sesamum/tyrosine

We sought to determine the long-term changes produced by neonatal sex hormone administration on the functioning of midbrain dopaminergic neurons in adult male rats. Sprague-Dawley rats were injected subcutaneously at postnatal day 1 and were assigned to the following experimental groups: TP

Receptor tyrosine kinase EphB2 and autophagic machinery are known as tumor suppressors; however, the connection remains to be elucidated. Here, we show the link between EphB2 and autophagy. Sesamin, a major lignan in sesame oil, induced autophagy in the human colon cancer cell lines HT29 and LS180,

Oxidative stress is regarded as a mediator of nerve cell death in several neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson's disease. Sesamin, a lignan mainly found in sesame oil, is currently under study for its anti-oxidative and possible neuroprotective properties. We used

To investigate the effects of type I (mineralocorticoid) and type II (glucocorticoid) receptor activation on striatal neuropeptide [preproenkephalin (PPE), preprotachykinin (PPT), and preprodynorphin (DYN)] mRNA and midbrain cholecystokinin (CCK) mRNA as well as striatal tyrosine hydroxylase

Tyrosine decarboxylase (TyrDC) is an important enzyme in the secondary metabolism of several plant species, and was hypothesized to play a key role in the biosynthesis of phenylethanoid glycosides. Based on the transcriptome data, we cloned the full-length cDNA (GenBank accession NO. KU640395) of

Creatine is an antioxidant, neuromodulator and key regulator of energy metabolism shown to improve depressive symptoms in humans and animals, especially in females. To better understand the pharmacological effects of creatine, we examined its influence on depression-related hippocampal gene

Research in programming has focused in the study of stimuli that affect sensitive periods of development such as prenatal and neonatal stage. We previously showed that exposure to estradiol valerate to female rats during the first 12 h of life increased catecholamine content in ventromedial-arcuatus

The effect of anionic detergent, sodium dodecyl sulphate, on the major protein, alpha-globulin of sesame seed (Sesamum indicum L.) has been investigated by gel filtration, sedimentation velocity, viscosity, optical rotation, difference spectra and fluorescence measurements. The detergent causes

Anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) treatment throughout adolescence facilitates offensive aggression in male Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus). The present study was conducted to investigate the role of the dopaminergic system in the modulation of AAS-induced aggressive behavior. Hamsters were

There is growing concern that naturally occurring and chemically manufactured endocrine-active compounds (EACs) may disrupt hormone-dependent events during central nervous system development. We examined whether postnatal exposure to the phytoestrogen genistein (GEN) or the plastics component

Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most prevalent neurodegenerative disorders in elders. Sesamin is a lignan compound and the active constituent of sesame oil with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. This study was carried out to explore the mechanisms underlying sesamin effect against

Estrogen is likely involved in the gender specific differences in coping with stress. Activation of catecholamine (CA) biosynthetic enzyme gene expression in central and peripheral CA systems plays a key role in response to stress and in regulation of the cardiovascular system. Here we examined

Two experiments examined the role of the sympathetic nerves in estradiol-induced fat pad weight losses in ovariectomized (OVX) rats. Rats were OVX, and the retroperitoneal white adipose tissue (RWAT) was unilaterally denervated 4 wk later. After 14 days of treatment with estradiol benzoate (EB, 2

Several characteristics of cellular growth and protein synthesis were measured in vivo in the breast and leg muscles of normal (line 454) and hereditary muscular dystrophic (line 455) New Hampshire chickens at different ages. Fractional rates of protein synthesis (ks) were calculated from the rate

Hyperphagic and hypothalamic neuroendocrine responses to acute glucose deprivation are modified by the ovarian steroid estradiol (E). Observations of genomic activation of catecholaminergic (CA) neurons in the hindbrain lateral reticular nucleus, nucleus of the solitary tract, and area postrema (AP)