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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-3-31
pubmed:abstractText
Fetal striatal cell suspensions were grafted stereotaxically into the infarcted striatum of rats, and reconstruction of striatopallidal GABA transmission and behavior were investigated. Occlusion of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) for one hour induced ischemic infarcts mainly in the lateral striatum, as detected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and histology. Ischemic rats had deficits in the performance of a passive avoidance task, both acquisition and retention, but no changes in general circadian actograms. In these animals pallidal GABA, detected by microdialysis, decreased to about half of control levels. There were suggestions of an improvement in passive avoidance performance in the grafted animals. Pallidal GABA concentrations recovered almost to control levels, and were increased by infusions of the GABA uptake blocker nipecotic acid. These data indicate that neural transplantation is a promising approach to improve the deficits in chemical transmission and behavior following ischemic infarcts in rat striatum.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0792-8483
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
147-55
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8110865-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8110865-Avoidance Learning, pubmed-meshheading:8110865-Basal Ganglia, pubmed-meshheading:8110865-Brain Ischemia, pubmed-meshheading:8110865-Brain Tissue Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:8110865-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:8110865-Cerebral Infarction, pubmed-meshheading:8110865-Circadian Rhythm, pubmed-meshheading:8110865-Corpus Striatum, pubmed-meshheading:8110865-Extracellular Space, pubmed-meshheading:8110865-Fetal Tissue Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:8110865-Globus Pallidus, pubmed-meshheading:8110865-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:8110865-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8110865-Microdialysis, pubmed-meshheading:8110865-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:8110865-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:8110865-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:8110865-Synaptic Transmission, pubmed-meshheading:8110865-gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
pubmed:articleTitle
Reconstruction of GABAergic transmission and behavior by striatal cell grafts in rats with ischemic infarcts in the middle cerebral artery.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, Nagoya City University Medical School, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't