Background Degeneration of the locus coeruleus(LC)noradrenergic system contributes to clinical symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease(AD)and Parkinson’s disease(PD).Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging(MRI)has the potentia...
This research was supported by Shenyang Scientific Project(No.F13-287-1-00);Liaoning Province Natural Science Foundation(No.2014020076).
Okra(Abelmoschus esculentus[L.]Moench.)is one of the most frequently used herbals in East or West Africa,and its various biological activities have been widely studied.Flavonoids extracted from many plants are reporte...
The project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(81173031,81202511 and81302746)
OBJECTIVE Bisbenzylisoquinoline(BBI)alkaloids have extensive pharmacological functions.The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanisms underlying the antidepressant-like action of 7-O-ethylfangchinoline(YH-200...
Stressful stimuli induced by immobilization are perceived as acute stress in rats. This acute stress activates corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN), resulting...
Genetically epilepsy prone rat (GEPR) is a model of generalized tonic/clonic epilepsy and a useful tool in the understanding of basic mechanisms of human epilepsy. GEPR is susceptible to audiogenic seizure, hypertherm...
The effects of stimulating locus coeruleus (LC) on neuronal activity of cerebellar fastigial nucleus (FN) was investigated. Stimulation of LC elicited inhibitory, excitatory and biphasic (inhibition-excitation) respon...
Several studies showed that sex hormone receptors are in close relationship with classical neurotransmitter neurons especially catecholaminergic(CA) neurons. There are many gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH) neuro...
Project supported by the Science Fund of Academia Sinica (82, No. 100).
Previous studies ia our laboratory have shown that hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARC),locus coeruleus (LG) and dorsal raphe nucleus (DR) play an important role in pain modulation and acupuncture analgesia, There is su...