References

Easton A, Barros M, Lever C (2020) Acetylcholine and spontaneous recognition memory in rodents and primates. Curr Top Behav Neurosci 45:29-45. doi: 10.1007/7854_2020_132

Summary: Review of lesioning designed to specifically target cells that express acetylcholine as a transmitter.

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Parikh V, Bangasser DA (2020) Cholinergic signaling dynamics and cognitive control of attention. Shoaib M., Wallace T (Ed.): Behavioral Pharmacology of the Cholinergic System. Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences. 45:71-87. Springer, Cham doi: 10.1007/7854_2020_133

Summary: A plethora of studies conducted in rodents demonstrated that selective lesions of BF cholinergic neurons and their cortical inputs produced by the immunotoxin 192-IgG-SAP impair performance in various tasks of attention.

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Qi R, Li TC, Chen X (2020) The role of the renin-angiotensin system in regulating endometrial neovascularization during the peri-implantation period: literature review and preliminary data. Ther Adv Endocrinol Metab 11:2042018820920560. doi: 10.1177/2042018820920560 PMID: 32499907

Objective: The role of the renin–angiotensin system (RAS) in the peri-implantation endometrium.

Summary: Altered vasculature of the endometrium in the peri-implantation period is detrimental to implantation and may lead to recurrent miscarriage. Being an angiogenic mediator, endometrial RAS may play a role around the time of embryo implantation, affecting subsequent pregnancy outcomes.

Usage: Immunohistochemistry (1:100)

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Souza-Silva E, Stein T, Mascarin LZ, Dornelles FN, Bicca MA, Tonussi CR (2020) Intra-articular injection of 2-pyridylethylamine produces spinal NPY-mediated antinociception in the formalin-induced rat knee-joint pain model. Brain Res 1735:146757. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2020.146757 PMID: 32135147

Objective: To investigate the participation of spinal NPY in the antinociceptive effect produced by 2-pyridylethylamine (2-PEA).

Summary: These data support the idea that antinociception induced by H1R agonists in the knee-joint of rats may be mediated by the spinal release of NPY, and this peptide seems to be acting via Y1R.

Usage: IT pretreatment with NPY-SAP (750 ng) reduced immunoblotting for Y1R in spinal cord homogenates.

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Vasquez JH, Borniger JC (2020) Neuroendocrine and behavioral consequences of hyperglycemia in cancer. Endocrinology 161(5):bqaa047. doi: 10.1210/endocr/bqaa047 PMID: 32193527

Summary: Ablation of norepinephrine containing projections to the arcuate (via Anti-DBH-SAP injections) alters AgRP and neuropeptide (NPY) concentrations, leading to impairments in hypoglycemic (glucoprivic) or ghrelin-induced feeding.

Usage: Anti-DBH-SAP (bilateral 42-ng intracranial injections) was used in rats to investigate the role of hindbrain catecholamine afferents in increased ARC NPY and AgRP gene expression.

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See Also:

• Fraley GS et al. Immunolesion of norepinephrine and epinephrine afferents to medial hypothalamus alters basal and 2-deoxy-D-glucose-induced neuropeptide Y and agouti gene-related protein messenger ribonucleic acid expression in the arcuate nucleus. Endocrinology 144(1):75-83, 2003.

Harris RBS (2020) Loss of leptin receptor-expressing cells in the hindbrain decreases forebrain leptin sensitivity. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 318(5):E806-E816. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00020.2020

Objective: This study tested whether loss of hindbrain leptin receptor signaling changed sensitivity to forebrain leptin.

Summary: Loss of VMH (ventromedial nucleus of hippocampus) leptin receptor-expressing cells prevents weight loss. The integrated response between the hindbrain and forebrain is heavily dependent upon leptin activity in the VMH.

Usage: To test forebrain leptin sensitivity Leptin-SAP and Blank-SAP rats received third ventricle injections of 0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.25 or 0.5 μg leptin.

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Wang X, Meng H, Wang Q, Shao M, Lu W, Chen X, Jiang Y, Li C, Wang Y, Tu P (2020) Baoyuan decoction ameliorates apoptosis via AT1-CARP signaling pathway in H9C2 cells and heart failure post-acute myocardial infarction rats. J Ethnopharmacol 252:112536. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2019.112536 PMID: 31931161

Objective: To elucidate whether Baoyuan decoction (BYD) ameliorates apoptosis to protect against heart failure via the AT1-Cardiac ankyrin repeat protein (CARP) signaling pathway.

Summary: BYD improves cardiac function and protects against cardiomyocytes injury by inhibiting apoptosis via regulating the AT1-CARP signaling pathway.

Usage: Western blot (1:1000)

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Hasegawa H, Selway R, Gnoni V, Beniczky S, Williams SCR, Kryger M, Ferini-Strambi L, Goadsby P, Leschziner GD, Ashkan K, Rosenzweig I (2020) The subcortical belly of sleep: New possibilities in neuromodulation of basal ganglia?. Sleep Med Rev 52:101317. doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2020.101317

Summary: Complete BF lesion with OX-SAP leads to coma-like state and flat EEG, reduced Fos in cerebral cortex (but high Fos in brainstem, thalamus, hypothalamus) selective (cholinergic or non-cholinergic) lesion does not have this effect.

Usage: Lesions of the basal forebrain were done by injecting a 0.1% solution of Orexin-SAP at four different sites.

See: Fuller P et al. Reassessment of the structural basis of the ascending arousal system. J Comp Neurol 519(5):933-956, 2011.

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Moshirpour M, Nakashima AS, Sehn N, Smith VM, Thackray SE, Dyck RH, Antle MC (2020) Examination of zinc in the circadian system. Neuroscience 432:15-29. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.02.016 PMID: 32087262

Objective: To examine the anatomical and functional aspects of zinc in the circadian system.

Summary: Neither enhancement nor chelation of free zinc at either the SCN or IGL altered circadian responses to phase-shifting light in hamsters.

Usage: Retinal immunohistochemistry (1:5000) included a 20-min wash in 4% PFA prior to initiation of the IHC protocol.

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El-Ariny AF, El-Garem YF, Eid AA, Donia HM, Aly RG, Abdelmeniem IM (2020) Seminal levels of angiotensin II and angiotensin II type 2 receptor expression on spermatozoa in varicocele patients: Relation to fertility status. Andrologia 52(3):e13513. doi: 10.1111/and.13513 PMID: 31989676

Objective: To study the levels of angiotensin II in semen and angiotensin II type 2 receptor expression on spermatozoa in varicocele patients in relation to their fertility status and to evaluate the influence of varicocelectomy on their levels in infertile varicocele patients.

Summary: Dysregulation of angiotensin II and angiotensin II type 2 receptor in varicocele patients may be involved in varicocele-related infertility.

Usage: Immunocytochemistry (1:15)

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