Proliferation, Adult Neuronal Stem Cells and Cells Migration in Pallium during Constitutive Neurogenesis and after Traumatic Injury of Telencephalon of Juvenile Masu Salmon, .

A study of the lateral pallium in zebrafish and the visual tectum of the medaka revealed a population of adult neuroepithelial (NE) cells supported from the early stage of development to various postembryonic stages of ontogenesis. These data emphasize the importance of non-radial glial stem cells in the neurogenesis of adult animals, in particular fish. However, the distribution, cell cycle features, and molecular markers of NE cells and glial progenitors in fish are still poorly understood at the postembryonic stages of ontogenesis.

GFAP expression in the optic nerve and increased HS generation in the integration centers of the rainbow trout () brain after unilateral eye injury.

Hydrogen sulfide (HS) is considered as a protective factor against cardiovascular disorders. However, there are few reports on the effects of HS in the central nervous system during stress or injury. Previous studies on goldfish have shown that astrocytic response occurs in the damaged and contralateral optic nerves.

Short peptide tools for monitoring caspase and proteasome activities in embryonal and adult rat brain lysates: an approach for the differential identification of proteases.

The numerous caspase-like activities present in nervous tissue can be investigated with labelled peptides. However, the cross-reactivities of peptides with both proteasomes and caspases complicate the analysis of protease activity. The pharmacological features of substrates and inhibitors specific for either caspases or proteasome caspase-like proteases in rat brain lysates were similar or identical to the profiles of commercially purified proteasome preparations.

Dependence of the coupling of dopamine receptors to G proteins on the protein redox state in the neural plasma membranes of pond snail.

Binding analysis using [3H]dopamine has shown that reduction of protein thiol groups with dithiothreitol (DTT) led to a dual effect on the receptors. First, the amount of dopamine-binding sites on the membranes and their affinity to the ligand were decreased. Second, the affinity of the receptors to [3H]dopamine was enhanced in the presence of GDP.