National Natural Science Foundation of China (81571293 to LcW;81500949 to Z-IY;81571039 to X-sL);National Century Excellent Talents in University of China (gxbjZD2016034 to L-cW).
Propofol is an intravenous anesthetic that can active y-aminobutyric acid A (GABAa) receptors and generate sedative-hypnotic effects. Propofol has been widely applied clinically to achieve sedation comparable to sleep...
Stress and emotion are associated with several illnesses from headaches to heart diseases and immune deficiencies to central nervous system. Terminalia arjuna has been referred as traditional Indian medicine for sever...
Supported by the University Research Fund 2014/2015 of the University of Camerino under the grant number FPI000044
Objective: To evaluate the anticonvulsant effect of the essential oil of Myrothamnus moschatus(M. moschatus) in convulsion induced by pentylenetetrazole and picrotoxin in rodent models.Methods: The essential oil of th...
The aversive properties of alcohol can be examined by using ethanol as a conditioning agent in a taste aversion (TA) paradigm. However, there is often variability in how organisms respond to the aversive properties of...
Project (Nos. 30770548 and 30970753) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
Dysfunction of inhibitory synaptic transmission can destroy the balance between excitatory and inhibitory synaptic inputs in neurons,thereby inducing epileptic activity.The aim of the paper is to investigate the effec...
Objective To examine the effects of urotensin Ⅱ (UⅡ) on the discharges of neurons in CA1 area of hippocampal slices by using extracellular recording technique. Results ①In response to the application of UⅡ (0.3...
AIM: The changes of seizure susceptibility of transgenic mice overexpressing GABA transporter-1(GAT-1) were studied to clarify the possible role of GABAergic transmission in epileptogenesis. METHODS: Seizures were ind...
Project supported by the Educational Committee of China,№[1995]806.
AIM: To investigate the effects and mechanism of succinic acid on pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) chemical kindling and amygdala electrical kindling in rats. METHODS: PTZ chemical kindling and amygdala electrical kindling mod...
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
Acoustic communication plays an important role in the behavior of insects, such asmating, aggression or alarm, and preying. A typical example is that female bushcrickets(Orthoptera) can approach phonotactically toward...