Nax is a sodium-concentration ([Na+])-sensitive Na channel with a gating threshold of ~150 mM for extracellular [Na+] ([Na+]o) in vitro. We previously reported that Nax was preferentially expressed in the glial cells of sensory circumventricular organs including the subfornical organ, and was involved in [Na+] sensing for the control of salt-intake behavior. Although Nax was also suggested to b...

Spontaneous mutation in the lysosomal acid phosphatase 2 (Acp2) mouse (nax--naked-ataxia mutant mouse) correlates with severe cerebellar defects including ataxia, reduced size and abnormal lobulation as well as Purkinje cell (Pc) degeneration. Loss of Pcs in the nax cerebellum is compartmentalized and harmonized to the classic pattern of gene expression of the cerebellum in the wild type mouse....

The results of X-band EPR, X-ray absorption and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy on Pt(NH(3))(4)(2+) exchanged NaX, NaY and NaA zeolites reveal after oxygen calcination at 573 K that diamagnetic Pt(2+) is not the only product. Calcination provides Pt(3+) cations, but depending on the heating rate, the decomposition of amino groups during calcination also produces hydrogen that reduces Pt...

MnPO neurons play a critical role in hydromineral homeostasis regulation by acting as sensors of extracellular sodium concentration ([Na(+)]out). The mechanism underlying Na(+)-sensing involves Na(+)-flow through the NaX channel, directly regulated by the Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase α1-isoform which controls Na(+)-influx by modulating channel permeability. Together, these two partners form a complex invo...

A n effective adsorbent for the ethylene/ethane separation has been prepared by the dispersion of CuCl in large NaX crystals. The results from the thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA) indicate a maximal dispersion capacity of 36 wt% of CuCl for the NaX crystals. Single component isotherms of ethane and ethylene on CuCl/NaX show that the CuCl containing adsorbents are highly favourable to the olefi...

Mammals feel thirsty or develop an appetite for salt when the correct balance between water and sodium in the body fluid has been disrupted, but little is known about the mechanism in the brain that controls salt homeostasis. It has been postulated that the existence of both an osmoreceptor and a specific sodium receptor is required to accommodate the experimental data (Johnson and Edwards, 199...

Supporting Information S4 Fig. Immunohistochemical staining of rat and mouse brains with anti-Nax antibodies. Immunohistochemical staining of the coronal sections of rat and mouse brains, containing the median preoptic nucleus (MnPO) (A) and median eminence (B) with anti-rat Nax [12] and anti-mNax antibodies. Immunohistochemical staining was performed as described in S5 File. Neither rat nor mo...

This paper revisits the problem of the string decay contribution to the axion cosmological energy density. We show that this contribution is proportional to the average relative increase when axion strings decay of a certain quantity Nax which we define. We carry out numerical simulations of the evolution and decay of circular and non-circular string loops, of bent strings with ends held fixed,...

Hippocampal oscillations recorded under urethane anesthesia are proposed to be modulated by anxiolytics. All classes of clinically effective anxiolytics were reported to decrease the frequency of urethane theta; however, recent findings raise concerns about the direct correlation of anxiolysis and the frequency of hippocampal theta. Here, we took advantage of our two inbred mouse strains displa...

The sorption of mercury vapor by adsorbed sulfur in the zeolites CaA (=5A) and NaX (= 13X) and two types of active carbon has been measured at a temperature of 50°C. With increasing degree of micropore filling by sulfur the fraction of sulfur accessible to mercury atoms decreased for CaA and NaX. The sulfur chemisorbed on carbon (only less than 0.05 g sulfur per g) is not very active for mercur...