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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-10-31
pubmed:abstractText
ALS is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a selective loss of upper motor neurons in the motor cortex and lower motor neurons in the brain stem and spinal cord. About 10% of ALS cases are familial, in 10-20% of these, mutations in the gene coding for superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) can be detected. Overexpression of mutated SOD1 in mice created animal models which clinically resemble ALS. Abnormalities in glutamatergic and GABAergic neurotransmission presumably contribute to the selective motor neuron damage in ALS. By in situ hybridization histochemistry (ISH), we investigated the spinal mRNA expression of the GABAA and AMPA type glutamate receptor subunits at different disease stages on spinal cord sections of mutant SOD1 mice and control animals overexpressing wild-type SOD1 aged 40, 80, 120 days and at disease end-stage, i.e. around 140 days) (n=5, respectively). We detected a slight but statistically significant decrease of the AMPA receptor subunits GluR3 and GluR4 only in end stage disease animals.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-510X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
238
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
25-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16087196-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:16087196-Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, pubmed-meshheading:16087196-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16087196-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:16087196-Densitometry, pubmed-meshheading:16087196-Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, pubmed-meshheading:16087196-Gliosis, pubmed-meshheading:16087196-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:16087196-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:16087196-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16087196-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:16087196-Motor Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:16087196-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:16087196-Nerve Degeneration, pubmed-meshheading:16087196-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:16087196-Receptors, AMPA, pubmed-meshheading:16087196-Receptors, GABA, pubmed-meshheading:16087196-Receptors, GABA-A, pubmed-meshheading:16087196-Receptors, Glutamate, pubmed-meshheading:16087196-Spinal Cord, pubmed-meshheading:16087196-Superoxide Dismutase
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
The cellular mRNA expression of GABA and glutamate receptors in spinal motor neurons of SOD1 mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, D-30623, Hannover, Germany. sup2010@med.cornell.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't