1st Edition
Advances in Neuroregulation and Neuroprotection
Foreword
C Collin, S. H. Parvez, S. Parvez and C. Reiss
Prof. Minami's contribution to neuroscientific and pharmacological research
H. Saito, H. Parvez, M. Hirafuji, C. Collin, K. Shimamura, M. Yoshioka, S. Parvez and C. Reiss
Research on the evolution and development of autonervous system
K. Nishihara
The effect of melatonin and corticosterone on the phagocytic function of BALB/c mice macrophages
C. Barriga, M /. Martin, E. Ortega and A. B. Rodriguez
Cobalamin deficiency and its dynamic impact on neurotoxicity and oxidative stress in Parkinson's patients in on-off status on L-dopa treatment
G. A, Qureshi, S. A. Memon, C Collin and S. H. Parvez
Alzheimer's disease: from bench to bedside
M. Saeed, P. M. Frossard and H. S. Parvez
Neuronal responses, sensitivity and fates as a consequence of hypoxia in the immature brain
J. L. Daval
Neurodegeneration and neuroprotection: epilepsy and Parkinsonism
D. Guha
Oxidative stress and neurotoxicity in Parkinson's patients in on-off phenomena
G. A. Qureshi, S. A. Memon, C. A. Collin, A. A. Qureshi and S. H. Parvez
Modulation of dopamine release in the striatum: physiology, pharmacology and pathology
V. Leviel
Conditions for culture of different types of neural cells: growth regulation
E Robert, S. Constantly A. H. Duittoz and T. K. Hevor
Behavioural and kinetic analysis of locomotion in anxious and non-anxious strains of mice tested on a rotating beam
J. Negroni, P Venault, C. Bensoussan, C. Cohen-Salmon, E. Lepicard, E Perez-Diaz, R. Jouvent and G. Chapouthier
Effect of adrenergic and cholinergic agonists on vasoactive intestinal polypeptide release from pancreatic islets of normal and diabetic rats
E. Adeghate, A. Ponery and H. Parvez
Conformational diseases and the protein folding problem: role of amino-acid propensity to be embedded in context of specific usage of synonymous codons. Genetic code degeneracy and folding
J. Solomovici, T. Lesnik, R. Ehrlich, H. Parvez, S. Parvez and C. Reiss
The pineal gland: Functional connection between melatonin and immune system in birds
C. Barriga, J, A. Madrid, M. P Terron, R. V Rial J. Cubero, S. D. Paredes, S. Sanchez and A. B. Rodriguez
Parkinson's disease and neurotransmitters interplay in processes of neurotoxicity and oxidative stress in on and off phenomena
G A. Qureshi, C. Collin, . A. Memon and S. H. Parvez
Anxiety-related behavior in juvenile stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats — an animal model of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
H. Togashi, KA. Ueno, T. Yamaguchi, M. Matsumoto, K. Higuchi, H. Saito and M. Yoshioka
Characterization of behavioral responses to a -HT releasing drug, /-chloroamphetamine, in mice and the involvement of -HT receptor subtypes in p-chloroamphetamine-induced behavior
J. Yamada, Y. Sugimoto, M. Ohkura and K. Inoue
Antidepressant research in the era of functional genomics: Farewell to the monoamine hypothesis
M. Yamada, K. Takahashi, M. Tsunoda, T. Iwabuchi, S. Kobayashi, N. Tsukahara, T. Nakagawa, M. Awatsu, S. Yamazaki, M. Hirano, H. Ohata, G. Nishioka, K. Kudo, S. Tanaka, K. Kamijima, T. Higuchi, M. Yamada and K. Momose
Acute and chronic effects of tryptophan and alcohol on serotonin in the locus coeruleus in rats
K. Hoshi, M. Hayashi and T. Bandoh
Perospirone hydrochloride: the novel atypical antipsychotic agent with high affinities for -HT, D and -HTiA receptors
T. Ishibashi and Y. Ohno
Effects of tandospirone, a novel anxiolytic agent, on human -HTiA receptors expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells (CHO cells)
K. Yabuuchi, R, Tagashira and Y Ohno
Antiparkinsonian actions of a selective -HTIA agonist, tandospirone, in rats
T. Ishibashi and Y Ohno
Post-encephalitic parkinsonism: clinical features and experimental model
A. Ogata, N. Hamaue, M. Minami, I. Yabe, S. Kikuchi, H. Sasaki and K. Tashiro
Visual searching impairment in patients with major depressive disorder: performance in the Raven coloured progressive matrices test
N. Nakano, N. Okumura, S. Hayashi, Y Hayashi, S. Saito, N. Sasaki and S. Murakami
Salivary concentration of -hydroxy try ptamine in patients with bulimia nervosa
N. Takahashi, N. Hamaue, N. Kuronuma, T. Yoshihara, . Ando, M. Hirafuji, T. Endo, M. Senjo, S. H. Parvez and M. Minami
Central and peripheral sympathetic controls on catecholamine release in male -month-old SHRSP and WKY investigated by means of -hydrodydopamine injections
H. Higashino, M. Kawamoto, H. Endo and K. Ooshima
Effects of serotonin (-HT) on catecholamine secretion from cultured bovine chromaffin cells
Y. Sugimoto, F. Nishikawa, T. Yoshikawa, T. Noma and J, Yamada
Enhanced inhibitory effect of -hydroxy try ptamine on nitric oxide production by vascular smooth muscle cells derived from stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats
M. Hirafuji, Y. Kanai, A. Kawahara, T. Machida, N. Hamaue, H. Saito and M. Minami
Influence of occlusal support on learning memory and cholinergic neurons in the rat: a mini review
Y Ikeda, T. Hirai, T. Makiura, T. Terasawa andN. Hamaue
The ferret: a cytotoxic drug-induced emesis model
T. Endo, M. Minami, M. Hirafuji, N. Hamaue and S. H. Parvez
Na+-K+ pump and /-adrenergic responses in smooth muscle
K. Shimamura, S. Kimura, A. Ohashi, M. Toba, Y Okuno, Y Kanamaru and H. Saito
Cardiac tissue remodeling and renin-angiotensin system in hypertrophic heart
H Kawaguchi
Biofeedback training in clinical settings
I. Saito and Y. Saito
Conformational diseases and the protein folding problem: Evidence for species-independent link between protein folding and genetic code degeneracy in ribosomal proteins
J. Solomovici, T. Lesnik, R. Ehrlich, H. Parvez, S. Parvez and C. Reiss
Long-term stem cell gene therapy: zinc finger nuclease-boosted gene targeting and synergistic transient regenerative gene therapy
R. Bertolotti
SHRSP: A novel field of study
H. Saito
Serotonin-mediated neurotransmission in the pyramidal cells of the rat hippocampus
M. Matsumoto, H. Togashi, T. Kojima, K. Tachibana, S. Ohashi and M. Yoshioka
The involvement of -HT and -HT receptors in anticancer drug-induced emesis
M. Minami, T. Endo, M. Hirafuji, T Hiroshige, E. Fukushi, Y. Kang, H. Saito and H. S. Parvez
Urinary -hydroxyindoleacetic acid excretion and kaolin ingestion after a single administration of cisplatin in the delayed emesis rat model
Y. Liu, N. Hamaue, T. Endo, M. Hirafuji and M. Minami
Differences in rotational asymmetry in rats caused by single intranigral injections of -hydroxydopamine, l-methyl--phenylpyridiniumion and rotenone
M Inden, J. Kondo, Y Kitamura, K. Takata, D. Tsuchiya, K. Nishimura, T. Taniguchi, H. Sawada and S. Shimohama
Juvenile stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats as an animal model of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
K.-I. Ueno, H. Togashi, M. Matsumoto, H. Saito andM. Yoshioka
Intrathecal spermine and spermidine at high-doses induce antinociceptive effects in the mouse capsaicin test
K. Tan-No, A. Esashi, A. Taira, O. Nakagawasai, F. Niijima, C. Sakurada,
T. Sakurada and T Tadano
An experimental rat model of Parkinson's disease induced by Japanese encephalitis virus
A. Ogata, S. Kikuchi and K. Tashiro
Blood-brain barrier carrier-mediated transport and metabolism of L-histidine
E. Sakurai, J. Yamakami, T Sakurada, Y Ochiai and Y Tanaka
Intracerebral serotonin and catecholamine metabolite concentrations in SART-stressed rats treated with diazepam and fluvoxamine
E. Kirime, M. Tabuchi, H. Higashino and K. Hitomi
Protective effect of docosahexaenoic acid against development of hypertension in young stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats. Focus on the sympathoadrenal system and lipid metabolism
H. Saito, S. Kimura, M. Minami, H. Hayashi, K Shimamura, M. Nemoto and S. H. Parvez
Expression of acetylcholine in lymphocytes and modulation of an independent lymphocytic cholinergic activity by immunological stimulation
T. Fujii, K Watanabe, K Fujimoto and K Kawashima
Central and peripheral sympathetic characteristics in hypertension considered from differences of catecholamine metabolite concentrations in plasma before and after adrenalectomy in male -month-old SHRSP and WKY
H. Higashino and K Ooshima
Effects of salicylate on the pharmacokinetics of valproic acid after oral administration of sodium valproate in rats
S. Ohshiro, N. Hobara, M. Sakau N, Hokama, H. Kameya and M. Sakanashi
Possible mechanisms of low levels of plasma valproate concentration following simultaneous administration of sodium valproate and meropenem
N. Hobara, N. Hokama, S. Ohshiro. H. Kameya and M. Sakanashi
Pressure stress stimulates aortic smooth muscle cell proliferation through angiotensin II receptor mediated signal transduction pathways
H. Kawaguchi, N. Morita, T. Murakami and K. Iizuka
Pressure loading-induced mitogen-activated protein kinase activation is enhanced in prehypertensive spontaneously hypertensive rat vasculature
S. Aiuchi, H. Hosokawa, T. Kambe, K Hagiwara and T. Kubo
Possible involvement of free radicals in hypertensive organ injury
H.Ito
Potential roles of interstitial fluid adenosine in the regulation of renal hemodynamics
A. Nishiyama and Y. Abe
Renal pelvic pressure and the effect of hemorrhage in rats
K. Shimamura, H. Kudo, H. Suzuki, S. Kimura, A. Ohashi and H. Saito
Effects of dopamine, prostaglandins and digitalis on isolated abdominal vagus nerve in rats
M. Nemoto, T. Endoy M. Minami and H. Saito
Index
Biography
Catherine Collin, Masaru Minami, Hasan Parvez, Hideya Saito, Simone Parvez, Claude Reiss, G.A. Qureshi
'…this book provides an excellent introduction to this field…This book covers a wide range of common neuropathological disorders and presents them in a way which will be novel to most clinical neuropathologists.' Colin Smith, Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology, 2005.
