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1400652

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-11-25
pubmed:abstractText
Temperature is known to influence the extent of anoxic/ischemic injury in gray matter of the brain. We tested the hypothesis that small changes in temperature during anoxic exposure could affect the degree of functional injury seen in white matter, using the isolated rat optic nerve, a typical CNS white matter tract (Foster et al., 1982). Functional recovery after anoxia was monitored by quantitative assessment of the compound action potential (CAP) area. Small changes in ambient temperature, within a range of 32 to 42 degrees C, mildly affected the CAP of the optic nerve under normoxic conditions. Reducing the temperature to < 37 degrees C caused a reversible increase in the CAP area and in the latencies of all three CAP peaks; increasing the temperature to > 37 degrees C had opposite effects. Functional recovery of white matter following 60 min of anoxia was strongly influenced by temperature during the period of anoxia. The average recovery of the CAP, relative to control, after 60 min of anoxia administered at 37 degrees C was 35.4 +/- 7%; when the temperature was lowered by 2.5 degrees C (i.e., to 34.5 degrees C) for the period of anoxic exposure, the extent of functional recovery improved to 64.6 +/- 15% (p < 0.00001). Lowering the temperature to 32 degrees C during anoxic exposure for 60 min resulted in even greater functional recovery (100.5 +/- 14% of the control CAP area). Conversely, if temperature was increased to > 37 degrees C during anoxia, the functional outcome worsened, e.g., CAP recovery at 42 degrees C was 8.5 +/- 7% (p < 0.00001). Hypothermia (i.e., 32 degrees C) for 30 min immediately following anoxia at 37 degrees C did not improve the functional outcome. Many processes within the brain are temperature sensitive, including O2 consumption, and it is not clear which of these is most relevant to the observed effects of temperature on recovery of white matter from anoxic injury. Unlike the situation in gray matter, the temperature dependency of anoxic injury cannot be related to reduced release of excitotoxins like glutamate, because neurotransmitters play no role in the pathophysiology of anoxic damage in white matter (Ransom et al., 1990a). It is more likely that temperature affects the rate of ion transport by the Na(+)-Ca2+ exchanger, the transporter responsible for intracellular Ca2+ loading during anoxia in white matter, and/or the rate of some destructive intracellular enzymatic mechanism(s) activated by pathological increases in intracellular Ca2+.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0271-678X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
977-86
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of temperature on evoked electrical activity and anoxic injury in CNS white matter.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't