کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4326807 1614096 2010 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Memantine exacerbates myoclonic jerks in a rat model of posthypoxic myoclonus
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علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب (عمومی)
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Memantine exacerbates myoclonic jerks in a rat model of posthypoxic myoclonus
چکیده انگلیسی
The mechanism of cerebral hypoxia-induced myoclonic jerks is not known. Some studies have suggested that glutaminergic NMDA receptor activation in the inferior olive resulting in excitotoxic neuronal injury in the cerebellum is the underlying cause of posthypoxic myoclonus. To test this hypothesis, the effect of memantine, an NMDA receptor antagonist, on the intensity of myoclonic jerks and the extent of cerebral ischemia-induced neurodegeneration in the cerebellum were evaluated in a rat model of posthypoxic myoclonus. The myoclonus scores for the posthypoxic rats treated with memantine were significantly higher than those treated with saline. The myoclonic scores for the posthypoxic rats injected with 100 mg/kg memantine are higher than those posthypoxic rats injected with 30 mg/kg memantine. In contrast, the number of Fluoro-Jade B positive degenerating neurons in the Purkinje cell layer of the cerebellum did not differ significantly between the memantine-treated and the saline-treated posthypoxic rats. This pattern of results suggests that glutaminergic NMDA receptor activation in the cerebellum does not play a significant role in the generation of myoclonus in a rat model of posthypoxic myoclonus. Further, these results also suggest that NMDA receptor antagonists would exacerbate posthypoxic myoclonus in this animal model.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Brain Research - Volume 1343, 9 July 2010, Pages 194-198
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