We tested the effects of two enantiomers of a glutamate analogue, (trans)-1-aminocyclopentyl-1,3-dicarboxylate (t-ACPD), in striatal and cerebellar neurons in primary culture, as well as in Xenopus oocytes injected with cerebellar rat RNA. In the presence of MK-801, to avoid N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor activation, and 3 microM tetrodotoxin, both enantiomers [(1R,3S)- and (1S,3R)-t-ACPD] stimu...

Biochemical, luminescence and mass spectroscopy approaches indicate that Trp-151 (helix V) plays an important role in hydrophobic stacking with the galactopyranosyl ring of substrate and that Glu-269 (helix VIII) is essential for substrate affinity and specificity. The x-ray structure of the lactose permease (LacY) with bound substrate is consistent with these conclusions and suggests that a po...

Lactose permease is an integral membrane protein that uses the cell membrane's proton gradient for import of lactose. Based on extensive biochemical data and a substrate-bound crystal structure, intermediates involved in lactose/H(+) co-transport have been suggested. Yet, the transport mechanism, especially the coupling of protonation states of essential residues and protein conformational chan...

Action potential (AP) alternans (AP-ALT) are linked to increased arrhythmogenesis. It is suggested that calcium (Ca2+) transient (CaT) the primary cause of AP through a bi-directional coupling feedback mechanism because CaT may develop in free conditions. Supporting this notion date, counterpart scenario which absence has not yet been demonstrated. With objective developing experimental model, ...

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abstract: introduction & objective: the hippocampal formation is a part of limbic system that plays an important role in memory and learning. the hippocampus is divided into three subfields: ca1, ca2 and ca3. in addition to pyramidal neurons and interneurons, the astrocytes play important roles in hippocampus, probably in memory and learning. in fact, learning needs some instruments for informa...