血竭对大鼠背根神经节细胞钠通道电流的影响

研究血竭对大鼠背根神经节细胞电压门控性钠通道电流的影响。方法：采用全细胞膜片钳记录法，在新鲜分离的大鼠背根神经节细胞上观察血竭对钠通道电流幅值的影响。结果：血竭剂量依赖地抑制单个DRG细胞电压门控性钠通道电流，高剂量的血竭抑制作用不可逆。结论：血竭对背根神经节细胞钠通道电流的这种抑制作用，可能是其产生躯体镇痛作用的药理机制之一。     

Effect of thrombin on the apoptosis of hippocampal neurons in vitro

Hippocampal neurons were treated by thrombin and thrombin receptor activating peptides (TRAP). Cell survival rate was decreased in a dose-dependent manner by MTT assay. The numbers of apoptotic cell and apoptotic rate of hippocampal neurons treated by different concentrations of thrombin were increased in a dose-dependent manner by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) mediated dUTP-biotin nick end-labeling (TUNEL) method and Flow Cytometry. When the concentration of thrombin is 40 U/mL, TUNEL positive cells and apoptotic rate of hippocampal neurons reached peak value, were 27.3±4.0 and (29.333±4.633)%, respectively. Immunocytochemistry assay show that Bcl-2 protein expression was down-regulated and Bax protein expression was up-regulated with the concentration of thrombin increased. TRAP can mimic the effect of thrombin to induce apoptosis on hippocampal neurons. These data demonstrated that thrombin induced hippocampal neuron apoptosis in a dose-dependent manner through activating protease-activated protein-1 (PAR-1). The change in expression of Bcl-2 and Bax was related with the effect of high concentration thrombin induced apoptosis on hippocampal neurons. Foundation item: Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hainan Province (N30215) Biography: YANG Wen-qiong (1968-), female, Ph.D. candidate, research direction: cerebrovascular disease.     

低信噪比神经元锋电位信号的分类方法

基于离散序列小波变换和主元分析，对低信噪比的神经元锋电位信号提出了新的分类方法。通过对原始信号进行尖峰检测，获得尖峰信号样本，对每个样本进行离散序列小波变换之后，再对小波变换系数进行主元分析，选取主元进行聚类，实现对原始信号的分类。将该方法应用于多电极细胞外记录的小鸡视网膜神经节细胞电活动信号分析，并据此推断出某电极附近的神经节细胞的个数。仿真结果表明，在低信噪比情况下，该方法比单纯通过小波变换进行分类的方法更有效。     

小鼠海马神经元急性分离和膜片钳技术的应用

为了获得适用于膜片钳实验技术的单个海马神经元,应用酶消化及机械分离法,急性分离出生10～13d的昆明小鼠得到单个海马神经元通过倒置显微镜直接观察和全细胞膜片钳技术分别对分离得到的海马细胞的形态学和电生理学特征进行研究．通过实验可得,急性分离所得活性较好的海马神经元胞体具有锥形胞体和顸树突特征,立体感强．在全细胞膜片钳记录模式下可记录到全细胞电流及钠、钾通道电流．由实验结果可知,该方法可以得到形态和生理特征良好的单个海马神经元,证实该方法适用于膜片钳技术的研究,对深入探讨药物、物理因子等对海马离子通道及信号转导机制的作用有重要的应用价值．     

角锥型吸波材料应用新探

采用碳纤维与磁性微粉复合做成小尺寸角锥型吸波材料 ,具有良好的吸波性能 .角锥设计成高 1.5cm ,底座高 0 .35cm ,尖顶角 4 5° .经测量 ,2 # 材料在 2～ 18GHz频率范围内反射率在 - 10dB以下 ,3.72GHz处峰值反射率达 - 2 0 .86dB     

热应激对小鼠海马细胞构筑的影响

实验采用石蜡切片技术及尼氏染色法,探讨热应激对小鼠海马各区锥体细胞与颗粒细胞胞体形态结构及细胞数目的影响.结果显示:热应激组小鼠海马各区的锥体及颗粒细胞胞体面积较对照组均发生显著变化,其中热应激组海马CA3区锥体细胞胞体面积较对照组极显著变小(P相似文献   

Number of dopamine neurons predicts prolactin levels in two inbred mouse strains

Summary Mice of the BALB/cJ strain have more dopamine neurons than mice of the CBA/J strain. We now report that BALB/cJ mice have less circulating and pituitary prolactin than CBA/J mice, a relationship expected from the difference in tuberoinfundibular dopamine neuron number.     

Alzheimer's disease: fundamental and therapeutic aspects

Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of progressive and debilitating dementia affecting aged people. In some early — as well as late-onset familial cases, a genetic linkage with chromosomes 14, 21 (early-onset) or 19 (late-onset) has been indicated. Furthermore, a direct or indirect role has been attributed to normal or structurally altered amyloid -protein (concentrated in senile plaques) and/or excessively phosphorylated tau protein (located in neurofibrillary tangles). Degeneration of cholinergic neurons and concomitant impairment of cortical and hippocampal neurotransmission lead to cognitive and memory deficits. Several compounds are being tested in attempts to prevent and/or cure Alzheimer's disease, including tacrine, which has very modest efficacy in a sub-group of patients, and new acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. Pilot experiments have also been launched using nerve growth factor (NGF) to prevent or stabilize the processes of cholinergic pathway degeneration. Alternatively, antioxidants, free radical scavengers and/or non steroidal anti-inflammatory agents may be screened as potential therapies for neurodegenerative diseases induced by multiple endogenous and/or exogenous factors. The recent use of transgenic mice, in parallel with other genetic, biochemical and neurobiological systems, in vivo and/or in vitro (cell cultures), should accelerate the discovery and development of specific drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.     

Synaptogenesis in hippocampal cultures

Hippocampal cultures offer unique advantages for the study of neuronal development and synaptogenesis. Studies performed on this model enabled dissection of the temporal sequence of events which lead to the differentiation of pre- and postsynaptic compartments. Received 27 January 1999; received after revision 4 March 1999; accepted 5 March 1999     

延伸角锥刀刻划衍射光栅过程金属流动规律的数值模拟研究

利用DEFORM-3D软件对延伸角锥刀刻划中阶梯衍射光栅过程进行了三维有限元数值模拟仿真，通过分析材料流动速度图、等效应力图和应变图，着重讨论铝膜成型过程中金属流动规律，为此类金刚石刻划刀的定向及研制提供了有价值的参考依据。