Different displacers were used to mask radioligand binding to 5-HT1A, 5-HT1B/1D and 5-HT2C receptors, in an attempt to visualize other receptor populati...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Palacios JM,Raurich A,Mengod G,Hurt SD,Cortés R

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rat model of alloxan-induced diabetes was used to investigate the effect of diabetic state on serotonin (5-HT) levels in peripheral body compartments, gastrointestinal (GI) and platelet, and the metabolic response of these compartments to serotonin precursor (5-hydroxytryptophan, 5-HTP) loading in diabetes. In all s...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Cićin-Sain L,Jernej B

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although considerable progress has been made in characterising the 5-HT1A receptor using agonists, partial agonists or non-selective antagonists, further studies of 5-HT1A receptor function have been hindered by the lack of highly selective antagonists. The term 'silent' antagonist has been used for such compounds in ...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Fletcher A,Forster EA,Bill DJ,Brown G,Cliffe IA,Hartley JE,Jones DE,McLenachan A,Stanhope KJ,Critchley DJ,Childs KJ,Middlefell VC,Lanfumey L,Corradetti R,Laporte AM,Gozlan H,Hamon M,Dourish CT

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the long-term effects of administration of (S)-alpha-fluoromethylhistidine (FMH), a specific inhibitor of histidine decarboxylase, on the spontaneous locomotor activity, food intake and brain contents of histamine, catecholamines, serotonin and amino acids of ICR mice. The distance of ambulation and number...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Sakai N,Sakurai E,Onodera K,Sakurai E,Asada H,Miura Y,Watanabe T

更新日期：1995-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Involvement of the medial septal area (MSA) in consolidation and retrieval of passive avoidance response (PAR) was investigated with functional suppression of this area by tetrodotoxin (TTX). Rats carrying a chronically implanted cannula aimed at the MSA were trained on a step-through passive avoidance task and receiv...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Rashidy-Pour A,Motaghed-Larijani Z,Bures J

更新日期：1995-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Much of the evidence used to implicate the hippocampus in learning and memory has been obtained from clinical cases and/or experimental studies with animals where the damage is extensive and includes more than just the hippocampus. When the damage is limited to the cells that comprise the hippocampus (CA1-CA3 pyramida...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Jarrard LE

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present article reviews some recent work on the neuronal mechanisms underlying space-based and feature-based stimulus selection in the primate occipito-temporal pathway of cortical visual processing. Clear evidence demonstrates that activity in areas V4 and IT is high for a stimulus which is selected either for it...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Chelazzi L

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal aged rats (26 months) displayed significant impairments in learning the Morris water maze task as compared with young adult rats (3 months). The learning deficits of aged basal forebrain (BF)-lesioned rats (26 months; ethylcholine aziridinium ion was injected into the bilateral basal forebrain at 3 months age) ...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Nakamura S,Ohno T

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various studies suggest that some sleep functions, especially some slow wave sleep functions, are indispensable in mammals and related to brain regulation. It has been proposed that two of these functions are the adjustment of emotional balance and the processing of acquired emotional memories. During waking, the grad...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Cai ZJ

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The function(s) of sleep would probably be better understood if the metabolic processes taking place within the central nervous system (CNS) during sleep were known in greater detail. The general pattern of the energy requirements of the brain during sleep is now outlined. Brain energy metabolism dramatically decrease...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Maquet P

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spatial learning ability of aged male and female Sprague-Dawley rats was assessed using the Morris water maze. To determine the influence of age-related visual deficits on performance levels, retinal morphologic measures were correlated with water maze performance for each rat. Rats were first trained on the water...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Spencer RL,O'Steen WK,McEwen BS

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholinergic systems have been linked to cognitive processes such as attention, learning and mnemonic function. However, other neurotransmitter systems, such as the serotonergic one, which may have only minor effects on cognitive function on their own, interact with cholinergic function and their combined effects may h...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Steckler T,Sahgal A

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of ibotenic acid lesions of either the mediodorsal thalamus (MD) or the mammillary bodies (MB) on the acquisition and retention of a reversal learning set in a T-maze were studied in mice. Both the MB and MD lesions disrupted performance in this task, but only MD lesions slowed down the rate of learning, M...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Krazem A,Béracochéa D,Jaffard R

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review some of the evidence for structural changes in synapses in response to environmental stimulation. These include changes in synapse number, in distribution of presynaptic vesicles, in synaptic bouton size, and complex changes in the shape and size of synaptic contact zones. Increased numbers of postsynaptic p...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Weiler IJ,Hawrylak N,Greenough WT

更新日期：1995-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The basic functional organization of gerbil auditory cortex was previously mapped with unit recording of best frequency and with the fluoro-2-deoxyglucose mapping (FDG) technique. Among at least seven subfields in this cortex the primary auditory cortex (AI) and the anterior auditory field (AAF) showed prominent tonot...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Scheich H,Zuschratter W

更新日期：1995-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to outline the involvement of the hippocampus in behavior and memory functions the results of grafting experiments in the hippocampal formation are presented in addition to former lesion and stimulation studies. Grafts of fetal hippocampal tissue were found to induce short-term beneficial effects on learning ...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Sprick U

更新日期：1995-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study how the human brain acquires, records, and recalls the relationships that comprise the images of human memory, our laboratory initiated a research strategy more than two decades ago. The strategy began with the hypothesis that the complex patterns of human memory are constructed from numerous simple ...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Alkon DL

更新日期：1995-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabbits received ibotenic acid lesions of the mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus (MD) or sham lesions. These animals were compared on four sessions of instrumental avoidance conditioning, during which an eyeblink (EB) response during the presentation of a tone-conditioned stimulus prevented the occurrence of a paraor...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Buchanan SL

更新日期：1994-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Norharman (20 mg/kg, i.p.) and ibogaine (40 mg/kg, i.p.) significantly attenuated naloxone (4 mg/kg, i.p.)-precipitated withdrawal syndrome in morphine-dependent rats. Several withdrawal signs, such as teeth-chattering, chewing, penile licking and diarrhoea, were decreased by both norharman and ibogaine. In addition, ...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Cappendijk SL,Fekkes D,Dzoljic MR

更新日期：1994-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the organization of visual and motor pathways, simple manual responses to a light stimulus in the right or left visual hemifields are performed faster with uncrossed hand-field combinations than with crossed hand-field combinations. Uncrossed responses can be integrated within a single hemisphere, whereas c...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Tassinari G,Aglioti S,Pallini R,Berlucchi G,Rossi GF

更新日期：1994-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We related fiber trajectory through the feline corpus callosum to the site of fiber origin in the cortical mantle and to functional modality. The cortical fields which contribute axons to the different portions of the corpus callosum were revealed by applying horseradish peroxidase (HRP) to the cut ends of selected gr...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Lomber SG,Payne BR,Rosenquist AC

更新日期：1994-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was aimed at determining whether granule cell degeneration induced by intragyral injections of a neutral fluid (0.9% NaCl with 0.6% glucose, pH 7.0, 2 sites per hippocampus, 2 microliters/site, 1 microliter/min) produced behavioural deficits in rats which, 2 weeks prior to the injections had received either...

journal_title：Behavioural brain research

authors： Hofferer E,Cassel JC,Kelche C,Millemann P,Will B

更新日期：1994-08-31 00:00:00