Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9429466 | Neuroscience Letters | 2005 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Acute intrastriatal administration of methylmalonic acid (MMA) induces convulsions through NMDA receptor-mediated mechanisms and increases production of end products of oxidative damage. Although it has been demonstrated that nitric oxide (NO) production increases with NMDA receptor stimulation and contributes to the oxidative damage observed in several neurodegenerative disorders, the role of NO in MMA-induced convulsions has not been investigated to date. In the present study we investigated the effects of the intrastriatal injection of NÏ-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME: 10â4 to 100 nmol/0.5 μl) on the convulsions and striatal protein carbonylation induced by the intrastriatal injection of MMA (4.5 μmol/1.5 μl). l-NAME (10â3 to 10â1 nmol) protected against MMA-induced convulsions and protein carbonylation ex vivo. These results suggest the involvement of NO in the convulsive behavior and protein carbonylation elicited by MMA.
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Authors
Luiz Fernando Freire Royes, Michele Rechia Fighera, Ana Flávia Furian, Mauro Schneider Oliveira, Natália Gindri Fiorenza, Jociane de Carvalho Myskiw, Roberto Frussa-Filho, Carlos Fernando Mello,