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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-3-24
pubmed:abstractText
Although reduced calcium binding protein (CBP) immunoreactivities in the epileptic hippocampus have been well established, it has been controversial that these changes may directly indicate neuronal degeneration. In the present study, therefore, we investigated CBP expressions in the gerbil hippocampus following treatment with gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor antagonists in order to assess whether altered CBP expressions are the result of either abnormal excitation or indicative of neuronal damage/degeneration. Seizure-sensitive (SS) gerbils showed a loss/decline of CBP immunoreactivities in some hippocampal neurons as compared with seizure-resistant (SR) gerbils. In muscimol (GABA(A) receptor agonist) treated SS gerbils, expression levels of CBP were enhanced as compared with saline-treated SS gerbils. Bicuculline (a GABA(A) receptor antagonist) treatment markedly reduced CBP immunoreactivities in hippocampal neurons of the SR gerbil. Baclofen (a GABA(B) receptor agonist) treatment increased CBP immunoreactivities in the hippocampus of SS gerbils, although its effect was lower than that of muscimol treatment. Moreover, phaclofen (GABA(B) receptor antagonist) treated SR gerbil showed reduction in calbindin D-28K immunoreactivity, not parvalbumin immunoreactivity, in the hippocampus. These findings therefore suggest that reduced CBP immunoreactivities may be the consequence of abnormal discharge caused by loss of GABAergic inhibition rather than an indication of the neuronal damage/degeneration.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Baclofen, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bicuculline, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium-Binding Protein, Vitamin..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/GABA Agonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/GABA Antagonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Muscimol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Parvalbumins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/calbindin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/calretinin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/gamma-Aminobutyric Acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/phaclofen
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0021-9967
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
2
pubmed:volume
485
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
153-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15776449-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15776449-Baclofen, pubmed-meshheading:15776449-Bicuculline, pubmed-meshheading:15776449-Calcium-Binding Protein, Vitamin D-Dependent, pubmed-meshheading:15776449-Calcium-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15776449-Cell Count, pubmed-meshheading:15776449-GABA Agonists, pubmed-meshheading:15776449-GABA Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:15776449-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:15776449-Gerbillinae, pubmed-meshheading:15776449-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:15776449-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:15776449-Muscimol, pubmed-meshheading:15776449-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:15776449-Parvalbumins, pubmed-meshheading:15776449-Seizures, pubmed-meshheading:15776449-Synaptic Transmission, pubmed-meshheading:15776449-gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of GABAergic transmissions on the immunoreactivities of calcium binding proteins in the gerbil hippocampus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chunchon, Kangwon-Do 200-702, South Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't