Search Results - "Vantini, Guido"
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N-methyl-D-aspartate-induced neurotoxicity in the adult rat retina
Published in Visual neuroscience (01-06-1992)“…The present study provides evidence that the adult mammalian retina is highly sensitive to the excitotoxic action of NMDA. In particular, we have investigated…”
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Pharmacokinetics of nerve growth factor (NGF) following different routes of administration to adult rats
Published in Experimental neurology (01-06-1994)“…The suggested potential for therapeutic use of nerve growth factor (NGF) in the treatment of toxic and degenerative disorders of the nervous system indicates a…”
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Non-linear cortico–cortical interactions modulated by cholinergic afferences from the rat basal forebrain
Published in BioSystems (01-10-2000)“…In the adult rat most of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons (BFCN) express the low-affinity p75 nerve growth factor receptor (NGFr). The immunotoxin 192…”
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Nerve growth factor modulates information processing in the auditory thalamus
Published in Brain research bulletin (1996)“…The spatio-temporal organization of spike discharges was studied in rat auditory thalamus (i.e., medial geniculate body and auditory sector of thalamic…”
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GM1 ganglioside potentiates the effect of nerve growth factor in preventing vinblastine-induced sympathectomy in newborn rats
Published in Brain research (17-05-1988)“…The effects of vinblastine (VNB) and nerve growth factor (NGF) administrations were assessed on sympathetic nerve terminals by measuring the noradrenaline (NA)…”
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Postnatal intracerebroventricular administrations of NGF alter spatial memory in adulthood
Published in Behavioural brain research (15-06-2000)“…The present work assessed the effects of intracerebroventricular injections (2×5 mg/2.5 ml) of recombined human nerve growth factor (rhNGF) at postnatal days 2…”
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Nerve Growth Factor Prevents the Amblyopic Effects of Monocular Deprivation
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (01-10-1991)“…Monocular deprivation early in life causes dramatic changes in the functional organization of mammalian visual cortex and severe reduction in visual acuity and…”
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Enhanced Visuospatial Memory Following Intracerebroventricular Administration of Nerve Growth Factor
Published in Neurobiology of learning and memory (01-01-2000)“…The present work assessed the effects of intracerebroventricular injections of rh recombined human nerve growth factor (rh NGF) (5 μg/2.5 μl) at postnatal days…”
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Age-related modification of dopaminergic and beta-Adrenergic receptor system: restoration to normal activity by modifying membrane fluidity with S-adenosylmethionine
Published in Life sciences (1973) (21-05-1984)“…Microviscosity of membranes prepared from striata and cortex of 3 or 30-month-old rats was measured by fluorescence polarization and electron spin resonance…”
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Nerve growth factor does not influence the expression of beta amyloid precursor protein mRNA in rat brain: in vivo and in vitro studies
Published in Brain research (27-08-1993)“…We investigated the effect of NGF on amyloid precursor protein (APP) mRNA levels in the rat septal/nucleus basalis system. Total APP mRNA and APP 695 mRNA were…”
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Choline acetyltransferase messenger RNA expression in developing and adult rat brain: regulation by nerve growth factor
Published in Brain research. Molecular brain research. (01-03-1991)“…The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to develop a method for detection and relative quantification of the choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) mRNA in…”
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Intracerebroventricular administration of nerve growth factor affects muscarinic cholinergic receptors in the cerebral cortex of neonatal rats
Published in Neurochemistry international (01-01-1994)“…The repeated intracerebroventricular administration of nerve growth factor (5 micrograms/2.5 microliters) to neonatal rats induced the activation of choline…”
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Strain Differences in Rat Brain Epinephrine Synthesis: Regulation of α-adrenergic Receptor Number by Epinephrine
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (23-09-1983)“…Inbred rat strains Fischer 344 (F344) and Buffalo (BUF) differ in several physiological and behavioral measures. It was found that the activity of…”
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Brain epinephrine systems: detailed comparison of adrenergic and noradrenergic metabolism, receptor number and in vitro regulation, in two inbred rat strains
Published in Brain research (26-03-1984)“…Epinephrine content and PNMT activity in medulla pons and hypothalamus of F344 inbred rats is from 3- to 8-fold higher than that of Buf inbred rats. These…”
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Inheritance of adrenal phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase activity in the rat
Published in Genetics (Austin) (01-11-1984)“…Phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PNMT) is the enzyme that catalyzes the S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent methylation of (-)norepinephrine to…”
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