{"title":"Response variability and stimulus discrimination capacity of neurons in monkey inferior temporal cortex.","authors":"G Kovács, G Benedek, G Sáry","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Single neurons (n = 73) were recorded from the inferior temporal cortex (IT) of an awake macaque monkey, while performing a visual fixation task. Shape stimuli that elicited different responses of the IT neurons, were found to result in different response variances. The response variance vs. mean response relationship of the IT neurons could be described by an analogous function to those found in previous studies of A17 in cats and of V1 in macaques. A comparison of the stimulus discrimination capacities of the individual neurons revealed that neurons which exhibit lower variances can discriminate their preferred and non-preferred shape stimuli more reliably than neurons with higher variances.</p>","PeriodicalId":79356,"journal":{"name":"Neurobiology (Budapest, Hungary)","volume":"7 2","pages":"93-102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21448875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Alzheimer's Disease Research Laboratory.","authors":"P Kása","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79356,"journal":{"name":"Neurobiology (Budapest, Hungary)","volume":"7 2","pages":"255"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21483239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Z Kapui, J Bence, E Boronkay, E Mikus, K Urbán Szabó, A Baranyi, P Arányi
{"title":"Behavioural effects of selective PDE4 inhibitors in relation to inhibition of catalytic activity and competition for [3H]rolipram binding.","authors":"Z Kapui, J Bence, E Boronkay, E Mikus, K Urbán Szabó, A Baranyi, P Arányi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79356,"journal":{"name":"Neurobiology (Budapest, Hungary)","volume":"7 1","pages":"71-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21597325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K Schlett, A Czirok, K Tárnok, O Haiman, T Vicsek, E Madarász
{"title":"Changes in cell adhesion and cell motility during induced neurogenesis, in vitro.","authors":"K Schlett, A Czirok, K Tárnok, O Haiman, T Vicsek, E Madarász","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79356,"journal":{"name":"Neurobiology (Budapest, Hungary)","volume":"7 1","pages":"85-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21597329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Long-term portocaval shunt and changes in rat brain amine systems.","authors":"W A Fogel, W Andrzejewski, K Sasiak","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Brain amine system parameters were investigated in Wistar rats sacrificed 7 months following portocaval shunt or sham operation. After removal of the cerebellum and pons, the hypothalamus and remaining parts of the brain were examined. Histamine was assayed radioenzymatically; indoles and catechols by HPLC with electrochemical detection; spermidine and spermine by HPLC with fluorometry. MAO-A and MAO-B activities were estimated with radioassays employing serotonin and beta-phenylethylamine, respectively and specific inhibitors, clorgyline and deprenyl. Long-term portocaval shunt did not significantly alter cerebral catecholamines, serotonin, spermidine or spermine concentrations. However, brain histamine and 5-hydroxyindoleactic acid were significantly raised. Of the MAO enzymes only MAO-B activity was elevated (ca. 25%, p < 0.05) in the hypothalamus but not in the rest of the brain. The kinetic measurements suggest an adaptive change in MAO-B protein synthesis. The data suggest changes evoked by portocaval shunt in brain amine systems are permanent and there are species differences in MAO enzymes' response to higher substrate supply.</p>","PeriodicalId":79356,"journal":{"name":"Neurobiology (Budapest, Hungary)","volume":"7 4","pages":"413-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21738813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"L-alpha-glycerylphosphorylcholine enhances the amplitude of the pattern electroretinogram in rhesus monkeys. A pilot study.","authors":"A Antal, S Kéri, I Bodis-Wollner","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The effects of L-alpha-glyceryl-phosphorylcholine (LGPC), a putative acetylcholine precursor, were studied on the pattern electroretinogram (PERG) in two rhesus monkeys. In the time interval 10-30 min after LGPC administration (85 mg/kg i.m.), the amplitude of the PERG increased significantly. In both monkeys the amplitude enhancement was more pronounced for low spatial frequency stimuli (1 cycle/degree) than for medium spatial frequency gratings (5 cycles/degree). This result suggests that besides the general facilitatory properties, LGPC may have specific spatial frequency tuning effects at the level of retinal information processing.</p>","PeriodicalId":79356,"journal":{"name":"Neurobiology (Budapest, Hungary)","volume":"7 4","pages":"407-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21738812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J Németh, G Oroszi, M Thán, Z S Helyes, E Pintér, B Farkas, J Szolcsányi
{"title":"Substance P radioimmunoassay for quantitative characterization of sensory neurotransmitter release.","authors":"J Németh, G Oroszi, M Thán, Z S Helyes, E Pintér, B Farkas, J Szolcsányi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the present work we report the development of a new radioimmunoassay method for measuring the substance P content liberated from isolated rat tracheae in response to electrical or chemical (capsaicin, resiniferatoxin, piperine) stimulation. The amount of substance P released by electrical stimulation has been found to be dependent on the number of pulses and chemically elicited substance P release also proved to be dose-dependent. Our findings reinforce previous data that resiniferatoxin is approximately 100 times more potent than capsaicin and the potency ratio between piperine and capsaicin is 1/50.</p>","PeriodicalId":79356,"journal":{"name":"Neurobiology (Budapest, Hungary)","volume":"7 4","pages":"437-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21738816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Distribution of pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) immunoreactive elements in the brain stem of rats studied by immunohistochemistry.","authors":"M Kausz, Z Murai, A Arimura, K Köves","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the present work the distribution of pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) immunoreactive elements in rat brain stem were described using immunohistochemistry. The following structures were PACAP immunoreactive: 1. The dorsomedial and ventrolateral cell columns of the motor nuclei of cranial nerves. 2. Primary somatosensory cells in the mesencephalic nucleus of the trigeminal nerve and central axons of the branchial cranial nerves in the spinal trigeminal tract. 3. Visceral afferent fibers in the solitary tract and cell bodies in the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus. 4. Second and third order sensory neurons of the cochlear and vestibular systems. 5. Scattered fibers in various regions of the brain stem and well-defined fiber bundles in the interpeduncular area. 6. Cell bodies in the red nucleus, substantia niga, in some cell groups of the reticular formation and in the raphe nuclei, as well as in the pontine dorsolateral tegmentum.</p>","PeriodicalId":79356,"journal":{"name":"Neurobiology (Budapest, Hungary)","volume":"7 1","pages":"19-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21597321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Metabolic transformation of deprenyl enantiomers in rats.","authors":"E Szökö, H Kalász, K Magyar","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The optical isomers of deprenyl have different pharmacological activities and potency. Selegiline, an (-)-isomer, is the more potent monoamine oxidase B enzyme inhibitor, and this substance is used in the therapy of Parkinson's disease. The neuroprotective and neuronal rescue effects of deprenyl, as well as the psychostimulant action of its metabolites, methamphetamine and amphetamine are also different for the enantiomers. In this study the biotransformation of deprenyl enantiomers was compared. Stereoselective dealkylation of both optical isomers was found as major metabolic alteration. The difference in the ratio of the formed metabolites suggests the existence of preferred metabolic pathways for the enantiomers.</p>","PeriodicalId":79356,"journal":{"name":"Neurobiology (Budapest, Hungary)","volume":"7 2","pages":"247-54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21448113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Topical acetylsalicylic acid versus lidocaine for postherpetic neuralgia: results of a double-blind comparative clinical trial.","authors":"J Tajti, D Szok, L Vécsei","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A double-blind comparative clinical trial was performed with topical aspirin versus lidocaine for the treatment of 40 patients with postherpetic neuralgia. The percentage improvement following topical aspirin application was 72.2 +/- 19.9 S.D., while with lidocaine it was 72.8 +/- 25.3 S.D. These results suggest that the effect of topical treatment with aspirin is as good as that with lidocaine, since there was no significant difference (P = 0.778) between the two drugs in respect of pain reduction and accordingly the topical application of acetylsalicylic acid can be equally recommended.</p>","PeriodicalId":79356,"journal":{"name":"Neurobiology (Budapest, Hungary)","volume":"7 2","pages":"103-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21448874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}