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Phys Rev Lett ; 106(15): 156603, 2011 Apr 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21568591

ABSTRACT

We have observed an unconventional, likely topological, Hall effect over a wide temperature region in the magnetization process of a chiral-lattice helimagnet MnGe. The magnitude of the topological Hall resistivity is nearly temperature-independent below 70 K, which reflects the real-space fictitious magnetic field proportional to a geometric quantity (scalar spin chirality) of the underlying spin texture. From the neutron diffraction study, it is anticipated that a relatively short-period (3-6 nm) noncoplanar spin structure is stabilized from the proper screw state in a magnetic field to produce the largest topological Hall response among the B20-type (FeSi-type) chiral magnets.

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Phys Rev Lett ; 104(4): 047201, 2010 Jan 29.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20366734

ABSTRACT

Using an elastic neutron scattering technique under a pulsed magnetic field up to 30 T, we determined the magnetic structure in the half-magnetization plateau phase in the spinel CdCr2O4. The magnetic structure has a cubic P4{3}32 symmetry, which is the same as that observed in HgCr2O4. This suggests that despite their different zero-field ground states a universal field-induced spin-lattice coupling mechanism is at work in the Cr-based spinels.

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Phys Rev Lett ; 103(7): 077203, 2009 Aug 14.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19792681

ABSTRACT

We present the first application of pulsed high magnetic fields up to 30 T for neutron diffraction experiments. As the first study, field variations of a couple of magnetic Bragg reflections have successfully been measured in the frustrated antiferromagnet TbB4. The results show that the conventional models fail, and a model, which is a mixture of the XY- and the Ising-type moments, matches for the half-magnetization state. We deduce an interaction that stabilizes an orthogonal moment arrangement as an origin of the unusual magnetization plateaus. Our results demonstrate the powerfulness of the present pulsed magnetic fields neutron diffraction system.

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Neuropharmacology ; 57(3): 322-31, 2009 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19482038

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A recent randomized control study demonstrated that zonisamide (ZNS), an antiepileptic drug, is effective in Parkinson's disease at the lower than the therapeutic doses against epilepsy (25-50 mg/day); however, the detailed mechanism of antiparkinsonian effects of ZNS remains to be clarified. To determine the mechanism of antiparkinsonian effect of ZNS, we investigated the effects of ZNS on extracellular levels of dopamine in the striatum (STR), glutamate in substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr), GABA in globus pallidus (GP), subthalamic nucleus (STN) and SNr, using multiple microdialysis probes. Striatal perfusion of 1000 microM ZNS (within therapeutic-relevant concentration against epilepsy) increased extracellular levels of dopamine in STR, whereas 100 microM ZNS (lower than the therapeutic-relevant concentration against epilepsy but within the therapeutic rage against Parkinson's disease) did not affect it. Striatal perfusion of ZNS (100 and 1000 microM) decreased the extracellular levels of GABA in STN and glutamate in SNr, but decreased extracellular GABA level in GP without affecting GABA level in SNr. These concentration-dependent effects of ZNS on extracellular neurotransmitter levels were independent of dopamine and delta(2) receptors; however, blockade of delta(1) receptor inhibited the effects of ZNS. Furthermore, activation of delta(1) receptor enhanced the effects of ZNS on neurotransmitter level. These results suggest that ZNS does not affect the direct pathway but inhibits the indirect pathway, which is mediated by delta(1) receptor. Therefore, the antiparkinsonian effects of ZNS seem to be mediated through the interaction between lower than therapeutically-relevant concentration against epilepsy of ZNS (100 microM) and delta(1) receptor.


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Antiparkinson Agents/pharmacology , Corpus Striatum/drug effects , Globus Pallidus/drug effects , Isoxazoles/pharmacology , Neurotransmitter Agents/metabolism , Animals , Anticonvulsants/administration & dosage , Anticonvulsants/pharmacology , Corpus Striatum/metabolism , Dopamine/metabolism , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Extracellular Space/drug effects , Extracellular Space/metabolism , Globus Pallidus/metabolism , Glutamic Acid/metabolism , Isoxazoles/administration & dosage , Male , Neural Pathways/drug effects , Neural Pathways/metabolism , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Receptors, Dopamine/metabolism , Receptors, Opioid, delta/agonists , Receptors, Opioid, delta/antagonists & inhibitors , Receptors, Opioid, delta/metabolism , Substantia Nigra/drug effects , Substantia Nigra/metabolism , Subthalamic Nucleus/drug effects , Subthalamic Nucleus/metabolism , Zonisamide , gamma-Aminobutyric Acid/metabolism
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Br J Pharmacol ; 157(4): 656-65, 2009 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19371334

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The atypical antipsychotic drug, zotepine, is effective in treatment of schizophrenia and acute mania, but the incidence of seizures during treatment is higher than with other antipsychotics. In addition, the mechanisms underlying the clinical actions of zotepine remain uncharacterized. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: The effects of intraperitoneal administration of zotepine and haloperidol on the extracellular levels of noradrenaline, dopamine, 5-HT, GABA, and glutamate in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) were compared. Neuronal activities induced by each drug in the ventral tegmental area (VTA), locus coeruleus (LC), dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) and mediodorsal thalamic nucleus (MTN) were also analysed. KEY RESULTS: Haloperidol did not affect extracellular neurotransmitter levels in the mPFC. In contrast, zotepine activated neuronal activities in all nuclei and increased the extracellular levels of noradrenaline, dopamine, GABA, and glutamate in the mPFC, but not 5-HT levels. The zotepine-stimulated neuronal activity in the VTA, LC, DRN and MTN enhanced the release of dopamine, noradrenaline, 5-HT, glutamate and GABA in the mPFC, although the enhanced GABAergic transmission possibly inhibited noradrenaline, dopamine and 5-HT release. The other afferent to mPFC, which releases dopamine and noradrenaline, was partially insensitive to GABAergic inhibition, but possibly received stimulatory AMPA/glutamatergic regulation from the MTN. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Our results indicated that the positive interaction between prefrontal catecholaminergic transmission and AMPA/glutamatergic transmission from MTN might explain the regulatory effects of zotepine on neurotransmitter release. A mechanism is suggested to account for the pharmacological profile of this atypical antipsychotic and for its pro-convulsive action.


Subject(s)
Antipsychotic Agents/pharmacology , Biogenic Monoamines/metabolism , Dibenzothiepins/pharmacology , Glutamic Acid/metabolism , Haloperidol/pharmacology , Prefrontal Cortex/drug effects , gamma-Aminobutyric Acid/metabolism , Action Potentials/drug effects , Animals , Drug Interactions , Locus Coeruleus/drug effects , Locus Coeruleus/metabolism , Locus Coeruleus/physiology , Male , Mediodorsal Thalamic Nucleus/drug effects , Mediodorsal Thalamic Nucleus/metabolism , Mediodorsal Thalamic Nucleus/physiology , Neurons/drug effects , Neurons/metabolism , Neurons/physiology , Prefrontal Cortex/metabolism , Raphe Nuclei/drug effects , Raphe Nuclei/metabolism , Raphe Nuclei/physiology , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Ventral Tegmental Area/drug effects , Ventral Tegmental Area/metabolism , Ventral Tegmental Area/physiology
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