Summary of contribution to “Recontres en toxinologie, 2005”by Ronald G. Wiley, Neurology Service (127) – VA TVHS, 1310 24th Avenue, South, Nashville, TN 37212 The use of targeted toxins in neuroscience research has evolved over the past twenty-plus years from original suicide transport lesions using ricin to highly selective neuron type-specific lesions made with immunotoxins, […]
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Streptavidin-ZAP (Cat. #IT-27) Saporin conjugated to streptavidin is one of the most useful reagents that we have produced at ATS. It has been used in a wide variety of studies both in academic research and pharmaceutical/biotech labs. Workers are able to easily see if their molecule, that is biotinylated, is internalized by the target cells.
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Contributed by Josephine Lai, Wenjun Zhang, Hamid Badghisi, Victor J. Hruby(1) and Frank Porreca, Departments of Pharmacology and Chemistry(1), The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724. Cholecystokinin (CCK) is widely distributed in the central nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract. The 33-amino acid peptide contains a carboxyl terminal octapeptide sequence Asp-Tyr-Met-Gly-Trp-Met-Asp-Phe-NH2 which confers the biological activity
Read the 2005 Newsletters and recent scientific references 2005, issue 1: IB4-SAP Prevents Axotomy-Induced Sprouting of Aß Fibers / by Pearson M / featuring IB4-SAP (Cat. #IT-10) ATS Seeks Strategic Partner for Chronic Pain Drug SFN Poster of the Year Targeting Talk: Effective Toxins Targeting Tools: Anti-ChAT (Cat. #AB-N34 and AB-N34AP) 2005, issue 2: Noradrenergic inputs to
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New Fluorescent Antibody: Cy3-labeled Anti-murine NGFr (Cat. #AB-N01APFL3) Advanced Targeting Systems introduces a new help in immunostaining: The antibody to mouse nerve growth factor receptor (NGFr, low affinity neurotrophin receptor, p75) conjugated to Cy3. The antibody is our widely-used rabbit polyclonal that has been affinity purified (Cat. #AB-N01AP). As can be seen in the figure
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Contributed by Kevin Pang and Heidi Smith, Bowling Green State University, Dept Psychology, Bowling Green, Ohio Hypocretin (or orexin) neurons are located in the hypothalamus and have been implicated in various functions including sleep, arousal and feeding. One area receiving dense hypocretin projections and expressing hypocretin-2 receptors (H-2r) is the medial septum (MS), an area
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Advanced Targeting Systems announces three new antibodies to G protein-coupled receptors that will be quite helpful for a number of researchers studying somatostatin and substance P. For somatostatin study, we already market excellent rabbit polyclonals to somatostatin-14 (Cat. #AB-04) and somatostatin-28 (Cat. #AB-05). We now announce a new mouse monoclonal antibody to somatostatin receptor 1
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One of the most important features of the Advanced Targeting Systems product line is the availability of control toxins that allow the researcher to fully evaluate results of the treatment of cells or animals with targeted toxins. For instance, anti-DBH-SAP is targeted with a mouse monoclonal antibody. Its control partner is mouse IgG-SAP, that is,
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Contributed by Lesley E. Northrop, Nicole Cameron and Mary Erskine, Department of Biology, Boston University The posterodorsal medial amygdala (MePD) is involved in processing the information from genito- sensory stimuli which is needed for mating-induced pseudopregnancy. The amygdala complex is known to be involved in memory storage and consolidation, processes known to be influenced by
ATS is pleased to present a polyclonal antibody specific for ChAT protein. Choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) catalyzes the synthesis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh) from choline and acetyl-CoA in cholinergic neurons. ChAT serves as a specific marker for cholinergic neurons in both the peripheral and central nervous systems. Dysfunction of cholinergic neurons underlies aspects of clinical
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