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Psychostimulant-induced activity is attenuated by two putative dopamine release inhibitors.

Centrally administered amphetamine (AMPH), cathinone, (CATH), or cocaine (COC) have each been shown to produce elevated activity in rats and this effect is dose responsive. The question remains whether these psychostimulants share a common mechanism…

Reducing the time needed to conduct conditioned place preference testing.

The objective of the present experiment was to demonstrate whether four days of twice-a-day conditioned place conditioning produces a preference that is equivalent to that produced by using eight days of once-a-day training. Two doses of the…

Tags: 1992, Alkaloids/pharmacology, Animals, Calcagnetti D J, Choice Behavior/*drug effects, Conditioning, Experimental/instrumentation/methods, Inbred Strains, Male, Motor Activity/drug effects, Operant/*drug effects, Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry, Psychology, Psychotropic Drugs/pharmacology, Rats, Schechter M D

Place preference for the psychostimulant cathinone is blocked by pretreatment with a dopamine release inhibitor.

1. The objective of Exp. 1 was to determine whether intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of cathinone CATH (8.0-32 micrograms) would produce a dose-dependent conditioned place preference (CPP) and/or activation in rats. Results indicate that rats…

Nicotine place preference using the biased method of conditioning.

1. The objective of the experimentation was to determine whether nicotine (NIC, 0.8 mg/kg subcutaneously administered) would produce a conditioned place preference (CPP) in rats confined for thirty min to their less-preferred side in a three…

Tags: 1994, Animals, Calcagnetti D J, Conditioning, Cues, Injections, Male, Motor Activity/drug effects, Nicotine/*pharmacology, Operant/*drug effects, Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry, Rats, Schechter M D, Sprague-Dawley, Subcutaneous

Increases in the locomotor activity of rats after intracerebral administration of cathinone.

There is a widespread practice among people living in Eastern Africa and Southern Arabia of chewing the leaves of the Khat shrub so as to produce pharmacological effects that are practically indistinguishable from those produced by amphetamine…

Tags: 1992, Alkaloids/administration & dosage/*pharmacology, Animals, Brain research bulletin, Calcagnetti D J, Cerebral Ventricles/drug effects/*physiology, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Injections, Intraventricular, Male, Motor Activity/*drug effects, Nucleus Accumbens/drug effects/*physiology, Psychotropic Drugs/administration & dosage/*pharmacology, Rats, Schechter M D, Sprague-Dawley, Stereotaxic Techniques, Substantia Nigra/drug effects/*physiology

Attenuation of drinking sweetened water following calcium channel blockade.

Recent reports cite results that both cocaine-induced conditioned place preference and activity stimulation are attenuated by pretreatment with the calcium channel blocker isradipine (ISR) in rats. By blocking voltage-dependent

Calcium channel blockade attenuates angiotensin II-induced drinking in rats.

Lateral ventricular administration of angiotensin II (ANG II) produces potent dipsogenic effects in water-sated rats. ANG II seems to require functional voltage-gated calcium channels on neurons throughout circumventricular brain sites to exert its…

Tags: 1993, Amino Acid Sequence, Angiotensin II/*antagonists & inhibitors/pharmacology, Animals, Brain research bulletin, Calcagnetti D J, Calcium Channel Blockers/administration & dosage/*pharmacology, Dimethyl Sulfoxide/pharmacology, Dose-Response Relationship, Drinking Behavior/*drug effects, Drug, Injections, Intraventricular, Isradipine/pharmacology, Male, Molecular Sequence Data, Rats, Schechter M D, Sprague-Dawley

Extinction of cocaine-induced place approach in rats: a validation of the "biased" conditioning procedure.

It has often been demonstrated that when a rat is conditioned in a cue-specific environment that has been repeatedly paired with cocaine injections, it will spend more time in that environment than it does in a saline-paired environment. This…

Tags: 1993, Animals, Brain research bulletin, Calcagnetti D J, Classical, Cocaine/*pharmacology, Conditioning, Extinction, Habituation, Inbred Strains, Male, Operant/*drug effects, Psychological/*drug effects, Psychophysiologic/drug effects, Rats, Reward, Schechter M D

Deficits in shock-induced freezing and naltrexone enhancement of freezing in fawn hooded rats.

When a rat is returned to a context associated with mild electric foot shock (1 mA/0.75 s), the environmental cues elicit a species-specific defensive behavior termed freezing. Genetically divergent strains of rats given identical shock conditioning…

Tags: *Fear, 1994, Animals, Brain research bulletin, Calcagnetti D J, Classical/*drug effects, Conditioning, Electroshock, Female, Inbred Strains, Naltrexone/*pharmacology, Rats, Schechter M D

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…

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…

Preferential increase in pituitary prolactin versus vasoactive intestinal peptide as a function of estradiol benzoate dose in the ovariectomized rat.

Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) is synthesized in various tissues, including the anterior pituitary gland, where it may stimulate the release of PRL. Because estrogen plays a central role in the regulation of PRL, it becomes important to…

Quantification of vasoactive intestinal peptide immunoreactivity in the anterior pituitary glands of intact male and female, ovariectomized, and estradiol benzoate-treated rats.

There are considerable data suggesting that vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) is involved in the regulation of PRL secretion; however, the role and cell of origin of anterior pituitary VIP remain to be determined. Immunocytochemical (ICC) studies…

Tags: *Ovariectomy, 1992, Animals, Anterior/*chemistry/drug effects/metabolism, Carrillo A J, Diestrus, Endocrinology, Estradiol/*pharmacology, Female, Immunohistochemistry, Inbred Strains, Male, Phelps C J, Pituitary Gland, Prolactin/blood/metabolism, Rats, Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide/*analysis/metabolism

Brain-targeted delivery of Tempol-loaded nanoparticles for neurological disorders.

Brain-targeted Tempol-loaded poly-(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) nanoparticles (NPs) conjugated with a transferrin antibody (OX 26) were developed using the nanoprecipitation method. These NPs may have utility in treating neurodegenerative diseases…

Inhibition of long-term potentiation development in rat hippocampal slice by alpha 2-macroglobulin, an acute-phase protein in the brain.

Alpha-2-macroglobulin (alpha 2M) in the rat and human brain is an acute-phase protein synthesized primarily by astrocytes, and it has been implicated in Alzheimer's disease and other neuropathological processes. The activated forms of alpha 2M, but…

Tags: 1996, alpha-Macroglobulins/*pharmacology, Animals, Cavus I, Electric Stimulation, Hippocampus/drug effects/*physiology, Humans, In Vitro Techniques, Journal of neuroscience research, Koo P H, Long-Term Potentiation/*drug effects, Methylamines/pharmacology, Neurites/drug effects/*physiology, Pyramidal Cells/drug effects/physiology, Rats, Synapses/drug effects/physiology, Synaptic Transmission/drug effects, Teyler T J, Time Factors

Two forms of long-term potentiation in area CA1 activate different signal transduction cascades.

1. The effects of protein kinase inhibitors on N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-receptor-mediated, voltage-dependent calcium channel (VDCC)-mediated, and

Tags: 1996, Animals, Cavus I, Hippocampus/drug effects/*physiology, Journal of neurophysiology, Long-Term Potentiation/drug effects/*physiology, Nifedipine/pharmacology, Rats, Signal Transduction/drug effects/*physiology, Teyler T

NMDA receptor-independent LTP in basal versus apical dendrites of CA1 pyramidal cells in rat hippocampal slice.

The ability of hippocampal CA1 basal synapses to express N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-independent long-term potentiation (non-NMDA LTP) was studied and compared to the simultaneously induced apical dendritic non-NMDA LTP. Non-NMDA LTP in…

Sinoaortic denervation prevents postexercise reductions in arterial pressure and cardiac sympathetic tonus.

Arterial pressure, cardiac sympathetic tonus (ST), and heart rate (HR) are reduced after a single bout of dynamic exercise in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). To test if the arterial baroreflex is required for these postexercise responses,…

Tags: *Muscle Denervation, 1997, Animals, Autonomic Nervous System/physiology/physiopathology, Blood Pressure/*physiology, Chandler M P, DiCarlo S E, Heart Rate/*physiology, Heart/innervation/*physiology/physiopathology, Hypertension/*physiopathology, Inbred SHR, Male, Muscle Tonus, Physical Exertion/*physiology, Rats, Sinoatrial Node/*innervation, Sympathetic Nervous System/*physiology/physiopathology, The American journal of physiology

Acute exercise and gender alter cardiac autonomic tonus differently in hypertensive and normotensive rats.

Arterial pressure (AP), heart rate (HR), cardiac sympathetic tonus (ST), and parasympathetic tonus (PT) were determined in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR, 8 male and 8 female) and Wistar-Kyoto normotensive rats (WKY, 8 male and 12 female)…

Functional architecture of the inferior colliculus revealed with voltage-sensitive dyes.

We used optical imaging with voltage-sensitive dyes to investigate the spatio-temporal dynamics of synaptically evoked activity in brain slices of the inferior colliculus (IC). Responses in transverse slices which preserve cross-frequency connections…

Effect of epinephrine on alveolar liquid clearance in the rat.

Endogenous epinephrine has been found to increase alveolar liquid clearance (ALC) in several pulmonary edema models. In this study, we infused epinephrine intravenously for 1 h in anesthetized rats to produce plasma epinephrine concentrations…

Daily exercise and gender influence arterial baroreflex regulation of heart rate and nerve activity.

The influence of daily spontaneous running (DSR) and gender on the arterial baroreflex regulation of heart rate (HR) and lumbar sympathetic nerve activity (LSNA) was examined in 13 male [7 sedentary (SED) and 6 DSR] and 12 female (6 SED and 6 DSR)…

Tags: *Physical Conditioning, *Sex Characteristics, 1996, Animal, Animals, Arteries/*physiology, Baroreflex/*physiology, Chen C Y, DiCarlo S E, Female, Heart Rate/*physiology, Lumbosacral Region, Male, Rats, Rest, Sprague-Dawley, Sympathetic Nervous System/*physiology, The American journal of physiology

Enhanced cardiopulmonary reflex inhibition of heart rate during exercise.

We tested the hypothesis that the reflex inhibition of heart rate (HR) during mechanical (acute bolus injection of 0.5% and 2% of estimated blood volume) and chemical (phenylbiguanide, PBG, 2.5 and 5 micrograms.kg-1) stimulation of cardiopulmonary…

Daily spontaneous running attenuated the central gain of the arterial baroreflex.

Exercise training attenuates arterial baroreflex function. Mechanisms responsible may include an attenuated aortic baroreceptor reactivity (afferent mechanisms) and/or an attenuated central baroreflex gain. We tested the hypothesis that the aortic…

Tags: 1995, Animal, Animals, Arteries/*physiology, Baroreflex/*physiology, Brain/*physiology, Chen C Y, DiCarlo S E, Female, Male, Motor Activity/*physiology, Physical Conditioning, Rats, Scislo T J, Sprague-Dawley, The American journal of physiology

Enhanced cardiopulmonary reflex inhibition of heart rate during exercise [corrected] [published erratum appears in MED SCI SPORTS EXER 1996 Jan;28(1):154].

Tags: 1995, Analysis of Covariance, Animal Studies, Chemoreceptor Cells, Chen C, Collins H L, DiCarlo S E, Exertion – Physiology, Funding Source, Heart Rate – Physiology, Lung – Physiology, Mechanoreceptors, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Paired T-Tests, Rats, Reflex – Physiology, Repeated Measures, Statistical Significance, Two-Way Analysis of Variance

Identification of a new P450 subfamily, CYP4F1, expressed in rat hepatic tumors.

The expression of the rat cytochrome P450 CYP4 family was studied in hepatic tumors. In most of the primary and transplantable hepatic tumors studied, lauric acid omega-hydroxylase activity associated with the CYP4A subfamily enzymes decreased. The…

Nuclear receptor-mediated repression of human cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene transcription by bile acids.

Hydrophobic bile acids strongly repressed transcription of the human cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7A1) in the bile acid biosynthetic pathway in the liver. Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) repressed CYP7A1/Luc reporter activity in a transfection…

Tags: *Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases, *Membrane Glycoproteins, 2001, Animals, Bile Acids and Salts/*pharmacology, Caco-2 Cells, Carrier Proteins/genetics/physiology, Cell Line, Chen W, Chiang J Y, CHO Cells, Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase/*genetics, Cricetinae, Cultured, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics/*physiology, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, DNA-Binding Proteins/drug effects/genetics/physiology, DNA/metabolism, Embryo, Gene Expression/*drug effects, Genetic, Genetic/drug effects, Humans, Journal of lipid research, Kidney, Liver/metabolism, Luciferases/genetics, Mammalian, Messenger/analysis, NEOMED College of Medicine, Owsley E, Promoter Regions, Rats, Receptors, Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism, Retinoic Acid/genetics/physiology, Retinoid X Receptors, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, RNA, Stroup D, Taurocholic Acid/pharmacology, Transcription, Transcription Factors/drug effects/genetics/physiology, Transfection, Tumor Cells, Yang Y

Daily exercise and gender influence postexercise cardiac autonomic responses in hypertensive rats.

The influence of daily spontaneous running (DSR) and gender on postexercise cardiac autonomic responses was examined in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Rats were weaned at 4-5 wk of age and were randomly assigned to a sedentary (7 males and 6…

Acute exercise attenuates cardiac autonomic regulation in hypertensive rats.

Dynamic exercise may be used as a safe, therapeutic approach to reduce sympathetic nerve activity at rest and thus may be beneficial for individuals with hypertension. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that a single bout of mild to moderate dynamic…

Regulation of cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7A1) transcription by the liver orphan receptor (LXRalpha).

The cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7A1) plays an important role in regulation of bile acid biosynthesis and cholesterol homeostasis. Oxysterol receptor, LXR, stimulates, whereas the bile acid receptor, FXR, inhibits CYP7A1 transcription. The…

Regulation of cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase in the liver. Purification of cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase and the immunochemical evidence for the induction of cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase by cholestyramine and circadian rhythm.

Two cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase isozymes were purified from liver microsomes of cholestyramine-treated female rats by using anion exchange high performance liquid chromatography. These two cytochrome P-450 isozymes were similar in electrophoretic…

Identification and characterization of a putative bile acid-responsive element in cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase gene promoter.

Nucleotide sequences of a 7997-base pair SacI fragment spanning 3643 base pairs of the upstream promoter region to exon 4 of the rat cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7) have been determined. DNase I footprinting and electrophoretic mobility…

Cloning and 5'-flanking sequence of a rat cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase gene.

A cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase gene containing 8 kb of the 5'-flanking region and 5 kb of the transcription region which covers exons 1 to 5 was isolated from a rat genomic library. The 2015 bp nucleotide sequence 5'-upstream from the start codon…

Tags: *Promoter Regions, 1992, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Base Sequence, Biochimica et biophysica acta, Chiang J Y, Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase/*genetics, Cloning, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, DNA, Genetic, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, NEOMED College of Medicine, Rats, Restriction Mapping, Wang D P, Yang T P

Fetal rat cerebellar fragment transplantation into adult rat forebrain lesion cavities.

Fragments of fetal rat cerebellar tissue were grafted into forebrain cortical lesion cavities of adult rats. After a survival ranging from 12-151 days, no graft was found to fill the cavity completely. Large neurons, occasionally grouped into nests,…

Tags: 1992, Animals, Brain Tissue Transplantation/*physiology, Cerebellum/*transplantation, Chopko B W, Female, Fetal Tissue Transplantation/*physiology, Graft Survival/physiology, Journal of neural transplantation & plasticity, Myelin Sheath/physiology, Pregnancy, Prosencephalon/pathology/*physiology, Rats, Staining and Labeling, Voneida T J

Impact of circadian nuclear receptor REV-ERBalpha on midbrain dopamine production and mood regulation.

The circadian nature of mood and its dysfunction in affective disorders is well recognized, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are still unclear. Here, we show that the circadian nuclear receptor REV-ERBalpha, which is associated with bipolar…

Physiology laboratory experience for high school students.

Recently, we were charged with providing a learning opportunity for high school students participating in the Upward Bound Regional Math and Science Program, a program designed to stimulate interest in mathematics and science for students from…

Tags: *Laboratories, 1993, Adolescent, Animals, Collins H L, DiCarlo S E, Dissection, Female, Humans, Male, Muscles/physiology, Ohio, Physiology/*education/instrumentation, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Teaching/methods, The American journal of physiology

Attenuation of postexertional hypotension by cardiac afferent blockade.

Naloxone eliminates postexertional hypotension (PEH) in human and animal models. The effect of naloxone on sympathetic activity during hemorrhage and generation of arterial baroreflex function curves can be stimulated by blockade of cardiac afferent…

Tags: *Heart Arrest, *Physical Exertion, 1993, Afferent Pathways/physiology, Animals, Blood Pressure/drug effects, Collins H L, DiCarlo S E, Efferent Pathways/physiology, Heart Rate/drug effects, Hypotension/*physiopathology, Inbred SHR, Induced, Pressoreceptors/drug effects, Procainamide/pharmacology, Rats, Reference Values, The American journal of physiology

Tags: 1999, Animals, Berthoud H R, Brain Stem/*anatomy & histology, Cell and tissue research, Cervix Uteri/*innervation, Collins J J, Estrogen/metabolism, Female, Immunohistochemistry, Lin C E, Neurons/cytology/metabolism, Papka R E, Rats, Receptors, Sprague-Dawley, Uterus/*innervation, Vagus Nerve/*anatomy & histology/metabolism

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