Publications of Y. F. Tsai:
A) Refereed Papers
1. Tsai, Houng-Wei; Shui, Hao-Ai; Liu, Hang-Shen; Tai, Mei-Yun and Tsai, Yuan-Feen (2006): Monoamine levels in the nucleus accumbens correlate with male sexual behavior in middle-aged rats. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior83: 265-270. (SCI)
2. Wang, Chih-Tien; Shui, Hao-Ai; Huang, Ruey-Ling; Tai, Mei-Yun; Peng, Ming-Tsung and Tsai, Yuan-Feen (2006): Sexual motivation is demasculinized, but not feminized, in prenatally stressed male rats. Neuroscience 138: 357-364. (SCI)
3. Ho, Ying-Jui; Hsu, Li-Sung; Wang, Ching-Fu; Hsu, Wen-Yu; Lai, Ten-Jen; Hsu, Cheng-Chin and Tsai, Yuan-Feen (2005): Behavioral effects of D-cycloserine in rats: the role of anxiety level. Brain Research 1043:179-185. (SCI)
4. Ho, YJ and Tsai, YF. (2005): Possible role of glutamatergic system in depressive disorder: evidence of data from olfactory bulbectomized rats. Taiwanese Journal of Psychiatry 19:5-18. (text in Chinese and with English abstract)
5. Ho, Ying-Jui; Hsuchou, Hung; Chen, Kuang-Ho; Shui, Hao-Ai; Tai, Mei-Yun and Tsai, Yuan-Feen (2004): Effects of desipramine and MK-801 on components of muricidal behaviour in olfactory bulbectomized rats: an application of incisor-cutting animal model. Neuroscience Research Communications 34:136-143. (SCI)
6. Ho, Ying-Jui; Chen, Kuang-Ho; Tai, Mei-Yun and Tsai, Yuan-Feen (2004): MK-801 suppresses muricidal behavior but not locomotion in olfactory bulbectomized rats: involvement of NMDA receptors. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 77: 641-646. (SCI)
7. Kaphle, Krishna; Wu, Leang-Shin; Tsai, Yuan-Feen; Yang, J. Nai-Yen and Lin, Jen-Hsou (2003): Effects of putative neurotransmitters on testosterone production from in vitro mice interstitial cells culture. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances 2:119-125.
8. Wang, Chih-Yuan; Zhong, Wen-Bin; Chang, Tien-Chun; Lai, Shu-Mei and Tsai, Yuan-Feen (2003): Lovastatin, a 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor, induced apoptosis and differentiation in human anaplastic thyroid carcinoma cells. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 88:3021-3026. (SCI)
9. Wang, Chih-Yuan; Zhong, Wen-Bin; Chang, Tien-Chun and Tsai, Yuan-Feen (2002): Circulating soluble Fas ligand correlates with disease activity in Graves’ hyperthyroidism. Metabolism 51:769-773. (SCI)
10. Wang, CY; Zhong, WB; Lee, WS; Tsai, YF and Chang, TC. (2002): Ossification of the auricles – a forgotten sign of adrenal insufficiency. Tzu Chi Medical Journal 14: 55-58.
11. Hsuchou, Hung; Ho, Ying-Jui; Shui, Hao-Ai; Tai, Mei-Yun; Chen, Kuang-Ho and Tsai, Yuan-Feen (2002): Effects of incisor cutting on muricidal behavior induced by olfactory bulbectomy in rats. Physiology and Behavior 76:669-675. (SCI)
12. Wang, Chih-Yuan; Zhong, Wen-Bin; Chang, Tien-Chun; Lai, Shu-Mei and Tsai, Yuan-Feen (2002): Tumor necrosis factor α induces three-dimensional cytomorphologic differentiation of human anaplastic thyroid carcinoma cells through activation of nuclear factor kB. Cancer 95:1827-1833. (SCI)
13. Chen, JC; Lin, JH; Wu, LS; Tsai, YF; Su, TH; Chen, CJ and Chen, TJ. (2002): Luteotropic roles of prolactin in early pregnant hamsters. Biology of Reproduction 67:8-13. (SCI)
14. Chen, Joyce C; Lin, Jen-Hsou; Jow, Guey-Mei; Peng, Ying-I; Su, Tsung Hsein; Tsai, Yuan-Feen; Chen, Tong J. (2001): Involvment of apoptosis during deciduomal regression in pseudopregnant hamsters: Effect of progesterone. Life Sciences 68: 815-825. (SCI)
15. Chang, KC; Peng, YI; Tsai, YF; Tseng, YZ and Chen, HI. (2001): Hypotensive effects of captopril on physical properties of the arterial system in young and adult rats. Biogerontology 2:45-54. (SCI)
16. Ho, Ying-Jui; Liu, Tzuo-Mei; Tai, Mei-Yun; Wen, Zhi-Hong; Chow, Richard Shih-Shien; Tsai, Yuan-Feen and Wong, Chih-Shung (2001): Effects of olfactory bulbectomy on NMDA receptor density in the rat brain: [3H]MK-801 binding assay. Brain Research 900:214-218. (SCI)
17. Liou HH; Chen, RC; Chen TH; Tsai, YF and Tsai, MC. (2001): Attenuation of paraquat-induced dopaminergic toxicity on the substantia nigra by (-)-deprenyl in vivo. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 172:37-43. (SCI)
18. Lai, YL; Lee, SC; Lai, LC; Hu, FC; Tsai, TL and Tsai, YF. (2001): Catecholamines in hyperpnea-induced airway constriction of guinea pigs. Journal of Autonomic Pharmacology 21:151-157. (SCI)
19. Shui, HA; Peng, YI; Wu, RM and Tsai, YF. (2000): Evaluation of L-DOPA biotransformation during repeated L-DOPA infusion into the striatum in freely-moving young and old rats. Developmental Brain Research 121:123-131. (SCI)
20. Ho, YJ; Chang, YC; Liu, TM; Tai, MY; Wong, CS and Tsai, YF. (2000): Striatal glutamate release during novelty exposure-induced hyperactivity in olfactory bulbectomized rats. Neuroscience Letters 287:17-120. (SCI)
21. Chang, KC; Chow, CY; Peng, YI; Chen, TJ and Tsai, YF. (1999): Effects of food restriction on mechanical properties of arterial system in adult and middle-aged rats. Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences 54A:B441-B447. (SCI)
22. Chang, Kuo-Chu; Tsai, Yuan-Feen; Chow, Chai-Yee; Peng, Ying-I and Chen, Tong-J. (1998): Age-related changes of arterial mechanical properties in rats: analysis using exponentially tapered T-tube model. Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences 53A:B274-B280. (SCI)
23. Shui, HA; Peng, YI and Tsai, YF. (1998): Recovery of high potassium-evoked dopamine release after depolarization challenge in the striatum of young and old male rats. Neuroscience Letters 257:1-4. (SCI)
24. Tsai, Yuan-Feen (1997) : MPTP-treated old rat is an appropriate animal model for parkinsonism study. Progress in Physiological Sciences 28:58-60.
25. Hung, Shu-Huei; Pi, Wan-Pang; Tsai, Yuan-Feen and Peng, Ming-Tsung (1997): Restoration of sexual behavior in aged male rats by intracerebral grafts of fetal preoptic area neurons. Journal of Formosan Medical Association 96:812-818. (SCI)
26. Tsai, Yuan-Feen; Tsai, Houng-Wei; Tai, Mei-Yun, Huang, Ruey-Ling and Peng, Ming-Tsung (1997): Male sexual behavior is associated with LHRH neuron number in middle-aged rats. Neuroscience Letters 237:81-84. (SCI)
27. Liou, HH; Chen, RC; Tsai, YF; Chen, YC and Tsai, MC. (1996): Effects of paraquat on the substantia nigra of the wistar rats: neurochemical, histological and behavioral studies. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 137:34-41.(SCI).
28. Peng, Ying-I; Chen, Tong-J; Lin, Shih-Hsiung; Tsai, Houng-Wei; Tai, Mei-Yun Huang, Ruey-Ling and Tsai, Yuan-Feen (1995): Dissociation of the restoration of copulatory behavior and the testicular morphology in old male rats with fetal brain grafting. Chinese Journal of Physiology 38:13-17. (SCI)
29. Kow, Lee-Ming; Tsai, Yuan-Feen; Weiland, Nancy G., McEwen, Bruce S. and Pfaff, Donald W. (1995): In vitro electro-pharmacological and autoradiographica analyses of muscarinic receptor subtypes in rat hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus: implications for cholinergic regulation of lordosis. Brain Research 694:29-39. (SCI)
30. Wang, Chih-Tien; Huang, Ruey-Ling; Tai, Mei-Yun; Tsai, Yuan-Feen and Peng, Ming-Tsung (1995): Dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens during sexual behavior in prenatally stressed adult male rats. Neuroscience Letters 200:29-32. (SCI)
31. Huang, Ruey-Ling; Wang, Chih-Tien; Tai, Mei-Yun; Tsai, Yuan-Feen and Peng, Ming-Tsung (1995): Effects of age on dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens and locomotor activity induced by amphetamine in rats. Neuroscience Letters 200: 61-64. (SCI)
32. Tsai, Yuan-Feen; Chen, Tong J.; Pi, Wan-Pang; Tai, Mei-Yun; Huang, Ruey-Ling; Chiueh, Chuang-Ching and Peng, Ming-Tsung (1995): Effects of fetal brain grafting on adult behavioral masculinization and defeminization in neonatally androgenized female rats. Neuroscience Letters 190:97-100. (SCI)
33. Tsai, Yuan-Feen; Tsai, Houng-Wei and Tai, Mei-Yun (1994): Variations in the sexual performance in old male rats. Zoological Studies 33:232-234. (SCI)
34. Tsai, Yuan-Feen; Tsai, Houng-Wei and Tai, Mei-Yun (1994): Comparison of brain dopamine depletion induced by low dose 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6,-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) in young and aged rats. Neuroscience Research 20:27-33. (SCI)
35. Tsai,Yuan-Feen; Wang, Hui-Ju; Pi, Wan-Pang and Tai, Mei-Yun (1994): Age-related changes in the pattern of luteinizing hormone release induced in female rats by male rat urine. Neuroscience Letters 180:179-182. (SCI)
36. Peng, Ying-I; Lin, Shih-Hsiung; Chen, Tong-J; Tai, Mei-Yun and Tsai, Yuan-Feen (1994): Effects of age on open-field behavior of male rats. Chinese Journal of Physiolology 37:233-236. (SCI)
37. Tsai, Ling-Ling and Tsai, Yuan-Feen (1993): Changes in sleep patterns by intralaminar thalamic microinjection of fluoxetine in rats. Proceedings of the National Science Council ROC., part B 17:15-20.
38. Tsai, Houng-Wei and Tsai, Yuan-Feen (1993): MPTP-induced brain indoleamine changes are age-related and region-dependent in rats. Neuroscience Research Communications 13:9-26. (SCI)
39. Kow, Lee-Ming; Tsai, Yuan-Feen; Wang, Linda and Pfaff, D.W. (1992): Electrophysiological analyses of serotonergic actions on neurons in hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus in vitro : receptor subtypes involved and implications for regulation of feeding and lordosis behaviour. Chinese Journal of Physiolology 35 : 105-121. (SCI)
40. Tsai, Houng-Wei and Tsai, Yuan-Feen (1992): Age-related effects of MPTP on norepinephrine concentrations of various areas of rat brains. Chinese Journal of Physiology 35:349-356. (SCI)
41. Tsai, Yuan-Feen; Wang, Hui-Ju; Tai, Mei-Yun and Lu, Kuo-Shyan (1991): Norepinephrine levels in the vomeronasal system and their responses to male urine in young and aged female rats. Proceedings of the National Science Council ROC., part B 15:75-79.
42. Wang, Hui-Ju and Tsai, Yuan-Feen (1991): Effects of male rat urine on norepinephrine levels in the accessory olfactory bulb of young and aged female rats. Proceedings of the National Science Council ROC., part B 15:160-164.
43. Tsai, Yuan-Feen; Tsai, Houng-Wei; Tai, Mei-Yun and Lu, Kuo-Shyan (1991): Age-related changes in locomotor behavior induced by MPTP in rats. Neuroscience Letters 129:153-155. (SCI)
44. Lin, Yeong-Liang; Tai, Mei-Yun and Tsai, Yuan-Feen (1990): Influence of long-term continuous illumination on the nuclear volume of hypothalamic neurons in female rats. Proceedings of the National Science Council ROC., part B 14:10-14.
45. Lin, Yeong-Liang; Tai, Mei-Yun and Tsai, Yuan-Feen (1990): Morphological changes in the hypothalamic neurons of female rats exposed to continuous illumination. Chinese Journal of Physiology 33:291-298. (SCI)
46. Tsai, Yuan-Feen; Tai, Mei-Yun; Wang, Hui-Ju and Lu, Kuo-Shyan (1990): Effects of long-term dietary restriction on body temperature are modified with increasing age. Proceedings of the National Science Council ROC., part B 14: 217-222.
47. Bruecke, Thomas; Tsai, Yuan-Feen; McLellan, Catherine; Singhaniyom, Weerachai; Kung, Hank F.; Cohen, Robert M. and Chiueh, Chuang C. (1988) : In vitro binding properties and autoradiographic imaging of 3-iodobenzamide(125-I)-IBZM: A potential imaging ligand for D-2 dopamine receptors in SPECT. Life Sciences 42 : 2097-2104. (SCI)
48. Singhaniyom, W.; Tsai, Y.F.; Bruecke, T.; McLellan, C.; Cohen, R.M.; Kung, H.F. and Chiueh, C.C. (1988): Blockade of in vivo binding of 125-I-labeled 3-iodobenzamide (IBZM) to dopamine receptors by D-2 antagonist and agonist. Brain Research 453:393-396. (SCI)
49. Peng, Ying-I; Tsai, Yuan-Feen and Peng, Ming-Tsung (1975): A further study on the luteinizing hormone releasing hormone content in the stalk-median eminence of old rats by an in vitro method. Journal of Formosan Medical Association 74:476-479. (SCI)
50. Tsai, Yuan-Feen; Peng, Ying-I and Peng, Ming-Tsung (1974): The responsiveness of old rat pituitaries to luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) in vitro. Journal of Formosan Medical Association 74:389-400. (SCI)
51. Tsai, Yuan-Feen; Pi, Wan-Pang and Peng, Ming-Tsung (1974): Ovarian ascorbic acid depletion method for luteinizing hormone assay: Comparison of the results using various strains of rats. Journal of Formosan Medical Association 73:647-652. (SCI)
(B) Conference Papers
1. Chung, WL; Tu, WT; Wang, AL; Lin, CC; Tseng, T; Wang, CF; Tsai, YF and Ho,YJ. (2004): Effects of D-cycloserine on the behavior depend on the anxiety level of rats. The 19th Joint Annual Conference of Biomedical Science, p.284, Taipei, Apr. 10-11, 2004.
2. Tsai,YF; Hung, SH; Tsai, HW and Peng, MT. (2003): Effect of aging on male sexual behavior in the rat. Abstract of Hong-Kong-Taiwan Joint Physiology Symposium 2003, p.17, Hong Kong, Dec. 8-9, 2003.
3. Wang, AL; Lin, CC; Chung, WL; Tseng, T; Tu, WT; Wang, CF; Lai, TJ; Hsu, CC; Tsai, YF and Ho,YJ. (2003): The anxiety level is affected by D-cycloserine in Wistar rats. Symposium of the University Faculty’s Research Projects in the Chung Shan Medical University Commemoration of the 42th Anniversary, p.24, Tai-Chung, Nov. 9-12, 2003.
4. Tseng T; AL Wang, AL; Lin, CC; Chung, WL; Wang, CF; Lai, TJ; Hsu, CC; Tsai,YF and Ho, YJ. (2003): The behavioral effects of D-cycloserine are task-dependent and related to anxiety level. The 42th Annual Conference of Chinese Psychological Association, Taipei, Oct. 4-5, 2003.
5. Lin CC, Wang, AL; Chung, WL; Tseng, T; Tu, WT; Wang, CF; Lai, TJ; Hsu, CC; Tsai, YF and Ho, YJ. (2003): Anxiety level is involved in behavioral effects of D-cycloserine in rats. The Conference of Basic Neuronal Science,p.15, Taipei, Oct. 4, 2003.
6. 蔡元奮 (2002): 雄鼠性行為與LHRH神經元數量之關係.海峽兩岸比較內分泌暨生殖生物學術研討會論文摘要.第11頁,台北,2002年6月23-24日.
7. 陳秋枝;林仁壽;吳兩新;蔡元奮;陳同仁(2002): 泌乳素在田鼠懷孕初期之黃體促進角色.海峽兩岸比較內分泌暨生殖生物學術研討會論文摘要.第36頁,台北,2002年6月23-24日.
8. Ho, Y.-J.; Chang, Y.-C.; Liu, T.-M.; Tai, M.-Y.; Wong, C.-S. and Tsai, Y.-F. (2000): Corticostriatal glutamatergic systems is involved in the novelty exposure-induced hyperactivity in olfactory bulbectomized rats. Abstracts of the 15th Joint Annual conference of Biomedical Sciences P.159, Taipei, mar. 25-26, 2000.
9. Wang, J.-C. and Tsai, Y.-F. (2000): Effects of nitric oxide activity in nudeus accumbens and preoptic area on male sexual behavior in rats. Abstracts of the 15th Joint Annual Conference of Biomedical Sciences. P.159, Taipei, Mar. 25-26, 2000.
10. Tsai, Yuan-Feen (1998) : Sexual differention of brain and behavior in mammals. Proceedings of the 19th Annual Meeting of the Endocrinology Society of the R.O.C. and Diabetes Associataion of the R.O.C., Taipei, Mar. 21-22, 1998
11. Hsuchou, H.; Ho, I.J.; Shui, H.A.; Tai, M.Y. and Tsai, Y.F. (1998) : Effects of incisor cutting on olfactory-bulbectomy induced muricidal behavior in rats. Abstracts of the 13th Joint Annual Conference on Biomedical Sciences, p 150 Taipei, Apr. 18-19, 1998.
12. I.J.; HsuChou, H.; Tai, M.Y. and Tsai, Y.F. (1997) : The suppression of olfactory bublectomy-induced muricice by MK-801 via medial amygdala. Abstracts of the Anuual Conference of Neuroscience Society, R.O.C. 1997, Taipei, Oct. 4, 1997.
13. Tsai, Y.F. (1997) : The male sexual behavior of aging : Mammalian studies. Abstract of Scientific Congress and Annual Meeting 1997 of Society of Internal Medicine of Taiwan (R.O.C.), Taipei, Nov. 8-12, 1997.
14. Peng, M.T.; Tsai, Y.F. ; Huang, R.L. Tai, M.Y. and Wang, C.T. (1996) : Neonatally androgen sterilized female rats and prenatally stressed male rats: animal models of human homosexuality? Program and Abstract of the 4th Asian Conferernce of Sexology, p.129, Taipei, Jul. 6-10, 1996.
15. Wang, C.T.; Tai, M.Y.; Huang, R.L. and Tsai Y.F. (1995): Effects of aging and long-term dietary restriction on hypothalamic dopamine concentrations in the male rat. Abstracts of the 10th Joint Annual Conference on Biomedical Sciences, p.184, Taipei, Mar. 25-26, 1995.
16. Wang, C.T.; Huang, R.L.; Tai, M.Y.; Tsai Y.F. and Peng, M.T. (1995): Dopamine activity in the nucleus accumbens during masculine sexual behavior in prenatally stressed male rats assessed with in vivo microdialysis. Abstracts of the 10th Joint Annual Conference on Biomedical Sciences, p.185, Taipei, Mar. 25-26, 1995.
17. Wang, C.T.; Huang, R.L.; Tai, M.Y.; Tsai Y.F. and Peng, M.T. (1995): Sexual motivation and dopamine activity in the nucleus accumbens of prenatally stressed male rats: an vivo microdialysis study. Abstracts of the 4th IBRO World Congrress of Neuroscience, Kyoto, Japan, Jul. 9-14, 1995.
18. Peng, M.T.; Tsai, Y.F. ; Huang, R.L.and Wang, C.T. (1995) : Sites of dysfunctions in the brain of neonatally androgenized rats and prenatally stressed rats. Abstracts of the 12th World Congress of Sexology, p. 24, Yokohama, Japan, Aug. 12-16, 1995.
19. Huang, R.L.; Wang, C.T.; Tai, M.Y.; Tsai Y.F. and Peng, M.T. (1995): Effects of age and amphetamine on dopamine neurotransmission in the nucleus accumbens: A microdialysis study in freely moving rats. Abstracts of the 10th Joint Annual Conference on Biomedical Sciences, p.110, Taipei, Mar. 25-26, 1995.
20. Wang, C.T.; Huang, R.L.; Tai, M.Y.; Tsai Y.F. and Peng, M.T. (1995): Decreased sexual motivation in prenatally stressed male rats. Abstracts of the 10th Joint Annual Conference on Biomedical Sciences, p.110, Taipei, Mar. 25-26, 1995.
21. Hwang, Y.S.; Tai, M.Y.; Huang, R.L.; Tsai, H.W. and Tsai, Y.F. (1994): Repeated restraintstress changes brain catecholamine concentrations but not sexual behavior in male rats.Abstracts of the 9th Joint Annual Conference on Biomedical Sciences, p.77, Taipei, Mar. 26-27, 1994.
22. Huang, R.L.; Tsai, H.W.; Tai, M.Y.; Tsai, Y.F. and Peng, M.T. (1994): Improvement of spontaneous and amphetamine-induced locomotor activity by fetal brain grafting in old male rats. Abstracts of the 9th Joint Annual Conference on Biomedical Sciences, p.87, Taipei, Mar. 26-27, 1994.
23. Lin, S.H.; Tai, M.Y.; Tsai, Y.F. and Peng, Y.I. (1994): Age-related changes in open-field behavior in male rats. Abstracts of the 9th Joint Annual Conference on Biomedical Sciences, p.103, Taipei, Mar. 26-27, 1994.
24. Tsai, Y.F.; Chen, T.J.; Pi, W.P.; Tai, M.Y.; Huang, R.L.; Chiueh, C.C. and Peng, M.T. (1994): Effects of fetal brain grafting on adult behavioral masculinization and defeminization in neonatally androgenized female rats. Abstracts of the 9th Joint Annual Conference on Biomedical Sciences, p.103, Taipei, Mar. 26-27, 1994.
25. Tsai, Yuan-Feen (1994): Variations in the sexual performance and correlation of monomine concentrations in the nucleus accumbens with the decline of sexual behavior in old male rats. Behavioral Neuroscience Workshop, p.13, Taipei, Nov. 4-5,1994.
26. Kow, L.M.; Tsai, Y.F.; Weiland, N.G.; McEwen, B.S. and Pfaff, D.W. (1994): Muscarinic receptor subtypes in rat hypothalamic ventrome-dial nucleus (VMN): electropharmacological and autoradiographic analyses relevant to lordosis. Abstracts of Soc. Neurosci. 20: 590,1994.
27. Tsai, H.W.; Tai, M.Y. and Tsai, Y.F. (1993): Age-related changes in brain norepinephrine concentrations induced by MPTP in rats. Abstracts of the 8th Joint Annual Conference on Biomedical Sciences, p.84, Taipei, Mar. 20-21, 1993.
28. Huang, R.L.;Tai, M.Y. and Tsai, Y.F. and Peng, M.T. (1993): Effects of amphetamine and apomorphine on locomotor activity in young and old rats. Abstracts of the 8th Joint Annual Conference on Biomedical Sciences, p.84, Taipei, Mar. 20-21, 1993.
29. Hwang, Y.S.; Tai, M.Y.; Huang, R.L.; Tsai, H.W. and Tsai, Y.F. (1993) : Effects of restraint stress on locomotor behavior in old rats.Abstracts of the 8th Joint Annual Conference on Biomedical Sciences, p.85, Taipei, Mar. 20-21, 1993.
30. Tsai, H.W.; Tai, M.Y.; Tsai, Y.F. and Peng, M.T. (1993): Relationship between indoleamine concentrations in different brain areas and copulatory behavior in male rats. Abstracts of the 8th Joint Annual Conference on Biomedical Sciences, p.85, Taipei, Mar. 20-21, 1993.
31. Huang, R.L.; Tsai, Y.F.; Tsai, H.W.; Tai, M.Y. and Peng, M.T. (1993): Effects of transplantation of ventral mesencephalic cells on spontaneous and amphetamine-induced locomotor activity in old male rats. Abstract of International Conference on Hormones, Brain and Behaviour, p.99-100, Tours, France, Aug. 24-27, 1993.
32. Tsai, H.W.; Tsai, Y.F.;Tai, M.Y. and Peng, M.T. (1993): Correlation of numbers and localization of LHRH neuron subtypes with specific components of male copulatory behavior in rats. Abstract of International Conference on Hormones, Brain and Behaviour, p.183-184, Tours, France, Aug. 24-27, 1993.
33. Tsai, H.W.; Tai, M.Y.; Huang, R.L.; Tsai, Y.F. and Peng, M.T. (1992) : Number and localization of LHRH neurons are correlated with the male sexual behavior in rats. Abstracts of the 7th Joint Annual Conference on Biomedical Sciences, p.102, Taipei, Mar. 21-22, 1992.
34. Huang, R.L.; Cheng, H.F.; Tsai, Y.F. and Chang, K.J. (1992) : G-protein levels of different brain areas in young and old rats. Abstracts of the 7th Joint Annual Conference on Biomedical Sciences, p.107, Taipei, Mar. 21-22, 1992.
35. Tsai, H.W.; Tai, M.Y. and Tsai, Y.F. (1992): Age-related changes in brain indoleamine concentrations induced by MPTP in rats. Abstracts of the 1st Annual Conference of Neuroscience Society, R.O.C., p.13, Taipei, Oct. 3, 1992.
36. Tsai, H.W.; Tai, M.Y.; Tsai, Y.F. and Peng, M.T. (1992): Correlation of dopamine concentration with male copulatory behavior in male rats. Abstracts of the 1st Anuual Conference of Neuroscience Society, R.O.C., p. 26, Taipei, Oct. 3, 1992.
37. Tsai, Yuan-Feen (1992): In situ hybridization method: gene expression in hypothalamic neurons. Abstracts of Symposium and Workshop on Brain Cell Physiology (The Third Chiang Shou-Teh Symposium ) p.5, Taipei, Oct. 17-22, 1992.
38. Tsai, H.W.; Tai, M.Y. and Tsai, Y.F. (1992) : Age-dependent effects of MPTP on the catecholaminergic concentrations of the nigrostriatal system in rats. Abstracts of the 7th Joint Annual Conference on Biomedical Sciences, p.43, Taipei, Mar. 21-22, 1992.
39. Tsai, H.W.; Tai, M.Y. and Tsai, Y.F. (1992) : Association of dopamine concentration with male copulatory behavior in aged rats -- a preliminary report. Abstracts of the 7th Joint Annual Conference on Biomedical Sciences, p.43, Taipei, Mar. 21-22, 1992.
40. Yang, S.H.; Tai, M.Y.; Tsai, H.W. and Tsai, Y.F. (1992) : Differential effects of long-term dietary restriction on the hypothalamic norepinephrine and serotonin in young and middle-aged rats. Abstracts of the 7th Joint Annual Conference on Biomedical Sciences, p.84, Taipei, Mar. 21-22, 1992.
41. Tsai, H.W.; Tai, M.Y.; Huang, R.L.; Tsai, Y.F. and Peng, M.T. (1992) : Correlation of numbers of LHRH neuron subtypes with sexual behavior in male rats. Abstracts of the 7th Joint Annual Conference on Biomedical Sciences, p.102, Taipei, Mar. 21-22, 1992.
42. Tsai, H.W.; Tai, M.Y.; Tsai, Y.F. and Peng, M.T. (1991) : Numbers of the LHRH neuron in preoptic area are critical to male sexual behavior in aged rats -- a preliminary report. Abstracts of the 6th Joint Annual Conference on Biomedical Sciences, p.185, Taipei, Mar. 23-24, 1991.
43. Tsai, Y.F.; Tai, M.Y. and Pi, W.P. (1991) : The responsiveness of anterior pituitary gland to LHRH in female rats: comparison of effects of aging and long-term exposure to constant light. Abstracts of the 6th Joint Annual Conference on Biomedical Sciences, p.213, Taipei, Mar. 23-24, 1991.
44. Tsai, Y.F.; Wang, H.J.; Tai, M.Y. and Lu, K.S. (1991) : Norepinephrine levels in vomeronasal system and their responses to chemical cues in young and aged female rats. Abstracts of the 6th Joint Annual Conference on Biomedical Sciences, p.255, Taipei, Mar. 23-24, 1991.
45. Tsai, Ling-Ling and Tsai, Yuan-Feen (1991) : The intralaminar administration of fluoxetine at different time courses exhibits differential effects on sleep in rats. Abstracts of Sleep Research, vol.20, p.55.
46. Wang, H.J.; Tai, M.Y. and Tsai, Y.F. (1990) : Effects of olfactory bulb removal on lordosis behavior in old female rats. Abstracts of the 5th Joint Annual Conference on Biomedical Sciences, p.137, Taipei, Apr. 7-8, 1990.
47. Tsai, H.W.; Tai, M.Y. and Tsai, Y.F. (1990) : Comparison of effects of MPTP on gait patterns in young and old rats. Abstracts of the 5th Joint Annual Conference on Biomedical Sciences, p.138, Taipei, Apr. 7-8, 1990.
48. Tai, M.Y.; Wang, H.J. and Tsai, Y.F. (1990) : Studies on influences of aging and dietary restriction on the body temperature in rats. Abstracts of the 5th Joint Annual Conference on Biomedical Sciences, p.211, Taipei, Apr. 7-8, 1990.
49. Lin, Y.L.; Tai, M.Y. and Tsai, Y.F. (1989) : Effects of long-term exposure to continuous illumination on the hypothalamic neurons in female rats. Abstracts of the 4th Joint Annual Conference of Biomedical Sciences, p.124, Taipei, Apr. 8-9, 1989.
50. Wang, H.J. and Tsai, Y.F. (1989) : Pheromonal-induced luteinizing hormone release in young and old female rats. Abstracts of the 4th Joint Annual Conference on Biomedical Sciences, p.167, Taipei, Apr. 8-9, 1989.
51. Peng, M.T.; Huang, R.L.; Yang, F.J.; Pi, W.P. and Tsai, Y.F. (1989): Improvement of sexual behavior and neuroendocrine functions of aged female rats by fetal brain grafts. Abstract of International Conference on Hormones, Brain and Behaviour, p.137-138, Liege, Belgium, Aug. 18-23, 1989.
52. Wang, Hui-Ju and Tsai, Yuan-Feen (1989) : Effect of male pheromone stimulation on monoamine concentrations in the accessory olfactory bulb of young and old female rats. Abstract of Scientific Papers of Formosan Medical Association Annual Meeting 1989, p.141-142, Taipei, Nov. 2-5, 1989.
53. Huang, R.L.; Yang, F.J.; Pi, W.P.; Tsai, Y.F. and Peng, M.T.(1988) : Improvement of female sexual behavior, running activity and day/night distribution of food intake of aged female rats by intracerebral grafts of the fetal preoptic area and hypothalamic neurons. Abstracts of the 3rd Joint Annual Conference of Biomedical Sciences, p.19, Taipei, Apr. 9-10, 1988.
54. Peng, M.T.; Hung, S.H.; Huang, R.L.; Yang, F.J.; Pi, W.P. and Tsai,Y.F. (1988) : Recovery of sexual behavior, running-wheel activity and some neuroendocrine functions of aging rats by fetal brain grafts. Abstract of ROC-Japan Symposium on Problems of the Aged, p.39-43, Taipei, Sept. 2-3, 1988.
55. Lago-Schaaf, T.; Tsai, Y.F. and Bruckmoser, P. (1987) : Projections of the fila olfactoria in catfish, Ictalurus nebulosus. Chemical Senses 12: 198.
56. Bruecke, T.; Singhaniyom, W.; Tsai, Y.F.; Palmatier, M.; McLellan, C.; Kung, H.F.; Cohen, R.M. and Chiueh, C.C. (1987) : Dopamine receptor binding properites of I-125-labeled IBZM : A new SPECT imaging ligand. Abstract of the 6th International Cathecholamine Symposium, p.49, Jerusalem, Israel, Jun. 14-19, 1987.
57. Bruecke, T.; Tsai, Y.F.; Singhaniyom, W.; McLellan, C.; Cohen, H.F.; Cohen, R.M. and Chiueh, C.C. (1987) : Receptor binding properties of (I-125) labeled iodobenzamide (IBZM): A specific D2 dopamine receptor ligand for SPECT. Abstract of the 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, 13 : 190, New Oreleans, Nov. 16-21, 1987.
58. Lago-Schaaf, T.; Tsai, Y.F. and Bruckmoser, P. (1986) : Projectionen der Fila olfactoria beim Zwergwels, Ictalurus nebulosus. Verh. Deuts. Zool. Ges. 79, the 79th Congress of German Zoological Society, Muenchen, West Germany, May 19-23, 1986.
59. Fu, T.C.; Shyu, B.C.; Liu, H.M. and Tsai, Y.F. (1986) : Effects of electro-acupuncture and electrical stimulation on uterus activity in the pregnant rat. Proc. of the International Union of Physiological Sciences, XIV, p.239, the 30th Congress, Vancouver, Canada, Jul. 13-18, 1986.
60. Tsai, Y.F.; Lago-Schaaf, T.; Engler, U. and Bruckmoser, P. (1984) : Origin and efferent pathways to the olfactory bulb in the catfish, Ictalurus nebulosus. Abstract of ECRO VI Congress, p.113, Lyon, France, Sept. 4-7, 1984.
(C) Other Publication
1. Tsai,Yuan-Feen (1984): Ursprungsgebiete efferenter olfaktorischer Fasern beim Zwergwels, Ictalurus nebulosus. Dissertation, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet, Muenchen.