• Refine Query
  • Source
  • Publication year
  • to
  • Language
  • 20
  • 8
  • 2
  • 2
  • 2
  • 2
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • Tagged with
  • 40
  • 40
  • 40
  • 19
  • 7
  • 6
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 4
  • 4
  • 4
  • 4
  • 4
  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
11

Synaptic transmission in rat globus pallidus: an electrophysiological, immunocytochemical and behavioral study. / CUHK electronic theses & dissertations collection

January 2004 (has links)
Chen Lei. / "February 2004." / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-161). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese.
12

The role of retrochiasmatic neurons in seasonal breeding in the ewe

Hardy, Steven L. January 2003 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2003. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 187 p. : ill. (some col.). Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-183).
13

The behaviour of neurologic water during axonal and synaptic neurotransmission: An in silico study.

Martin, Erin 27 July 2011 (has links)
Water is known to take on highly organized structures to influence the reactivity of chemical and biological systems; despite this, water is often only implicitly or approximately included in theoretical studies of biochemical systems, if not omitted entirely. Many of the current models for biological processes predate an understanding of the complex behaviour of water, yet these models have not been updated. This thesis presents an exploration of how a better of water might affect the models used to describe neurotransmission. Two classes of systems are investigated, representing the two main categories of neurotransmission: that which occurs along the length of a neuron, and that which occurs between one neuron and another cell. Lipid bilayers are studied using molecular dynamics, and neurotransmitters are studied using Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics. The results indicate that water structures may play a more specific role in neurotransmission than was previously thought.
14

The Antidepressant/Antipanic/Neuroprotective Drug Phenelzine: Neuropharmacological and Drug Metabolism Studies

Kumpula, David J Unknown Date
No description available.
15

Kainate receptor modulation of synaptic transmission in neocortex

Mathew. Seena S. January 2007 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2007. / Title from first page of PDF file (viewed Feb. 7, 2008). Includes bibliographical references.
16

Properties and function of somatostatin-containing inhibitory interneurons in the somatosensory cortex of the mouse

Ma, Yunyong. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2007. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 143 p. : ill. (some col.). Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
17

GABA-, glycine- and glutamate-induced currents in rat medial preoptic neurons : functional interactions and modulation by capsaicin /

Karlsson, Urban, January 2007 (has links)
Diss. (sammanfattning) Umeå : Univ., 2007. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.
18

Alagamento do sistema radicular em soja : metabolismo de N no nódulo durante o estresse e a capacidade de recuperação / Flooding of the root system in soybean : N metabolism in the nodule during stress and recovery

Souza, Sarah Caroline Ribeiro, 1986- 25 August 2018 (has links)
Orientador: Ladaslav Sodek / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-25T05:22:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Souza_SarahCarolineRibeiro_D.pdf: 2548021 bytes, checksum: 61437f1032c9e4fcc9ee2131a8f6dabe (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: A soja é uma leguminosa amplamente utilizada para estudos envolvendo a fixação biológica de Nitrogênio (N), seja por sua grande importância econômica, seja por sua elaborada e bem sucedida relação simbiótica com rizóbios do gênero Bradyrhizobium, sendo capaz de obter todo N necessário para seu desenvolvimento através da fixação do N2 atmosférico. Todavia, o metabolismo de N em plantas de soja noduladas é sensível à hipóxia provocada pelo alagamento do sistema radicular. Dessa forma, este trabalho teve por objetivo, avaliar os efeitos do alagamento sobre o metabolismo de N em nódulos de soja em diferentes períodos de inundação e recuperação após a drenagem. Para isto, plantas de soja noduladas com o B. elkanii foram submetidas aos experimentos de inundação e recuperação, sendo os períodos de inundação/recuperação variáveis de acordo com o experimento. As alterações no metabolismo foram avaliadas através da análise da composição de aminoácidos por HPLC e avaliação da incorporação de 15N2 nos aminoácidos dos nódulos. Também foi avaliada a atividade da nitrogenase e a expressão dos genes nifH e nifD (nitrogenase), e dos genes que codificam as enzimas glutamato descarboxilase (GAD) e asparagina sintetase (AS) em soja. Verificamos que asparagina (ASN) é o aminoácido mais abundante em nódulos de soja (50%), seguido por glutamato (GLU), serina (SER) e ácido gama-aminobutírico (GABA). Com a inundação observou-se principalmente, uma redução acentuada de ASN, e aumento de GABA, após 4 dias (quando ASN reduziu a quase 1%), além de pequenas alterações na composição de outros aminoácidos. Com os tratamentos de recuperação ASN recuperou-se lentamente e quanto maior o período de exposição ao estresse mais lento o período de recuperação. Aparentemente a redução de ASN nos nódulos foi compensada pelo aumento de GABA. A atividade da nitrogenase foi fortemente inibida pela inundação, mas se recuperou totalmente. Quanto à incorporação de 15N2, verificamos que GLN foi o aminoácido marcado em grau mais elevado, seguido respectivamente por GLU, ASP, ALA e SER. A marcação dos aminoácidos ASN e GABA foi baixa, e isso pode ser devido ao grande "pool" destes aminoácidos no nódulo, ou pela entrada destes aminoácidos a partir de uma fonte não-marcada como o floema. Com relação à inundação, observou-se uma redução na incorporação de 15N2 em ASN, e a recuperação também foi lenta, também houve redução na incorporação em outros aminoácidos como ASP e GLN. A hipóxia afetou a expressão dos genes avaliados nos nódulos. Houve uma redução na expressão dos genes AS1 e AS2, o que condiz com a redução nos teores de ASN. O gene que codifica a GAD também foi menos expresso em nódulos submetidos à inundação o que não explica o aumento de GABA no nódulo durante o estresse. A expressão dos genes nifH e nifD também diminuiram com a inundação, mas se recuperam, e condizem com o observado para atividade da nitrogenase. Dessa forma, verificamos que a inundação afeta o metabolismo de N nos nódulos de soja, em diversos aspectos, como a composição de aminoácidos, atividade da nitrogenase e na expressão de genes envolvidos na assimilação do N em aminoácidos nos nódulos / Abstract: Soybean has been widely used in studies of biological nitrogen fixation, not only because of its economic importance, but in view of its highly efficient symbiotic relationship with rhizobia of the genus Bradyrhizobium, which can supply all the N needed for full development of the plant. However, the process is highly sensitive to oxygen deficiency provoked by waterlogging of the root system, resulting in a rapid and strong inhibition of nitrogen fixation since the availability of oxygen for nitrogenase activity is tightly controlled in the nodule and close to limiting under normal conditions. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the effects of flooding on the N metabolism in nodules of soybean in different periods of flooding and recovery after drainage. For this, soybean plants nodulated with B. elkanii were subjected to flooding and recovery experiments at stages V7/V8 The flooding/recovery duration was where the flooding/recovery periods were variable according to the experiment. Changes in metabolism were evaluated by analyzing the amino acid composition by HPLC and by assessing the amino acid incorporation of 15N2 of the nodules. Nitrogenase activity and expression of nifH and nifD (nitrogenase) genes, and genes encoding GAD and AS in soybean were also evaluated. The most abundant amino acid in soybean nodules was asparagine (ASN) (50%), followed by glutamate (GLU), serine (SER) and gama-aminobutyric acid (GABA). On flooding, there was a marked decrease of ASN, and increased GABA, mainly after 4 days when ASN dropped to near 1%, as well as smaller alterations in the composition of other amino acids. With the recovery treatments, ASN recovered slowly and the longer the period of exposure to the stress the longer the recovery period. It appears that the reduction of the ASN in nodules is compensated by the increase of GABA. The nitrogenase activity was strongly inhibited by flooding, but full recovery was possible. Regarding the incorporation of 15N2, it was found that GLN is the amino acid labelled to the highest degree, followed respectively by GLU, ASP, ALA and SER. The labelling of the amino acids GABA and ASN was low, which may be due either to the large pool of these amino acids in the nodule, or to the entry of these amino acids from a non-labelled source such as the phloem. Flooding resulted in a reduction of the incorporation of 15N2 in ASN, and recovery was also slow. There was also reduction in the incorporation of 15N2 in other amino acids, such as Asp and GLN. Hypoxia affected the expression of all genes evaluated in nodules. There was a reduction in the expression of the AS1 and AS2 genes, which is consistent with the fall in levels of ASN. Recovery of expression was slow and gradual. Expression of the gene encoding the enzyme GAD was also strongly suppressed in nodules under flooding which does not therefore explain the increase of GABA in the nodule during stress. The expression of nifH and nifD genes were also strongly decreased on flooding, but recovered fully, consistent with the observed data for nitrogenase activity. In conclusion, it was found that flooding affects the metabolism of N in soybean nodules, in diverse ways, such as the amino acid composition, nitrogenase activity, and the expression of genes involved in N assimilation of nodule amino acids / Doutorado / Biologia Vegetal / Doutora em Biologia Vegetal
19

Functional analysis of lactic acid bacteria for efficient γ-aminobutyric acid production from processed tomato products / トマト加工品からの効率的なγ-アミノ酪酸生産に向けた乳酸菌の機能解析

Nakatani, Yuki 23 March 2023 (has links)
京都大学 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(農学) / 甲第24668号 / 農博第2551号 / 新制||農||1099(附属図書館) / 学位論文||R5||N5449(農学部図書室) / 京都大学大学院農学研究科応用生命科学専攻 / (主査)教授 小川 順, 教授 栗原 達夫, 教授 伊福 健太郎 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Agricultural Science / Kyoto University / DFAM
20

Interferência da moxidectina na motivação sexual e ereção peniana de ratos: envolvimento de neurotransmissores hipotalâmicos e estriatais / Moxidectin interference on sexual motivation and penile erection: involvement of hypothalamic and striatal neurotransmitters

Alves, Patricia de Sa e Benevides Rodrigues 30 November 2007 (has links)
A moxidectina (MOX) é um antiparasitário utilizado na clínica veterinária. Em mamíferos seu mecanismo de ação envolve o ácido ?-aminobutírico (GABA), um neurotransmissor que tem papel relevante na regulação dos comportamentos sexual e motor. Dados anteriores por nós obtidos mostraram que a MOX prejudicou o comportamento sexual e a coordenação motora de ratos machos avaliados na trave elevada. Assim, dando continuidade a esse estudo, o objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar os efeitos da administração da dose terapêutica de MOX (0,2 mg/kg) na motivação sexual e ereção peniana de ratos machos, bem como estudar seu envolvimento em diferentes sistemas de neurotransmissão central. Em todos os experimentos os ratos do grupo experimental receberam a MOX por via subcutânea (SC); e os ratos do grupo controle receberam 1 ml/kg de óleo de amêndoas pela mesma via, e foram avaliados após 72 h. A motivação sexual foi avaliada em um aparelho constituído de uma arena e dois compartimentos separados desta por tela de arame; num compartimento foi colocado um rato macho experiente e no outro uma fêmea sexualmente receptiva. Neste aparelho foi medido o tempo que o rato permaneceu nas proximidades de cada compartimento. Os resultados obtidos neste experimento não mostraram diferenças significantes entre os grupos. A ereção peniana foi induzida pela administração SC de 80 ?g/kg de apomorfina, sendo avaliadas a latência e a freqüência de ereção. Os resultados mostraram aumento da latência e redução da freqüência de ereção peniana dos animais tratados com MOX, enquanto que a administração dos antagonistas GABAérgicos (biculina e faclofen) não alterou estes parâmetros. Por outro lado, observou-se que a biculina (antagonista GABAA) reverteu os efeitos da MOX na ereção peniana, enquanto o faclofen aumentou a freqüência de ereção peniana em ratos tratados com a MOX. Quanto aos níveis hipotalâmicos e estriatais de neurotransmissores e metabólitos, observou-se que a MOX reduziu os níveis estriatais de dopamina e de seu metabólito ácido homovanílico (HVA) e também os níveis hipotalâmicos de GABA. Estes dados sugerem que a MOX embora não interfira na motivação sexual, prejudica o desempenho sexual avaliado pela ereção peniana. Esse efeito da MOX pode ser atribuído a sua ação em receptores GABAA, os quais modulam receptores tipo B, aumentando a liberação de GABA, e 72 h depois, conseqüente redução dos níveis deste neurotransmissor no hipotálamo (uma das áreas centrais envolvidas com o comportamento sexual) e também dos níveis de dopamina e seu metabólito HVA no estriado, área do sistema nervoso central relacionada com a função motora e na qual neurônios GABAérgicos modulam a atividade de neurônios dopaminérgicos. / The moxidectina (MOX) is an antiparasitic drug used in veterinary clinic. In mammals its mechanism of action involves GABA, neurotransmitter that has an important role in the regulation of the sexual and motor behaviors. Previous data showed that MOX impair male rat\'s sexual behavior and motor coordination observed at wooden dowel. The objective of the present work was to evaluate the effects of therapeutic dose of MOX (0.2 mg/kg) in sexual motivation and penile erection of male rats, as well as to study its involvement in different central systems of neurotransmission. In all experiments the rats of experimental groups received MOX subcutaneous (SC), and the rats of control groups received 1.0 mL/kg of almonds oil (SC), and were observed after 72h. Sexual motivation test was performed in an arena with two cages, separate from the arena with a wall of wire screen; in one cage was put an intact male rat and in the other one, a sexually receptive female. In this test was measured the time that the rats stayed near of each cage. The data obtained in this experiment didn\'t show any significant differences among the groups. The penile erection (PE) was induced by 80 ?g/kg of Apomorphine (SC), being evaluated the latency to and frequency of PE. The results showed increased latency and reduction of the frequency of PE of animals treated with MOX, while the GABAergic antagonists\' administration (Biculline and Phaclofen) didn\'t change these parameters. On the other hand, it was observed that the Biculline (GABAA antagonist) reversed the effects of MOX in PE, while the Phaclofen increased the frequency of PE in rats treated with MOX. About Hypothalamic and Striatal neurotransmitters levels and their metabolites, was observed that MOX reduced Dopamine (DA) and its metabolite homovanillic acid (HVA) striatal levels and hypothalamic GABA levels. These data suggest that MOX although doesn\'t interfere in sexual motivation, impair sexual performance evaluated by penile erection. This effect of MOX can be attributed to its action in GABAA receptors, which modulate type B receptors, increasing GABA release, and consequent reduction of its levels in the Hypothalamus (one of the central areas involved with sexual behavior) and also, reduction of the DA and its metabolite HVA striatal levels. Striatum is a central nervous system area related with motor function in which GABAergic neurons modulate the activity of dopaminergic neurons.

Page generated in 0.0662 seconds