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Determination of muscimol and ibotenic acid in mushrooms of Amanitaceae by capillary electrophoresis
2014
In this study, the CZE method for rapid quantitative and qualitative determination of ibotenic acid and muscimol in Amanita mushrooms naturally grown in Poland was developed. The investigations included the species of A. muscaria, A. pantherina, and A. citrina, collected in southern region of Poland. The studied hallucinogenic compounds were effectively extracted with a mixture of methanol and 1 mM sodium phosphate buffer at pH 3 (1:1 v/v) using ultrasound-assisted procedure. The obtained extracts were separated and determined by CZE utilizing a 25 mM sodium phosphate running buffer adjusted to pH 3 with 5% content of acetonitrile v/v. The calibration curves for both analytes were linear in…
La competenza docimologica per la valorizzazione dei talenti. Una ricerca con i futuri docenti di scuola primaria e dell’infanzia
2018
Educating gifted students must be a priority for educators and education systems if society is to capitalise on their potential to contribute to an economical and sustain- able future. Given the importance of teachers in supporting academic achievement, educating preservice teachers on how to cater for gifted students commences the process as they can foster the implementation of current teaching practices that draw on sub- stantial research into the education of gifted children. If Evaluation process becomes an instrument for the development of talent in the classroom pre-service teacher training in docimological skill is necessary. In the ed- ucational field, talent and excellence find th…
Il modello flipped learning per promuovere lo sviluppo delle competenze docimologiche dei futuri insegnanti di scienze della formazione primaria.
2017
La ricerca intende far riflettere sul tema della formazione dei futuri insegnanti di scuola primaria, a partire dall’impiego del metodo innovativo della flipped classroom, all’interno dell’insegnamento di Docimologia del secondo anno del corso di laurea in Scienze della Formazione Primaria e del corrispondente laboratorio. Il lavoro presenta i presupposti teorici, gli obiettivi e le modalità operative di un percorso che ha visto l’impiego della metodologia flipped per promuovere lo sviluppo delle competenze docimologiche all’università. Attraverso l’utilizzo del modello della flipped si è inteso favorire l’acquisizione dei principali contenuti della Docimologia; consentire agli studenti non…
Muscimol hydration and vibrational spectroscopy – The impact of explicit and implicit water
2022
The presented study focuses on the interaction of the well-known neurotoxin muscimol with water. Two approaches for the water solvent are applied – the explicit and the implicit. The muscimol-water clusters were obtained by the molecular dynamics simulations and the first solvation shell was kept for further studies. Implicit water was mimicked via the polarized continuum model (PCM). All three tautomeric forms of the free muscimol molecule are considered in the calculations. The combined theoretical and experimental vibrational IR and Raman studies determined the stability of the prevailing zwitterion form in water. We proved that water molecules in the first solvation shell are crucial fo…
Evidence that 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one is a physiologically relevant modulator of GABA-ergic neurotransmission.
1991
Abstract 3α-Hydroxy-5α-pregnan-20-one (HPO) is a progesterone metabolite which exhibits narcotic properties at high concentrations by interactions with the receptor for gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). The present investigation characterized low-dose effects of HPO on GABA A receptor binding, by determining the allosteric properties of HPO on the in vitro binding of 3 H-muscimol to membrane fractions from the cerebella of ovariectomized rats. A newly developed method for tissue preparation was used to wash out endogenous ligands interfering with the assay. HPO reduced the affinity of 3 H-muscimol to GABA A receptor sites by 52% and enhanced the number of accessible binding sites from 5.5±0.5…
Firing characteristics of vestibular nuclei neurons in the alert monkey after bilateral vestibular neurectomy
1992
After destruction of the peripheral vestibular system which is not activated by moving large-field visual stimulation, not only labyrinthine-ocular reflexes but also optokinetic-ocular responses related to the "velocity storage" mechanism are abolished. In the normal monkey optokinetic-ocular responses are reflected in sustained activity changes of central vestibular neurons within the vestibular nuclei. To account for the loss of optokinetic responses after labyrinthectomy, inactivation of central vestibular neurons consequent on the loss of primary vestibular activity is assumed to be of major importance. To test this hypothesis we recorded the neural activity within the vestibular nuclea…
Functional evidence for GABA as modulator of the contractility of the longitudinal muscle in mouse duodenum: Role of GABAA and GABAC receptors
2007
We investigated, in vitro, the effects of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) on the spontaneous mechanical activity of the longitudinal smooth muscle in mouse duodenum. GABA induced an excitatory effect, consisting in an increase in the basal tone, which was antagonized by the GABA(A)-receptor antagonist, bicuculline, potentiated by (1,2,5,6-Tetrahydropyridin-4-yl)methylphosphinic acid hydrate (TPMPA), a GABA(C)-receptor antagonist and it was not affected by phaclofen, a GABA(B)-receptor antagonist. Muscimol, GABA(A) receptor agonist, induced a contractile effect markedly reduced by bicuculline, tetrodotoxin (TTX), hexamethonium and atropine. Cis-4-aminocrotonic acid (CACA), a specific GABA(C) …
GABA-A receptoru agonista muscimola ietekme uz acetilholīna daudzumu Alcheimera slimības tipa modeļdzīvnieku smadzenēs
2017
Šī darba mērķis bija noskaidrot muscimola ļoti zemu devu (0,01 un 0,05 mg/kg) efektus uz acetilholīna šķelšanu intracerebroventrikulāras (i.c.v.) streptozocīna (STZ) ievadīšanas AD-tipa modelī. Rezultāti rāda, ka: 1.STZ i.c.v. ievadīšana izraisīja būtisku garozas un hipokampa AChE blīvuma palielinājumu. 2.Muscimols 0,01 un 0,05 mg/kg devās normalizēja AChE blīvumu STZ grupas žurku garozā un hipokampā līdz kontroles grupas līmenim. Iegūtie dati ļauj secināt, ka muscimola ļoti mazas devas regulē acetilholīna daudzumu i.c.v. STZ modelī. Iespējams, šis regulācijas mehānisms atbild par iepriekš novērotiem telpiskās atmiņas uzlabojumiem AD-tipa modeļdzīvniekos, tomēr ir nepieciešami tālāki pētīju…
GABAA agonista muscimola ietekme uz žurku atmiņu alcheimera slimības tipa modelī
2015
Darba mērķis bija noskaidrot GABAA agonista muscimola mazo devu ietekmi uz žurku atmiņu icv STZ AD tipa modelī. Lai noteiktu žurku iemācīšanos un atmiņu, tika veikti ūdens labirinta treniņtesti un fināla tests. Rezultāti rāda, ka icv STZ ievade žurkām izraisīja telpiskās atmiņas traucējumus. Muscimols abās devās (0,01 un 0,05 mg/kg) aizsargāja žurkas no STZ izraisītiem efektiem ūdens labirinta testā, uzlabojot to telpisko atmiņu, iemācīšanos un lokomotoro aktivitāti. Iegūtie dati ļauj secināt, ka muscimola mazo devu potenciāls ir intriģējošs jauno anti-AD terapiju izpētē un, ka būtu nepieciešama muscimola hronisko efektu izpēte minētajā modelī.
Age-related differences of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic transmission in human colonic smooth muscle.
2021
Background: Enteric neurons undergo to functional changes during aging. We investigated the possible age-associated differences in enteric γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic transmission evaluating function and distribution of GABAergic receptors in human colon. Methods: Mechanical responses to GABA and GABA receptor agonists on slow phasic contractions were examined in vitro as changes in isometric tension in colonic muscle strips from young (<65 years old) and aged patients (>65 years old). GABAergic receptor expression was assessed by quantitative RT-PCR. Key Results: In both preparations GABA induced an excitatory effect, consisting in an increase in the basal tone, antagonized by th…