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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-2-14
pubmed:abstractText
Kainic acid administration into the cerebellar dorsal lobe of the goldfish causes selective degeneration of some neuronal types. Stellate and Golgi neurons are very sensitive to the neurotoxin and undergo rapid degeneration. On the basis of their differential responses to kainic acid, Purkinje cells can be divided in two distinct sub-populations (i.e. sensitive and insensitive neurons). The degenerative changes of the Purkinje neurons are in addition remarkably slow in comparison with the same cells in mammals or with stellate and Golgi neurons in the goldfish. Granule cells, as well as the cerebellar afferent fiber system, are not significantly affected. Six days after kainic acid administration, the level of glutamate decarboxylase in the cerebellar dorsal lobe drops to about 40% of the control value. This result suggests that the neurons sensitive to kainic acid neurotoxicity are, at least in part, GABAergic. Light- and electron-microscopic autoradiography of cerebellar elements selectively accumulating [3H]GABA, supports this idea. Moderate decreases of acetylcholinesterase and protein content were also noticed in the kainic acid-treated cerebellar dorsal lobe.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0306-4522
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2515-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Neurotoxic effect of kainic acid on ultrastructure and GABAergic parameters in the goldfish cerebellum.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article