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- Gu, Weigang, et al.
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Neurotransmitter synthesis in poststroke cortical neurogenesis in adult rats.
- 2010
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Ingår i: Stem cell research. - : Elsevier. - 1876-7753 .- 1873-5061. ; 4:2, s. 148-154
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Neurogenesis occurs in the cerebral cortex of adult rats after focal cerebral ischemia. Whether or not the newborn neurons could synthesize neurotransmitters is unknown. To elucidate such a possibility, a photothrombotic ring stroke model with spontaneous reperfusion was induced in adult male Wistar rats. The DNA duplication marker BrdU was repeatedly injected, and the rats were sacrificed at various times after stroke. To detect BrdU nuclear incorporation and various neurotransmitters, brain sections were processed for single/double immunocytochemistry and single/double/triple immunofluorescence. Stereological cell counting was performed to assess the final cell populations. At 48 h, 5 days, 7 days, 30 days, 60 days and 90 days after stroke, numerous cells were BrdU-immunolabeled in the penumbral cortex. Some of these were doubly immunopositive to the cholinergic neuron-specific marker ChAT or GABAergic neuron-specific marker GAD. As analyzed by 3-D confocal microscopy, the neurotransmitters acetylcholine and GABA were colocalized with BrdU in the same cortical cells. In addition, GABA was colocalized with the neuron-specific marker Neu N in the BrdU triple-immunolabeled cortical cells. This study suggests that the newborn neurons are capable of synthesizing the neurotransmitters acetylcholine and GABA in the penumbral cortex, which is one of the fundamental requisites for these neurons to function in the poststroke recovery.
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- Jiang, Wei, et al.
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Establishing a photothrombotic 'ring' stroke model in adult mice with late spontaneous reperfusion : quantitative measurements of cerebral blood flow and cerebral protein synthesis.
- 2006
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Ingår i: Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. - : SAGE Publications. - 0271-678X .- 1559-7016. ; 26:7, s. 927-936
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study sought to establish the photothrombotic ‘ring’ stroke model with late spontaneous reperfusion in adult mice. By applying a 3.0-mm diameter laser ring-beam (514 nm, 0.21 mm thick, 0.65 W/cm2) onto the exposed skull for 60 secs with concurrent erythrosin B (4.25 mg/kg) intravenous infusion for 15 secs, the centrally located cortical region within the ring locus was progressively encroached by an annular ring-shaped perfusion deficit. In this region, local cerebral blood flow (ICBF) measured by 1aser-Doppler flowmetry declined promptly after irradiation to 43% of the baseline value at 30 mins poststroke. Using double tracer autoradiography, quantitative ICBF measured with [14C]iodoantipyrine was 46 to 17 to 58 ml/100 g/mins at 4 h to 48 h to 7 days postischemia in this area. Cerebral protein synthesis (CPS), as detected by [3H]leucine incorporation into protein, transiently decreased to 57% to 38% to 112% at 4 h to 48 h to 7 days postischemia in the center region. Morphologically, some neurons in the center region appeared swollen at 4 h. At 48 h, the majority of neurons were severely swollen with eosinophilia and pyknosis, whereas at 7 days poststroke’ the tissue morphology became partly restored. The center within the mouse photothrombotic ring lesion thus exhibits reversible alterations of local CBF, CPS and tissue morphology that are reminiscent of the cortical penumbra in other models of focal cerebral ischemia.
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