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Inhibition of rat brain pyruvate dehydrogenase by thiamine analogs.

The effects of thiamine thiazolone (TT) and thiamine thiazolone pyrophosphate (TTPP) on the in vitro and in vivo inhibition of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDHC) from rat cortex and hippocampus were characterized. TTPP decreased PDHC activity in…

Tags: 1988, Animals, Biochemical pharmacology, Brain/*enzymology, Cerebral Cortex/drug effects/enzymology, Hippocampus/drug effects/enzymology, Inbred Strains, Kandiko C T, Kinetics, Male, Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex/*antagonists & inhibitors, Rats, Smith D, Thiamine Pyrophosphate/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology, Thiamine/*analogs & derivatives/pharmacology, Yamamoto B K

Effects of extracellular potassium concentration and postsynaptic membrane potential on calcium-induced potentiation in area CA1 of rat hippocampus.

Long-lasting potentiation can be induced in area CA1 of hippocampus by a relatively brief (7-10 min) exposure to a higher (4.0 mM) than normal (2.0 mM) extracellular calcium concentration. We have found that long-lasting calcium-induced potentiation…

Tags: 1990, Action Potentials/drug effects, Animals, Brain research, Calcium/*pharmacology, Grover L M, Hippocampus/drug effects/*physiology, Membrane Potentials/drug effects, Neuronal Plasticity/*drug effects, Potassium/*pharmacology, Rats, Teyler T J

In vivo neurochemical and anatomical heterogeneity of the dopamine uptake system in the rat caudate putamen.

The neurochemical and anatomical heterogeneity of dopamine uptake blockade was studied at a medial and lateral position in each of 3 rostrocaudal areas of the rat caudate-putamen. In vivo voltammetric measures of extracellular dopamine indicated a…

Tags: 1989, 3, 4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid/metabolism, Animals, Brain research, Caudate Nucleus/drug effects/*metabolism, Dopamine/*metabolism, Electrochemistry, Glynn G E, Homovanillic Acid/metabolism, Inbred Strains, Indoles/*pharmacology, Male, Mazindol/*pharmacology, Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors/*pharmacology, Nomifensine/*pharmacology, Putamen/drug effects/*metabolism, Rats, Yamamoto B K

Triethyltin exposure suppresses synaptic transmission in area CA1 of the rat hippocampal slice.

To examine the effects of TET on the electrophysiology of area CA1 of hippocampus, hippocampal slices were obtained from adult hooded rats and were maintained in vitro using standard techniques. Stimulating and recording electrodes were placed in the…

Tags: 1988, Animals, Evoked Potentials/drug effects, Female, Fountain S B, Hennes S K, Hippocampus/drug effects/*pathology/physiology, In Vitro Techniques, Neurotoxicology and teratology, Pyramidal Tracts/drug effects/*pathology/physiology, Rats, Synapses/drug effects/*physiology, Synaptic Transmission/*drug effects, Teyler T J, Ting Y L, Trialkyltin Compounds/*toxicity, Triethyltin Compounds/*toxicity

Aspartame exposure and in vitro hippocampal slice excitability and plasticity.

Aspartame (APM) is a low-calorie sweetener recently approved and released for widespread use in the United States. However, concerns still exist that APM consumption may be responsible for adverse neurological and psychological effects in some…

Tags: 1988, Animals, Aspartame/*toxicity, Dipeptides/*toxicity, Electric Stimulation, Electrophysiology, Female, Fountain S B, Fundamental and applied toxicology : official journal of the Society of Toxicology, Hennes S K, Hippocampus/*drug effects/physiopathology, Neuronal Plasticity/*drug effects, Neurons/drug effects, Rats, Teyler T J, Time Factors

The re-expression of two myosin heavy chains in regenerated rat muscle spindles.

The vascular supply and tendons of the extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles of two adult rats were unilaterally severed and the muscles were allowed to regenerate for 40 days. Serial frozen sections of muscle grafts were cut and stained for…

Tags: *Gene Expression Regulation, *Regeneration, 1989, Afferent/*physiology, Animals, Fei C, Female, Immunohistochemistry, Inbred F344, Muscle Denervation, Muscles/innervation/*metabolism, Myosins/*metabolism, Neurons, Neuroscience letters, Rats, Walro J M

Time and dose dependency of the suppression of pulmonary metastases of rat mammary cancer by amiloride.

Amiloride is an inhibitor of urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA), an essential component of the plasminogen/plasmin enzyme system. Inhibition of uPA prevents the conversion of plasminogen to tumor cell surface bound plasmin which is required for…

Development of habituation in the dentate gyrus of rat: physiology and anatomy.

The physiological development of monosynaptic response habituation in the rat dentate gyrus was compared to morphological development. Rapid Golgi techniques were coupled with in vitro studies of dentate granule cell habituation to several…

Tags: 1978, Animals, Brain research bulletin, Duffy C J, Female, Habituation, Hippocampus/anatomy & histology/physiology, Inbred Strains, Male, Psychophysiologic/*physiology, Rats, Synapses/physiology, Teyler T J

Development of potentiation in the dentate gyrus of rat: physiology and anatomy.

The physiological development of potentiating processes in the rat dentate gyrus were compared to morphological development. Rapid Golgi techniques were coupled with in vitro studies of dentate granule cell frequency potentiation, post-tetanic…

Tags: 1978, Animals, Brain research bulletin, Duffy C J, Female, Hippocampus/anatomy & histology/growth & development/*physiology, In Vitro Techniques, Inbred Strains, Male, Rats, Teyler T J

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

An improved and rapid HPLC-EC method for the isocratic separation of amino acid neurotransmitters from brain tissue and microdialysis perfusates.

An improved, HPLC with electrochemical detection method for the isocratic separation and determination of amino acids from post-mortem brain tissue and from microdialysates of awake-behaving animals is described. Optimal conditions that maximize…

Tags: *Brain Chemistry, 1988, Amino Acids/*analysis, Animals, Chromatography, Corpus Striatum/analysis, Dialysis, Donzanti B A, Electrochemistry, High Pressure Liquid/*methods, Inbred Strains, Life sciences, Male, Neurotransmitter Agents/*analysis, Rats, Yamamoto B K

Alterations in neurotransmitter amino acid content in the aging rat striatum are subregion dependent.

The topographical distribution of putative neurotransmitter amino acids in both

Tags: 1990, Aging/*metabolism, Amino Acids/*analysis, Animals, Corpus Striatum/*analysis, Donzanti B A, Inbred F344, Male, Neurobiology of aging, Neurotransmitter Agents/*analysis, Rats, Ung A K

Immunocytochemical analysis of somatostatin in the hypothalamus of obese and non-obese Zucker rats.

Levels of growth hormone (GH) are reduced in the genetically obese Zucker rat, fa/fa, in comparison to lean littermates. In normal rats, GH release is regulated by stimulatory and inhibitory factors of hypothalamic origin. The present experiment…

Tags: 1988, Animals, Brain research, DonCarlos L L, Finkelstein J A, Ho R H, Hypothalamus/*cytology/pathology, Immunoenzyme Techniques, Obesity/*metabolism, Rats, Somatostatin/*analysis/immunology, Species Specificity, Zucker

Hyperprolactinemia preferentially inhibits erectile function in adrenalectomized male rats.

To determine if the inhibitory effects of hyperprolactinemia on sexual arousal and serum LH levels could be dissociated from those on erectile function, copulatory behavior was examined in pituitary-grafted, adrenalectomized male rats that had been…

Tags: *Penile Erection/drug effects, 1990, Adrenalectomy, Animals, Body Weight, Chronic Disease, Doherty P C, Hyperprolactinemia/*physiopathology, Inbred F344, Life sciences, Luteinizing Hormone/blood/*metabolism, Male, Matt K S, Pituitary Gland/transplantation, Prolactin/blood/metabolism, Rats, Testosterone/pharmacology, Wu D E

Oxytocin induces preservation of social recognition in male rats by activating alpha-adrenoceptors of the olfactory bulb.

In this report, a series of four experiments was performed to evaluate the relationship between the olfactory bulb norepinephrine system and intra-olfactory bulb infusion of oxytocin in the preservation of social memory responses. The present data…

Estrogen decreases corpus striatal neurotoxicity in response to

Ovariectomized rats treated or not with an estradiol pellet were subjected to an unilateral intrastriatal infusion of 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA). Various parameters of nigrostriatal dopaminergic function as derived from measurements of dopamine and…

Tags: 1997, 3, 4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid/metabolism, Animal, Animals, Brain research, Corpus Striatum/*drug effects, Disease Models, Dluzen D, Dopamine/metabolism, Estradiol/*pharmacology, Female, Neurotoxins/*toxicity, Oxidopamine/*toxicity, Parkinson Disease/*physiopathology, Rats, Sprague-Dawley

The effect of long-term treatment with deprenyl on basal and L-dopa evoked dopamine release in vitro from the corpus striatum of aged rats.

In the present experiment, male rats (15-17 months) were injected with deprenyl (0.25 mg/kg) three times per week for six months. At 21-23 months of age the male rats were sacrificed, the corpus striatum removed and superfused in vitro. Basal and…

Tags: 1991, 3, 4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid/*metabolism, Aging/metabolism, Amphetamine/pharmacology, Animals, Corpus Striatum/*drug effects/metabolism, Dluzen D E, Dopamine/*metabolism, In Vitro Techniques, Journal of neural transmission. General section, Levodopa/pharmacology, Male, McDermott J L, Rats, Selegiline/*pharmacology

Inhibition of striatal dopamine transporter activity by 17beta-estradiol.

Striatal synaptosomes from ovariectomized rats were prepared to examine the effect of 17beta-estradiol on [3H]dopamine uptake. Estradiol inhibited [3H]dopamine uptake in a dose-dependent manner, with an IC50 of 7.2 microM. Use of identical…

Tags: *Membrane Glycoproteins, *Membrane Transport Proteins, *Nerve Tissue Proteins, 1998, Animals, Boja J W, Carrier Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors, Disshon K A, Dluzen D E, Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins, Dopamine/metabolism, Estradiol/*pharmacology, European journal of pharmacology, Female, Neostriatum/*drug effects/metabolism, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Synaptosomes/*drug effects/metabolism

Spinal beta-endorphin analgesia involves an interaction with local monoaminergic systems.

beta-Endorphin administered intrathecally (i.t.) in rats produced a dose-dependent elevation in tail-flick latency. Naltrexone administered i.t. as a pretreatment reversed the spinal antinociceptive action of beta-endorphin, suggesting that the…

The antinociceptive effects of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) in the rat.

The antinociceptive effects of MDMA and morphine were examined in rats using the tail-flick and hot-plate analgesiometric tests. MDMA, in the dose range of 1.5-6.0 mg/kg IP, produced a dose-dependent elevation in hot-plate latency, but did not…

Analgesic effects of serotonin and receptor-selective serotonin agonists in the rat spinal cord.

1. Serotonin (5-HT) and selective 5-HT receptor agonists were administered intrathecally (i.t.) in rats, and the antinociceptive efficacy of these agents was assessed on the tail-flick and hot plate tests. 2. The 5-HT receptor agonists examined in…

Age-related changes in the spinal antinociceptive effects of DAGO, DPDPE and beta-endorphin in the rat.

These studies were designed to investigate how the aging process alters the spinal antinociceptive efficacy of mu (mu), delta (delta) and epsilon (epsilon) opioid receptor agonists administered intrathecally (i.t.) in rats. Various doses of the mu…

Transcriptional activation of the cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7A) by nuclear hormone receptors.

The gene encoding cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A), the rate-limiting enzyme in bile acid synthesis, is transcriptionally regulated by bile acids and hormones. Previously, we have identified two bile acid response elements (BARE) in the…

Tags: *Receptors, *Transcriptional Activation, 1998, Animals, Base Sequence, Bile Acids and Salts/biosynthesis, Chiang J Y, Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase/*genetics, COUP Transcription Factor II, COUP Transcription Factors, Crestani M, Cultured, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/*physiology, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism, DNA/metabolism, Galli G, Genes, Genetic, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4, Hormones/*physiology, Journal of lipid research, Luciferases/genetics, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutagenesis, NEOMED College of Medicine, Nucleic Acid, Oligonucleotide Probes/metabolism, Phosphoproteins/metabolism, Promoter Regions, Rats, Receptors, Repetitive Sequences, Reporter, Retinoic Acid/metabolism, Retinoid X Receptors, Sadeghpour A, Site-Directed, Steroid, Stroup D, Transcription Factors/metabolism, Tumor Cells

Hormonal regulation of the cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7).

The transcriptional regulation of the rat cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7) by hormones and signal transduction pathways was studied by transient transfection assay of the promoter activity. HepG2 cells were transfected with deletion…

Testosterone causes direct relaxation of rat thoracic aorta.

Several recent studies have provided evidence that gonadal steroid hormones can exert acute (nongenomic) effects on both neural and vascular tissues. This study examines the acute effects of testosterone (T) on vascular reactivity of the rat thoracic…

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

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

Developmental alterations in N-methyl-D-aspartate stimulated [3H]norepinephrine release in rat brain cortex and hippocampus.

Developmental alterations in N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-stimulated[3H]norepinephrine release from rat brain cortical and hippocampal slices were studied. NMDA (10-1000 microM) resulted in a concentration-dependent increase in [3H]norepinephrine…

Tags: 1993, 2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate/pharmacology, Animals, Brown L M, Cerebral Cortex/drug effects/*growth & development/metabolism, Female, Hippocampus/drug effects/*growth & development/metabolism, In Vitro Techniques, Male, N-Methylaspartate/*pharmacology, Neuroscience letters, Norepinephrine/*metabolism, Rats, Sprague-Dawley

An integrated multielectrode electrophysiology system.

An integrated system for recording and analyzing electrophysiological data from multiple channels is described. The system uses an MS-DOS microcomputer, a

Tags: *Electrodes, 1991, Amplifiers, Animals, Borroni A, Chen F M, Computer Graphics, Data Display, Electronic, Electrophysiology/*instrumentation, Grover L M, Journal of neuroscience methods, LeCursi N, Microcomputers, Rats, Software, Teyler T J, Visual Cortex/physiology

Possible serotonergic and dopaminergic mediation of the

Eight male rats previously trained to discriminate 2.0 mg/kg

Norfenfluramine, the fenfluramine metabolite, provides stimulus control: evidence for serotonergic mediation.

Nine male rats were trained to discriminate 1.4 mg/kg norfenfluramine (NF) from its vehicle using a two-lever, food-motivated, operant discrimination task. Once trained, the rats showed a dose-dependent decrease in responding on the

Tags: 1988, Animal/*drug effects, Animals, Behavior, Boja J W, Discrimination (Psychology)/*drug effects, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Fenfluramine/*analogs & derivatives/*pharmacology, Inbred Strains, Male, Norfenfluramine/*pharmacology, Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, Rats, Receptors, Schechter M D, Serotonin/pharmacology, Serotonin/physiology, Time Factors

Increased drug sensitivity in the drug discrimination procedure afforded by drug versus drug training.

Rats were trained to discriminate norfenfluramine (NF) 1.4 mg/kg from its vehicle or amphetamine (AMPH) 0.8 mg/kg or pentobarbital (PB) 6.0 mg/kg in order to determine the role that drug combination training plays in the rate of learning and…

Tags: 1990, Amphetamine/pharmacology, Animals, Boja J W, Discrimination (Psychology)/*drug effects, Discrimination Learning/*drug effects, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Inbred Strains, Male, Norfenfluramine/pharmacology, Pentobarbital/pharmacology, Psychopharmacology, Rats, Reinforcement Schedule, Schechter M D

Behavioral effects of N-ethyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDE; "EVE").

Eight male rats were trained to discriminate 2.0 mg/kg

Tags: 1987, 3, 4-methylenedioxyamphetamine, 4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine/analogs & derivatives/*pharmacology, Amphetamines/*pharmacology, Animals, Boja J W, Discrimination (Psychology), Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Inbred Strains, Legislation, Male, N-Methyl-3, Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, Rats, Schechter M D, Time Factors, United States

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

Tags: 1989, Ahmad I, Animals, Carrillo A J, DNA Probes, Female, Finkelstein J A, Male, Messenger/metabolism, Molecular and cellular endocrinology, Nucleic Acid Hybridization, Obesity/*genetics/metabolism, Prolactin/genetics, Rats, RNA, Sex Characteristics, Somatomedins/*genetics, Steggles A W, Zucker

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