Guyenet PG, Stornetta RL, Bochorishvili G, Depuy SD, Burke PG, Abbott SB (2013) C1 neurons: the body’s EMTs. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 305(3):R187-204 . doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00054.2013 Summary: Although mainly known for their involvement in the control of arterial pressure, C1 neurons are also suspected to participate in numerous other physiological processes such […]
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Leoni G, Rattray M, Fulton D, Rivera A, Butt AM (2014) Immunoablation of cells expressing the NG2 chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan. J Anat 224(2):216-227. doi: 10.1111/joa.12141 Summary: In this work the authors use an antibody against the NG2-glia marker chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan (CSPG) along with Mab-ZAP (Cat. #IT-04) on cell lines and brain slices to eliminate
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Romano A, Potes CS, Tempesta B, Cassano T, Cuomo V, Lutz T, Gaetani S (2013) Hindbrain noradrenergic input to the hypothalamic PVN mediates the activation of oxytocinergic neurons induced by the satiety factor oleoylethanolamide. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 305(10):E1266-73. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00411.2013 Summary: Feeding behavior and energy balance are in part controlled by signals from
Grupe M, Paolone G, Jensen AA, Sandager-Nielsen K, Sarter M, Grunnet M (2013) Selective potentiation of (alpha4)3(beta2)2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors augments amplitudes of prefrontal acetylcholine- and nicotine-evoked glutamatergic transients in rats. Biochem Pharmacol 86(10):1487-1496. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2013.09.005 Summary: Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) are involved in a wide range of processes in the central nervous system, many
Khan D, Owens E, Zaben M, Dunnett SB, Gray WP (2013) CD4+ T lymphocytes interact with microglia to modulate hippocampal neurogenesis. Neuroscience 2013 Abstracts 699.04. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. Summary: Hippocampal neurogenesis occurs within the subgranular zone of the dentate gyrus and is important for learning and memory. Neurogenesis is impaired in patients
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Tiwari D, Warden H, Haynes JM, Nicolazzo JA, Pouton CW, Short JL (2013) Investigating the potential of stem cell based therapy in an immunotoxin mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Neuroscience 2013 Abstracts 712.19. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. Summary: Purpose: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by reduced cognitive function. Stem cell
Lee S-Y, Kim M-S, Han J-S (2013) Activation of NF-κB signaling in the hippocampus without cholinergic input was aggravated by chronic stress. Neuroscience 2013 Abstracts 717.18. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. Summary: Previous studies have demonstrated that loss of cholinergic input to hippocampus contributes dysfunction of HPA axis and alters GR-PKA-NF-κB signaling in hippocampus.
Vargas SL, Watts AG (2013) Compensatory feeding after reversing dehydration-anorexia: Is it analogous to glucoprivic or food deprivation-induced feeding?. Neuroscience 2013 Abstracts 757.04. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. Summary: We use dehydration (DE)-anorexia to identify the neural networks associated with feeding behavior. How these networks are organized and interact to control ingestive behavior in
Zajo KN, Fadel JR, Burk JA (2013) Assessment of the contributions of baseline performance and prefrontal cortical cholinergic projections to orexin A-induced attentional enhancement. Neuroscience 2013 Abstracts 854.02. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. Summary: Orexinergic neurons innervate several brain regions including the basal forebrain, a structure known to be crucial for normal attentional performance
Nguyen HN, Huppé-Gourgues F, Vaucher E (2013) Effect of medial prefrontal subregions electrical stimulation on the neuronal activity of the primary visual cortex and basal forebrain. Neuroscience 2013 Abstracts 639.04. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. Summary: The cholinergic system and the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) play an important role in visual attention through the