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Intrathecal implants of adrenal chromaffin cells are known to release analgesic substances such as catecholamines and opioid peptides. In the present study, bovine chromaffin cells were encapsulated in a permselective polymer membrane which protects the ce ...
Evidence suggests that astrocytes might play an important role in cerebral energy metabolism. A recently developed cell line, called DI TNC1, displays several characteristic features of astrocytes. Thus, we have investigated in these cells a number of para ...
Glucocorticoids modulate brain function and behaviour through different mechanisms. Although classical effects are mediated through intracellular receptors that modulate gene transcription, recent evidence supports the existence of rapid, nongenomic steroi ...
We have examined the role of the nonlinear elastic properties of the arterial wall on the human aortic input impedance obtained at different heart rates and different pressure and flow wave shapes. Pressure and flow were taken from a computer model that pr ...
In mouse cerebral cortical slices, noradrenaline (NA) potentiates cyclic AMP (cAMP) accumulation elicited by vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) through alpha 1-adrenergic receptors. This synergism is inhibited by indomethacin, and the prostaglandins E2 an ...
BACKGROUND: Chromaffin cells from the adrenal gland secrete a mixture of compounds that have a strong analgesic effect, especially when administered intrathecally. Many studies in animal models have shown that discordant xenogeneic cell isolates, including ...
In recent years evidence has accumulated indicating the presence of functional receptors for most neurotransmitters on astrocytes. In particular, receptors coupled to adenylate cyclase have been demonstrated, in primary astrocyte cultures, for vasoactive i ...
Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and noradrenaline (NA) have been previously shown to promote glycogenolysis in mouse cerebral cortex (Magistretti, 1990). This action, which is fully expressed within a few minutes, is exerted on astrocytes (Sorg and Mag ...
In rodent cerebral cortex, vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) is contained in a homogeneous population of radially oriented bipolar interneurons. We have observed that 4-aminopyridine (4-AP), a K+-channel blocker, promotes a concentration- and Ca2+-depend ...
K+, at concentrations reached in the extracellular space during neuronal activity (5-10 mM), promotes a time- and concentration-dependent hydrolysis of [3H]glycogen newly synthesized by mouse cerebral cortical slices. In the present study, the glycogenolyt ...
