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1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) disrupts social memory/recognition processes in the male mouse.

Male mice treated with MPTP or vehicle were tested for their ability to demonstrate a memory-recognition response as evaluated in a habituation-dishabituation task. Treatment with MPTP severely disrupted the male's habituation-dishabituation response…

1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) reduces norepinephrine concentrations in the olfactory bulbs of male mice.

Male retired breeder C57/Bl and CD-1 mice were treated with either MPTP or its vehicle. At 7-10 days post-treatment, catecholamine concentrations within the olfactory bulbs (OB) and hypothalamus were determined. Norepinephrine concentrations within…

Tags: *Sex Characteristics, 1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1, 1992, 2, 3, 6-tetrahydropyridine/*pharmacology, Animals, Brain research, Dluzen D E, Dopamine/metabolism, Drug Resistance/genetics, Inbred C57BL, Inbred Strains, Male, Mice, Norepinephrine/*metabolism, Olfactory Bulb/*metabolism, Osmolar Concentration

4-Hydroxynonenal dependent alteration of TRPV1-mediated coronary microvascular signaling.

We demonstrated previously that TRPV1-dependent regulation of coronary blood flow (CBF) is disrupted in diabetes. Further, we have shown that endothelial TRPV1 is differentially regulated, ultimately leading to the inactivation of TRPV1, when exposed…

Tags: *4-Hydroxynonenal, *Coronary regulation, *Lipid peroxidation, *Post-translational modification, *Protein Processing, *Reactive oxygen species, *Signal Transduction, *TRPV1, 2016, Action Potentials/drug effects, Aldehydes/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism/*pharmacology, Animal, Animals, Blood Flow Velocity, Bratz Ian N, Calcium Signaling/drug effects, Cappelli Holly C, Capsaicin/*pharmacology, Cardiovascular Agents/*pharmacology, Connell Patrick J, Coronary Circulation/drug effects, Coronary Vessels/metabolism/physiopathology, Cysteine/genetics/metabolism, Damron Derek S, DelloStritto Daniel J, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Diabetes Mellitus/drug therapy/*metabolism/physiopathology, Disease Models, Fahmy Joseph N, Femoral Artery/metabolism/physiopathology, Free radical biology & medicine, Geldenhuys Werner J, HEK293 Cells, Humans, Inbred C57BL, Lipid Peroxidation, Male, Mice, NEOMED College of Medicine, Patch-Clamp Techniques, Post-Translational, Sinharoy Pritam, Thodeti Charles K, TRPV Cation Channels/genetics/*metabolism, Vasodilation/drug effects

A block in glycoprotein processing correlates with small plaque morphology and virion targetting to cell-cell junctions for an oral and an anal strain of herpes simplex virus type-1.

The characteristics of two clinical isolates of HSV-1 obtained from an oral (424) and an anal (490) lesion were compared with the highly passaged KOS strain. In contrast to KOS, the clinical isolates produced small plaques, were more cell-associated…

A bouquet for a broken heart: can flowers repair a damaged heart?

Tags: 2015, angiogenesis, Animals, Circulation research, Coronary Vessels, Coronary Vessels/*physiopathology, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Editorials, endocardium, Endocardium/*physiopathology, endothelial cells, Endothelium, myocardial infarction, Myocardial Infarction/*physiopathology, NEOMED College of Medicine, Thodeti Charles K, Vascular/*physiopathology

A comparative analysis of monoaminergic involvement in the spinal antinociceptive action of DAMPGO and DPDPE.

The antinociceptive properties of intrathecally (i.t.) administered [D-Ala2,

A comparison of awake and sleeping cortical states by analysis of the somatosensory-evoked response of postcentral area 1 in rhesus monkey.

The response of primary somatosensory cortex (SI) to cutaneous stimulation of the hand was studied in one unanesthetized monkey to examine more closely the previously reported dependence of a behaviorally relevant late component of the evoked…

Tags: 1988, Animals, Arousal, Cauller L J, Cerebral Cortex/*physiology, Electroencephalography, Evoked Potentials, Experimental brain research, Kulics A T, Macaca mulatta, Sleep/*physiology, Somatosensory, Wakefulness/*physiology

A critical period for long-term potentiation in the developing rat visual cortex.

The in vitro rodent visual cortical slice preparation demonstrates a critical period for long-term potentiation (LTP). Current source density (CSD) analysis reveals peak potentiation of both supra-(layers II-III) and infragranular (layers V) layers…

Tags: 1988, Aging, Animals, Brain research, Electric Stimulation, In Vitro Techniques, Neuronal Plasticity, Newborn, Perkins A T 4th, Rats, Teyler T J, Visual Cortex/*growth & development/physiology

A dinosaurian facial deformity and the first occurrence of ameloblastoma in the fossil record.

Despite documentation of various types of neoplastic pathologies encountered in the vertebrate fossil record, no ameloblastic tumours have been recognised so far. Ameloblastoma is a benign neoplasic tumour with a strong preponderance for the…

Tags: *Dinosaurs, *Fossils, 2016, Acheson Katharine A, Ameloblastoma/diagnosis/pathology/*veterinary, Andrei Razvan A, Animals, Codrea Vlad A, Csiki-Sava Zoltan, Dumbrava Mihai D, Mandible/*pathology, Mandibular Neoplasms/diagnosis/pathology/*veterinary, Romania, Rothschild Bruce M, Scientific reports, Weishampel David B

A formidable foe: carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and emerging nonantibiotic therapies.

A function for binaural integration in auditory grouping and segregation in the inferior colliculus.

Responses of neurons to binaural, harmonic complex stimuli in urethane-anesthetized guinea pig inferior colliculus (IC) are reported. To assess the binaural integration of harmonicity cues for sound segregation and grouping, responses were measured…

Tags: *Auditory Perception, 2015, Animals, Auditory, binaural integration, Evoked Potentials, Female, Guinea Pigs, harmonic complex, Inferior Colliculi/cytology/*physiology, inferior colliculus, Journal of neurophysiology, Magezi David A, Male, Nakamoto Kyle T, Neurons/physiology, Palmer Alan R, pitch, Shackleton Trevor M

A L.E.A.P.S. heteroconjugate vaccine containing a T cell epitope from HSV-1 glycoprotein D elicits Th1 responses and protection.

The L.E.A.P.S. heteroconjugate vaccine antigen (JgD), composed of a T cell epitope from glycoprotein D (gD(8-23)) of herpes simplex virus (HSV) linked with a peptide sequence from beta-2-microglobulin (aa38-50), elicited protection against lethal…

A lack of supersensitivity to opioid receptor agonists following chronic spinal opioid receptor antagonist administration in the rat.

1. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were chronically tested with intrathecal (i.t.) receptor selective opioid antagonists to determine if antinociceptive supersensitivity developed to selective i.t. opioid receptor agonists. 2. A subcutaneously implanted…

A metabolic stress-inducible miR-34a-HNF4alpha pathway regulates lipid and lipoprotein metabolism.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most common liver diseases, but its underlying mechanism is poorly understood. Here we show that hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha (HNF4alpha), a liver-enriched nuclear hormone receptor, is…

A method for calculating current source density (CSD) analysis without resorting to recording sites outside the sampling volume.

This article is part of a study on cortical microcircuitry in which flash evoked potentials (FEPs) were recorded from the anesthetized rat visual cortex. The FEPs were subjected to current source density analysis (CSD). One of the limitations of the…

Tags: 1988, Action Potentials, Animals, DiScenna P G, Electric Stimulation, Journal of neuroscience methods, Models, Neurological, Neurophysiology/*methods, Photic Stimulation, Teyler T J, Vaknin G, Visual Cortex/*physiology

A modification of the epidermal scarification model of herpes simplex virus infection to achieve a reproducible and uniform progression of disease.

A slight modification in the method used to remove the top keratinized layer of skin in the epidermal scarification model of HSV infection results in an easier, less painful, more uniform and reproducible means of infection. The back of mice was…

A neurochemical heterogeneity of the rat striatum as measured by in vivo electrochemistry and microdialysis.

The neurochemical heterogeneity of the rat striatum was assessed in vivo by measuring subregional changes in extracellular dopamine and DOPAC by in vivo electrochemistry and microdialysis in response to amphetamine and the D2 antagonist,…

Tags: 1990, 3, 4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid/metabolism, Amphetamines/*pharmacology, Animals, Brain research, Corpus Striatum/*metabolism, Dopamine D2, Dopamine/*metabolism, Dopamine/drug effects, Electrochemistry, Inbred Strains, Male, Pehek E A, Rats, Receptors, Sulpiride/*pharmacology, Yamamoto B K

A neurochemical hypothesis for the origin of hominids.

It has always been difficult to account for the evolution of certain human characters such as language, empathy, and altruism via individual reproductive success. However, the striatum, a subcortical region originally thought to be exclusively motor,…

A new zygodactylid species indicates the persistence of stem passerines into the early Oligocene in North America.

BACKGROUND: The lake deposits of the informal Ruby Paper Shale unit, part of the Renova Formation of Montana, have yielded abundant plant fossils that document Late Eocene - Early Oligocene global cooling in western North America. A nearly complete…

A noninflammatory interleukin-1beta fragment stimulates fetal lung fluid absorption in guinea pigs.

We have previously demonstrated that full-length interleukin (IL)-1beta can induce and stimulate lung fluid absorption in near-term guinea pig fetuses via stimulation of fetal cortisol synthesis and release. To develop a potentially clinically useful…

A novel coding mechanism for social vocalizations in the lateral amygdala.

The amygdala plays a central role in evaluating the significance of acoustic signals and coordinating the appropriate behavioral responses. To understand how amygdalar responses modulate auditory processing and drive emotional expression, we assessed…

A novel mechanism of neurokinin-1 receptor resensitization.

Prolonged or repeated activation of many G protein-coupled receptors induces rapid desensitization followed by a period during which receptors are resensitized. In this study, concanavalin A (Con A) and monensin were used to investigate the…

Tags: 2002, Animals, Bennett V J, Cell Membrane/drug effects/metabolism, CHO Cells, Concanavalin A/pharmacology, Cricetinae, Monensin/pharmacology, Neurokinin-1/*agonists/*metabolism, Perrine S A, Phosphorylation/drug effects, Rats, Receptors, Simmons M A, The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics

A novel role for Bcl-2 associated-athanogene-1 (Bag-1) in regulation of the endoplasmic reticulum stress response in mammalian chondrocytes.

BAG-1 (Bcl-2 associated athanogene-1) is a multifunctional protein, linking cell proliferation, cell death, protein folding, and cell stress. In vivo, BAG-1 is expressed in growth plate and articular cartilage, and the expression of BAG-1 is…

A preliminary analysis of correlations between chewing motor patterns and mandibular morphology across mammals.

The establishment of a publicly-accessible repository of physiological data on feeding in mammals, the Feeding Experiments End-user Database (FEED), along with improvements in reconstruction of mammalian phylogeny, significantly improves our ability…

Tags: *Mastication, 2011, Animals, Biological Evolution, Bite Force, Crompton Alfred W, Doherty Alison H, Electromyography, Feeding Behavior/physiology, Hylander William L, Integrative and comparative biology, Jaw/anatomy & histology/*physiology, Mammals/anatomy & histology/physiology, Masseter Muscle/anatomy & histology/*physiology, Phylogeny, Temporal Muscle/anatomy & histology/*physiology, Vinyard Christopher J, Wall Christine E, Williams Susan H

A preliminary analysis of the relationship between jaw-muscle architecture and jaw-muscle electromyography during chewing across primates.

The architectural arrangement of the fibers within a muscle has a significant impact on how a muscle functions. Recent work on primate jaw-muscle architecture demonstrates significant associations with dietary variation and feeding behaviors. In this…

Tags: *Mastication, 2010, Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007), Animals, Electromyography, Jaw/*anatomy & histology/physiology, Masseter Muscle/*anatomy & histology/physiology, Primates/*anatomy & histology/physiology, Taylor Andrea B, Temporal Muscle/*anatomy & histology/physiology, Vinyard Christopher J

A quantitative LC-MS/MS method for determination of thiazolidinedione mitoNEET ligand NL-1 in mouse serum suitable for pharmacokinetic studies.

Thiazolidinedione (TZD) compounds have shown promise as antidiabetic, antibiotics, antifungal and neuroprotective agents. The mitochondrial effect of a novel mitoNEET ligand, NL-1…

Tags: %CV, %RE, 1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1, 2, 2014, 3, 3-thiazolidine-2, 4-dione, 5-[3, 5-[4-hydroxy-3, 5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)methyl]-1, 5-dimethyl-phenyl)methyl]thiazolidine-2, 6-tetrahydropyridine, Anderson David J, Animals, Carroll Richard T, Carry-over, Chromatography, Department of Internal Medicine, Geldenhuys Werner J, High Pressure Liquid/*methods, internal standard, IS, Jogiraju Harini, Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences, LC-MS/MS, Limit of Detection, Lin Li, LLOQ, lower limit of quantification, Methanol, Mice, mitoNEET, Mouse serum, MPTP, MRM, multiple reaction monitoring, NEOMED College of Medicine, NL-1, NL-2, Pedada Kiran K, percent coefficient of variation, peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-gamma, pharmacokinetic, PK, PPAR-gamma, QC, Quality Control, relative error, relative matrix effect, RME, SD, standard deviation, Tandem Mass Spectrometry/*methods, thiazolidinedione, Thiazolidinedione (TZD), Thiazolidinediones/*blood, TZD, Zhou Xiang

A rapid and simple HPLC microassay for biogenic amines in discrete brain regions.

A rapid microassay is described for the measurement of biogenic amines using an isocratic HPLC system with electrochemical detection. Catecholamines, indoleamines and their major metabolites were extracted with 150 microliters of perchloric acid from…

Tags: *Brain Chemistry, 1988, Animals, Biogenic Amines/*analysis, Chromatography, Corpus Striatum/analysis, Donzanti B A, High Pressure Liquid/methods, Inbred Strains, Indicators and Reagents, Male, Nucleus Accumbens/analysis, Organ Specificity, Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, Rats, Reference Values, Yamamoto B K

A single restraint stress exposure potentiates analgesia induced by intrathecally administered DAGO.

In rats, restraint exposure potentiates the magnitude and duration of analgesia following both the peripheral and intracerebroventricular administration of several opioid agonists as compared to non-stressed controls. It has been suggested that the…

A slice preparation preserving the callosal projection to contralateral visual cortex.

Due to the curved path they follow, the visual callosal projections to areas OC1 and OC2 of the rat visual cortex have been inaccessible to studies using brain slices. In this paper we describe a new slice preparation in which a curved cutting blade…

Tags: *Synaptic Transmission, 1990, Animals, Berry R L, Corpus Callosum/*physiology, Electrophysiology, Female, In Vitro Techniques, Inbred Strains, Journal of neuroscience methods, Male, Neurology/instrumentation, Nowicky A, Rats, Teyler T J, Visual Cortex/*physiology

A system for measuring electrophysiological multiple unit activity and extracellular dopamine concentration at single electrodes.

A technique is described for measuring electrophysiological multiple-unit activity and extracellular dopamine concentration with in vivo voltammetry at an array of 8 electrodes. In addition, new procedures in the construction of the voltammetric…

A tale of 2 biologies: stem cell patch: myocardial interactions are critical for myocardial regeneration.

Tags: 2011, Animals, Cicatrix – Physiopathology, Collagen, Enzymes – Metabolism, Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), Myocardial Infarction – Therapy, Penn M S, Stem Cells – Transplantation, von Recum HA

A three-dimensional digital neurological atlas of the mustached bat (Pteronotus parnellii).

Substantial knowledge of auditory processing within mammalian nervous systems emerged from neurophysiological studies of the mustached bat (Pteronotus parnellii). This highly social and vocal species retrieves precise information about the velocity…

A TRP to cardiac fibroblast differentiation.

The differentiation of cardiac fibroblasts to myofibroblasts is one of the key events during cardiac remodeling, however, the molecular mechanism underlying this process is not well known. Calcium signaling plays an important role in the regulation…

A Western diet induced NAFLD in LDLR(-/)(-) mice is associated with reduced hepatic glutathione synthesis.

Oxidative stress plays a key role in the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Glutathione is the major anti-oxidant involved in cellular oxidative defense, however there are currently no simple non-invasive methods for assessing…

Aberrant induction of Par-4 is involved in apoptosis of hippocampal neurons in presenilin-1 M146V mutant knock-in mice.

Mutations in presenilin-1 (PS-1) have been shown to increase neuronal vulnerability to apoptosis in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Par-4 is a novel cell-death-promoting protein associated with neuronal degeneration in AD. We previously reported that, in…

Ablation of the hypothalamic arcuate-median eminence region reduces the concentration of vasoactive intestinal peptide in the anterior pituitary gland of male rats.

This study was designed to determine the influence of the hypothalamus on the content of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) in the anterior pituitary. Disruption of the hypothalamic-pituitary connection was performed by ablating the arcuate-median…

Absence of type VI collagen paradoxically improves cardiac function, structure, and remodeling after myocardial infarction.

RATIONALE: We previously reported that type VI collagen deposition increases in the infarcted myocardium in vivo. To date, a specific role for this nonfibrillar collagen has not been explored in the setting of myocardial infarction (MI). OBJECTIVE:…

Activation and circuitry of uterine-cervix-related neurons in the lumbosacral dorsal root ganglia and spinal cord at parturition.

Stimulation of the uterine cervix at parturition activates neural circuits involving primary sensory nerves and supraspinally projecting neurons of the lumbosacral spinal cord, resulting in output of hypothalamic neurohormones. Dorsal root ganglia…

Activation of heterotrimeric G-proteins independent of a G-protein coupled receptor and the implications for signal processing.

Heterotrimeric G-proteins are key transducers for signal transfer from outside the cell, mediating signals emanating from cell-surface G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR). Many, if not all, subtypes of heterotrimeric G-proteins are also regulated by…

Tags: *Signal Transduction, 2005, Animals, Biological, Cismowski M J, G-Protein-Coupled/*metabolism, Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins/*metabolism, Humans, Lanier S M, Models, Receptors, Reviews of physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology

Activation of mechanosensitive ion channel TRPV4 normalizes tumor vasculature and improves cancer therapy.

Tumor vessels are characterized by abnormal morphology and hyperpermeability that together cause inefficient delivery of chemotherapeutic agents. Although vascular endothelial growth factor has been established as a critical regulator of tumor…

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