References

Ricceri L, Cutuli D, Venerosi A, Scattoni ML, Calamandrei G (2007) Neonatal basal forebrain cholinergic hypofunction affects ultrasonic vocalizations and fear conditioning responses in preweaning rats. Behav Brain Res 183:111-117. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.05.035

Summary: In order to expand on previous work investigating the effect of early cholinergic lesions on processing of aversive stimuli the authors administered 0.21 µg of 192-IgG-SAP (Cat. #IT-01) into the third ventricle of 7 day-old rat pups. One unexpected result in lesioned animals was the enhancement of fear-conditioned responses that are dependent on the hippocampus. The authors discuss several theories addressing the implications of these data. NOTE: material from Chemicon, CA

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Martin MM, Wallace DG (2007) Selective hippocampal cholinergic deafferentation impairs self-movement cue use during a food hoarding task. Behav Brain Res 183:78-86. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.05.026

Summary: There are conflicting data surrounding the role of the septohippocampal system in spatial orientation. The authors suggest that the presence of spatial clues during some of these tests may skew those results. Rats were injected with a total of 0.35 µg of 192-IgG-SAP (Cat. #IT-01) into the medial septum. Lesioned animals had more difficulty navigating by self-movement cues, but the ability to use of environmental cues was left intact. These experiments demonstrate that rats can use environmental information to compensate for loss of circuits that analyze self-movement.

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Severino M, Pedersen AF, Trajkovska V, Christensen E, Lohals R, Veng LM, Knudsen GM, Aznar S (2007) Selective immunolesion of cholinergic neurons leads to long-term changes in 5-HT2A receptor levels in hippocampus and frontal cortex. Neurosci Lett 428:47-51. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.09.026

Summary: Changes in several neurotransmitter systems, including serotonin and 5HT2A receptors, are associated with early Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The authors gave rats intracerebroventricular injections of either 2.5 or 5 µg of 192-IgG-SAP (Cat. #IT-01) then examined both of these systems. 5HT2A receptor levels were markedly decreased in the frontal cortex and markedly increased in the hippocampus of animals lesioned with 5 µg of 192-IgG-SAP. The change in 5HT2A receptor number suggests that the AD effect stems from interaction with the cholinergic system.

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Li Y, Williams ME, Cousar JB, Pawluczkowycz AW, Lindorfer MA, Taylor RP (2007) Rituximab-CD20 complexes are shaved from Z138 mantle cell lymphoma cells in intravenous and subcutaneous SCID mouse models. J Immunol 179(6):4263-4271. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.6.4263 PMID: 17785867

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Magrassi L, Grimaldi P, Ibatici A, Corselli M, Ciardelli L, Castello S, Podesta M, Frassoni F, Rossi F (2007) Induction and survival of binucleated Purkinje neurons by selective damage and aging. J Neurosci 27:9885-9892. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2539-07.2007

Summary: Donor bone marrow derived cells are thought to fuse with host Purkinje cells in small numbers to create binucleated cells. These fusions have been found to persist within the recipient for long periods of time. The authors injected 2.2 µg of 192-IgG-SAP (Cat. #IT-01) into the right lateral ventricle of rats; to examine whether the damage of host Purkinje cells is a method to increase the numbers of binucleated cells. The data suggest an alternate method is present for the creation of these cells. NOTE: material from Millipore, Billerica MA

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Dias MB, Nucci TB, Margatho LO, Antunes-Rodrigues J, Gargaglioni LH, Branco LG (2007) Raphe Magnus Nucleus is involved in ventilatory but not hypothermic response to CO2. J Appl Physiol 103(5):1780-1788. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00424.2007

Summary: In this work the authors investigated the role that serotonergic neurons in the Raphe Magnus Nucleus (RMg) play in ventilatory and thermal responses to hypercapnia. 0.1 µl of 1 µM anti-SERT-SAP (Cat. #IT-23) was injected into the RMg of rats. Mouse IgG-SAP (Cat. #IT-18) was used as a control. Lesioned animals had a decreased ventilatory response to CO2, but hypercapnia-induced hypothermia was not affected. The data indicate that RMg serotonergic neurons contribute to CO2 ventilatory response but not to maintenance of ventilation.

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Chin JH, Ma L, MacTavish D, Jhamandas JH (2007) Amyloid beta protein modulates glutamate-mediated neurotransmission in the rat basal forebrain: involvement of presynaptic neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine and metabotropic glutamate receptors. J Neurosci 27:9262-9269. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1843-07.2007 PMID: 17728440

Summary: This work focused on the effect of amyloid beta on glutamate-mediated neurotransmission in the diagonal band of Broca. Using neurons identified by staining with Cy3-labeled 192-IgG (Cat. #FL-01, 5 µl of 1:1 diluted antibody injected into the left and right ventricle) the authors monitored the response to amyloid beta by measuring excitatory postsynaptic currents via whole-cell patch-clamp recordings. The results suggest that glutamate neurotransmission might be vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease, and may also be a therapeutic target.

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Xu J, Xu F, Hennebold JD, Molskness TA, Stouffer RL (2007) Expression and role of the corticotropin-releasing hormone/urocortin-receptor-binding protein system in the primate corpus luteum during the menstrual cycle. Endocrinology 148(11):5385-5395. doi: 10.1210/en.2007-0541 PMID: 17690168

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Rinaman L, Dzmura V (2007) Experimental dissociation of neural circuits underlying conditioned avoidance and hypophagic responses to lithium chloride. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 293(4):R1495-1503. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00393.2007

Summary: Lithium chloride (LiCl) is frequently used to study neural attributes of “sickness behavior.” Previous work by these authors showed that noradrenergic neurons (NA) in the nucleus of the solitary tract (NST) are involved in the inhibition of food uptake by cholecystokinin. Here, 20 ng total of anti-DBH-SAP (Cat. #IT-03) was injected into the NST of rats. Lesioned animals demonstrated significantly reduced inhibition of food intake in response to LiCl, but conditioned flavor avoidance was left intact.

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Chambon C, Paban V, Manrique C, Alescio-Lautier B (2007) Behavioral and immunohistological effects of cholinergic damage in immunolesioned rats: Alteration of c-Fos and polysialylated neural cell adhesion molecule expression. Neuroscience 147:893-905. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.05.022

Summary: In this work the authors looked to expand the knowledge of molecular events and brain structure changes following cholinergic immunolesion. Rats were treated with bilateral injections of 192-IgG-SAP (Cat. #IT-01); 37.5 ng per side into the medial septum, and 75 ng per side into the nucleus basalis magnocellularis. 1 month after treatment behavioral deficits were drastic and cholinergic neurons had completely disappeared. Elevated levels of polysialylated neural cell adhesion molecule were temporarily able to compensate for the loss of cholinergic neurons. NOTE: material from Chemicon, Paris.

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