Chapter 19 Aspects on the information handling by the central nervous system: focus on cotransmission in the aged rat brain

1986 ◽  
pp. 291-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.F. Agnati ◽  
K. Fuxe ◽  
M. Zoli ◽  
E. Merlo Pich ◽  
F. Benfenati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Rat Brain ◽  
Aged Rat ◽  
Information Handling ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
System Focus

New concepts on the structure of the neuronal networks: The miniaturization and hierarchical organization of the central nervous system*

1984 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luigi F. Agnati ◽  
Kjell Fuxe
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Neuronal Networks ◽  
Hierarchical Organization ◽  
Memory Storage ◽  
Information Handling ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Local Circuits ◽  
The Relationship

The hypothesis is introduced that miniaturization of neuronal circuits in the central nervous system and the hierarchical organization of the various levels, where information handling can take place, may be the key to understand the enormous capability of the human brain to store engrams as well as its astonishing capacity to reconstruct and organize engrams and thus to perform highly sophisticated integrations. The concept is also proposed that in order to understand the relationship between the structural and functional plasticity of the central nervous system it is necessary to postulate the existence of memory storage at the network level, at the local circuit level, at the synaptic level, at the membrane level, and finally at the molecular level. Thus, memory organization is similar to the hierarchical organization of the various levels, where information handling takes place in the nervous system. In addition, each higher level plays a role in the reconstruction and organization of the engrams stored at lower levels. Thus, the trace of the functionally stored memory (i.e. its reconstruction and organization at various levels of storage) will depend not only on the chemicophysical changes in the membranes of the local circuits but also on the organization of the local circuits themselves and their associated neuronal networks.

scholarly journals Intracellular distribution of pentobarbital sodium in rat brain

1958 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Carol Jean Oen
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Rat Brain ◽  
Major Effect ◽  
Cellular Component ◽  
Intracellular Distribution ◽  
Brain Cells ◽  
Pentobarbital Sodium ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
The Way

"The major effect of the barbiturates is depression of the central nervous system, but the way in which these drugs exert their effect is not yet well understood...As the biochemical functions of the cell and its various parts become better understood, it is of interest to relate the actions of t a drug to some particular function (Reiner and Gellhorn, 1956). If it were found that barbiturate were localized by a particular cellular component, this might mean that its effect was rendered through some function of that particular component. Consequently, this study was undertaken to determine the intracellular distribution of a particular barbiturate, pentobarbital sodium, within rat brain cells."--Introduction

Imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazines. XIII. Syntheses and Central Nervous System Activities of Some 2-Benzyl(phenethyl, biphenyl-4'-yl, 6'-methylnaphthalen-2'-yl, t-Butyl and cyclohexyl)-3-methoxy(acylaminomethyl and dimethylaminomethyl)-6-(variously substituted)imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazines

1992 ◽  
Vol 45 (8) ◽  
pp. 1281 ◽  
Author(s):  
GB Barlin ◽  
LP Davies ◽  
SJ Ireland ◽  
JK Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Rat Brain ◽  
Brain Membrane ◽  
The Central Nervous System

6-(Variously substituted)-3-methoxy(unsubstituted, dimethylaminomethyl, acetamidomethyl and benzamidomethy1)-2-benzyl(phenethyl, biphenyl-4'-yl, 6'-methylnaphthalen-2'-yl, t-butyl and cyclohexyl)imidazo[1,2-b] pyridazines have been prepared and examined for activity in the central nervous system. Of these, 2-benzyl-3-methoxy-6-(3'-methoxybenzylamino) imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine (IC50 88nM) bound most strongly to rat brain membrane. In general, the order of activity for groups at the 2-position was Ph > PhCH2 > PhCH2CH2 > C6H4Ph-p, 6'-methylnaphthalen-2'-yl, c-C6H11 or But.

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