Vol. 26 (3) 2005 Neuro endocrinology letters

Measurement of protein cytokines in tissue extracts by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays: application to lipopolysaccharide-induced differential milieu of cytokines.

Matalka K, Tutunji M, Abu-Baker M, Abu Baker Y.

Journal Article 2005; 26(3): 231-236 PubMed PMID: 15990727 Citation  Keywords:  Animals, Brain Chemistry:immunology, Cell Extracts:chemistry, Cytokines:analysis, Detergents, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay:methods, Interferon-gamma:analysis, Interleukin-10:analysis, Kidney:chemistry, Lipopolysaccharides:pharmacology, Liver:chemistr.

OBJECTIVES: Determination of protein cytokines in local tissues would help to evaluate their local role in health, sickness behavior and immune-mediated diseases. Therefore, developing a simple quantitative method of protein cytokines in tissues/organs is highly important.

METHODS: Mouse tissues were collected fo.....

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Further structural analysis of GnRH complexes with metal ions.

Nakamura K, Kodaka M, El-Mehasseb I, Gajewska A, Okuno H, Ochwanowska E, Witek B, Kozłowski H, Kochman K.
Journal Article 2005; 26(3): 247-252 PubMed PMID: 15990730 Citation  Keywords:  Animals, Copper:chemistry, Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone:chemistry, Metals, Heavy:chemistry, Nickel:chemistry, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular, Protons, Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization,.

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Serum markers of inflammation and endothelial activation in children with obesity-related hypertension.

Garanty-Bogacka B, Syrenicz M, Syrenicz A, Gebala A, Lulka D, Walczak M.
Journal Article 2005; 26(3): 242-246 PubMed PMID: 15990729 Citation  Keywords:  Adolescent, Biomarkers:blood, C-Reactive Protein:metabolism, Child, Endothelium, Vascular:immunology, Female, Humans, Hypertension:etiology, Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1:blood, Interleukin-1:blood, Interleukin-6:blood, Lipids:blood, Male, Obesity:com.

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The entorhinal cortex regulates blood glucose level in response to microinjection of neostigmine into the hippocampus.

Adeli-Rankouhi S, Umegaki H, Zhu W, Suzuki Y, Kurotani-Ohara S, Ieda S, Iguchi A.
Journal Article 2005; 26(3): 225-230 PubMed PMID: 15990726 Citation  Keywords:  Animals, Blood Glucose:drug effects, Cholinesterase Inhibitors:pharmacology, Denervation, Entorhinal Cortex:cytology, Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists, Hippocampus:cytology, Ibotenic Acid, Male, Microinjections, Neostigmine:pharmacology, Neural Pathways, Ra.

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The quest of cavum septi pellucidi: obscure chance event discovery or the result of some encoded disturbance? Developmental cerebral dysplasias, cavum septi pellucidi and epilepsy: clinical, MRI and electrophysiological study.

Varsik P, Buranová D, Kollár B, Kucera P, Kondás M, Stofko J.
Journal Article 2005; 26(3): 219-224 PubMed PMID: 15990725 Citation  Keywords:  Adolescent, Adult, Cerebral Cortex, Cerebral Ventricles, Choristoma, Electroencephalography, Epilepsy:epidemiology, Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory, Female, Humans, Hydrocephalus:epidemiology, Incidence, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Median Nerve:physiolog.

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First cases in the Czech Republic of the Hallervorden-Spatz disease resulting from mutation in the pantothenate kinase 2 gene.

Zumrová A, Krepelová A, Kyncl M, Maríková T, Prosková M, Cíbochová R, Sebronová V, Komárek V.
Case Reports 2005; 26(3): 213-218 PubMed PMID: 15990724 Citation  Keywords:  Adolescent, Adult, Basal Ganglia:pathology, Calcinosis:genetics, Child, Child, Preschool, Czech Republic, Diagnosis, Differential, Dyskinesias:genetics, Family Health, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Mutation, Pantothenate Kinase-Associa.

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The atypical antipsychotics quetiapine, risperidone and ziprasidone do not increase insulin release in vitro.

Melkersson K, Jansson E.
Journal Article 2005; 26(3): 205-208 PubMed PMID: 15990722 Citation  Keywords:  Animals, Antipsychotic Agents:pharmacology, Dibenzothiazepines:pharmacology, Glucose:pharmacology, Insulin:metabolism, Islets of Langerhans:drug effects, Male, Organ Culture Techniques, Piperazines:pharmacology, Quetiapine Fumarate, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Ri.

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Caloric restriction reduces cell loss and maintains estrogen receptor-alpha immunoreactivity in the pre-optic hypothalamus of female B6D2F1 mice.

Yaghmaie F, Saeed O, Garan S, Freitag W, Timiras P, Sternberg H.
Journal Article 2005; 26(3): 197-203 PubMed PMID: 15990721 Citation  Keywords:  Aging:physiology, Animals, Antibodies, Blood Pressure:physiology, Body Temperature:physiology, Caloric Restriction, Cell Survival:physiology, Estrogen Receptor alpha:immunology, Female, Immunohistochemistry, Luteinizing Hormone:metabolism, Mice, Mice, Inb.

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