扣带回毁损对甲基苯丙胺大鼠颞叶皮质多巴胺D2受体的影响

目的探讨扣带回立体定向毁损对甲基苯丙胺(MAP)大鼠脑内颞叶皮质多巴胺D2受体表达的影响。方法80只SD大鼠随机分为对照组、MAP组、MAP 毁损组和MAP 假毁损组,每组各20只;采用经腹腔注射MAP制备精神分裂症MAP模型,立体定向-射频毁损扣带回,免疫组织化学ABC法观察颞叶皮质D2受体的表达。结果与对照组比较,MAP组及MAP 假毁损组大鼠颞叶皮质D2受体表达差异有显著性(P<0.01);MAP 毁损组大鼠颞叶皮质DA受体阳性细胞数目与对照组比较差异无显著性(P>0.05)。结论扣带回毁损可以抑制使用MAP而诱发的颞叶皮质D2表达的亢进。     

中隔核毁损对甲基苯丙胺大鼠颞叶皮质多巴胺受体的影响

目的　探讨立体定向中隔核毁损对甲基苯丙胺 (MAP)大鼠脑颞叶皮质多巴胺D2 受体表达的影响。方法　 4 0只SD大鼠随机分为对照组、MAP组、MAP +毁损组和MAP +假毁损组 ,每组各 10只 ;采用经腹腔注射MAP制备精神分裂症MAP模型 ,立体定向 射频毁损中隔核 ,免疫组织化学ABC法观察颞叶皮质D2 受体的表达。结果　与对照组比较 ,MAP组及MAP +假毁损组大鼠颞叶皮质D2 受体表达有非常显著性差异 (P <0 .0 1) ;MAP+毁损组大鼠颞叶皮质DA受体阳性细胞数目与对照组比较差异无显著性 (P >0 .0 5 )。结论　中隔核毁损可以抑制使用MAP而诱发的颞叶皮质D2 表达的亢进。     

杏仁核和扣带回毁损对甲基苯丙胺大鼠边缘区多巴胺受体的影响

目的　探讨立体定向杏仁核和扣带回的联合毁损对甲基苯丙胺 (MAP)大鼠脑内边缘区多巴胺D2受体表达的影响。方法　 4 0只SD大鼠随机分为对照组、MAP组、MAP加毁损组和MAP加假毁损组 ,每组各 10只 ;采用经腹腔注射MAP制备精神分裂症MAP模型 ,立体定向 射频毁损杏仁核和扣带回 ,免疫组织化学ABC法观察边缘区D2受体的表达。结果　与对照组比较 ,MAP组及MAP加假毁损组大鼠边缘区D2受体表达有非常显著性差异(P <0 0 1) ;MAP加毁损组大鼠边缘区D2受体阳性细胞数目与对照组比较无显著性差异 (P <0 0 1)。结论　杏仁核和扣带回的联合毁损可以抑制使用MAP而诱发的边缘区D2表达的亢进。     

杏仁核和扣带回联合毁损对MAP大鼠脑内多巴胺D2受体的影响

目的探讨联合毁损杏仁核和扣带回对甲基苯丙胺(M AP)大鼠脑内边缘区多巴胺D2受体表达的影响。方法40只SD大鼠随机分为对照组、M AP组、M AP 毁损组和M AP 假毁损组,每组各10只;采用经腹腔注射M AP制备精神分裂症M AP模型,立体定向-射频毁损杏仁核和扣带回,免疫组织化学ABC法观察边缘区D2受体的表达。结果与对照组和M AP 损毁组比较,M AP组及M AP 假毁损组大鼠边缘区D2受体表达有显著性差异(P<0.01);M AP 毁损组大鼠边缘区D2受体阳性细胞率与对照组比较差异无显著性(P>0.05)。结论杏仁核和扣带回的联合毁损可抑制使用M A P诱发的边缘区D2受体表达的亢进。     

杏仁核毁损对甲基苯丙胺精神分裂症大鼠边缘区多巴胺D2受体的影响

目的探讨立体定向杏仁核毁损对甲基苯丙胺(methamphetamine,MAP)精神分裂症大鼠脑内边缘区多巴胺D2受体表达的影响.方法40只SD大鼠随机分为对照组、模型组、假手术组和手术组,每组各10只;采用经腹腔注射MAP制备精神分裂症MAP模型,立体定向-射频毁损杏仁核,原位杂交法观察边缘区多巴胺D2受体的表达.结果与对照组比较,模型组及假手术组大鼠边缘区多巴胺D2受体表达有非常显著性差异(P＜0.01);手术组大鼠边缘区多巴胺DA受体阳性细胞数目与对照组比较差异无显著性(P＜0.01).结论杏仁核毁损可以抑制使用MAP而诱发的边缘区D2表达的亢进.     

伏隔核毁损对MAP模型大鼠行为及脑内DA受体的影响

目的 探讨立体定向伏隔核毁损对甲基苯丙胺（MAP）模型大鼠行为学及不同脑区多巴胺D2受体表达的影响。方法 将80只SD大鼠随机分为对照组、模型组、假手术组和手术组，每组各20只。经腹腔注射MAP制备精神分裂症模型，采用立体定向一直流电毁损伏隔核，观察大鼠刻板行为变化；并采用原位杂交法观察额叶、颞叶、边缘区及脑干部位的D2受体表达。结果 与对照组比较，模型组及假手术组大鼠刻板行为评分及各个脑区D2受体表达均显著性增加；与模型组及假手术组比较，手术组大鼠刻板行为评分及各脑区DA受体阳性细胞数目均显著性减少。结论 伏隔核毁损可能通过抑制MAP诱发的脑内D2表达亢进而改变其行为学异常。     

伏隔核毁损对MAP模型大鼠行为及脑内DA受体影响的研究

目的探讨立体定向伏隔核毁损对甲基苯丙胺(MAP)模型大鼠行为学及不同脑区多巴胺D2受体表达的影响。方法80只SpraqueDawley(SD)大鼠随即分为对照组、模型组、假手术组和手术组,每组各20只;采用经腹腔注射MAP制备精神分裂症模型,立体定向-直流电毁损伏隔核,观察大鼠刻板行为变化,原位杂交法观察额叶、颞叶、边缘区及脑干部位D2受体表达。结果与对照组比较,模型组及假手术组大鼠刻板行为评分及各个脑区D2受体表达均显著增加;而与模型组及假手术组比较,手术组大鼠刻板行为评分及各脑区DA受体阳性细胞数目均显著减少。结论伏隔核毁损可能是通过抑制使用MAP而诱发的脑内D2表达的亢进而改变其行为学的异常。     

基底外侧杏仁核和隔内侧核毁损对精神分裂症大鼠行为学及中脑D2受体的影响

目的 探讨立体定向基底外侧杏仁核(BLN)和隔内侧核(MS)的联合毁损对甲基苯丙胺(MAP)大鼠中脑脑区多巴胺D2受体(D2DR)表达的影响.方法 48只SD大鼠随机分为对照组、模型组、假手术组、基底外侧杏仁核毁损组(BLN组)、隔内侧核毁损组(MS组)、基底外侧杏仁核与隔内侧核联合毁损组(BLN MS组),每组各8只;采用经腹腔注射MAP制备精神分裂症MAP模型,立体定向--直流电毁损BLN和MS,原位杂交法观察中脑脑区D2DR的表达.结果 与对照组比较,模型组及假手术组大鼠中脑D2DR表达有非常显著性差异(P<0.01); BLN组、MS组及(BLN MS)组中脑D2DR阳性细胞数目与显著低于模型组(P<0.01).结论 BLN和MS的联合毁损可以抑制使用MAP而诱发的中脑D2DR表达的亢进.     

杏仁核毁损对甲基苯丙胺大鼠脑内5-HT2A受体的影响

目的探讨杏仁核毁损对甲基苯丙胺（MAP）大鼠脑内5-HT2A受体表达的影响。方法24只SD大鼠分为对照组、模型组、假手术组和手术组，每组各6只；采用腹腔注射MAP制备精神分裂症模型，立体定向毁损杏仁核，采用Sams-Dodd法评定各组动物刻板行为的变化，以PCR技术测定脑组织中5-HT2A受体mRNA的表达。结果杏仁核毁损可明显降低MAP大鼠刻板行为评分（P〈0．05）。各组大鼠额叶、颞叶皮质和中脑均有5-HT2A受体mNRA（61lbp）的阳性表达，且均以额叶皮质表达最为强烈；模型组及假手术组大鼠中脑5-HT2A受体mRNA受体表达的水平明显低于对照组和手术组（P〈0．05）。结论杏仁核毁损可改善MAP大鼠的刻板行为，这可能是通过中脑5-HT2A受体mRNA表达的增高而起作用。     

杏仁核毁损对甲基苯丙胺大鼠刻板行为和额叶皮质多巴胺的影响

目的　探讨立体定向杏仁核毁损对甲基苯丙胺 (methamphetamine ,MAP)大鼠刻板行为和额叶皮质多巴胺 (dopamine ,DA)含量的影响。方法　立体定向射频毁损杏仁核 ,经腹腔注射MAP观察大鼠行为学改变 ,荧光分光光度法测定额叶皮质DA含量。结果　杏仁核毁损组大鼠较假手术组大鼠刻板行为评分显著降低 ;甲基苯丙胺逆耐受持续时间显著缩短 ,潜伏期显著延长。MAP大鼠额叶皮质DA含量显著高于对照组 ;杏仁核毁损组的MAP大鼠额叶皮质DA含量显著低于假毁损组。结论　杏仁核毁损可有效地对抗使用甲基苯丙胺而出现的逆耐受现象 ,对额叶皮质DA增高有明显阻断作用     

视频脑电图在小儿癫痫诊断中的应用

目的评价视频脑电图(video-EEG)在小儿癫诊断中的应用价值。方法对126例具有发作性症状的患儿进行连续8h的包括清醒、睡眠、诱发试验及必要的认知测验的视频脑电图监测。结果经发作期视频脑电图证实,39例初诊为癫性发作的患儿中14例(35%)为非癫性发作;15例其他症状发作中13例(86%)为非癫性发作。64例样放电患儿中51例(80%)确定发作类型,22例(34%)确定癫类型。视频脑电图可发现短暂轻微的癫发作及样放电引起的一过性认知损伤。结论视频脑电图在排除非癫性发作、确定癫性发作的类型、评价脑电-临床关系方面可提供准确可靠的证据,进一步提高癫的临床诊断水平。     

Role of glutathione in repair of free radical damage in hippocampus in vitro.

Depletion of glutathione (GSH), an intrinsic antioxidant, increases vulnerability to free radical damage in a number of cell systems. This study investigates the role of GSH in limiting electrophysiological damage and/or recovery from free radical exposure in slices of guinea pig hippocampus. Synaptic potentials (PSPs) and population spikes (PSs) were recorded from field CA1. Free radicals were generated from 0.006% peroxide through the Fenton reaction. Analysis of the input-output curves showed that peroxide treatment decreased PSPs and impaired ability of the PSPs to generate PSs as previously reported. Recovery was nearly total within a half hour. Treatment with 5 mM buthionine sulfoximine (BSO) for 2 h depleted hippocampal GSH to 79.2% of control values. The extent of free radical damage was not increased. Recovery, however, was only partial. GSH was further depleted by oxidation with diamide or covalent bonding with dimethyl fumarate (DMF) immediately before and during the peroxide treatment. Neither diamide nor DMF treatment in BSO-incubated tissue enhanced peroxide-induced electrophysiological deficits. Following these treatments, however, tissue showed little recovery from free radical damage. We conclude that glutathione is essential for repair processes in hippocampal neurons exposed to oxidative damage.     

Storage of lipofuscin in neurons in mucopolysaccharidosis

Summary A histochemical and ultrastructural study was made on the brain of a 23-year-old man with Sanfilippo's syndrome. In accordance with previous reports the cortical nerve cells contained a PAS-positive lipid storage substance. This showed intense autofluorescence in UV-light and was positive with various stains for lipofuscin. The storage material appeared ultrastructurally as inclusion bodies composed of short lamellated membranes, granular material, and vacuoles. In addition, concentrically and transversely lamellated membranous cytoplasmic bodies were observed in the nerve cells. It is concluded that the PAS-positive lipid storage material in the neurons was composed partly of lipofuscin in addition to other lipids presumably glycosphingolipids.Supported by a grant from the Expressen Prenatal Research Foundation     

Neuroprotective properties of memantine in different in vitro and in vivo models of excitotoxicity

The pathogenesis of stroke, trauma and chronic degenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), has been linked to excitotoxic processes due to inappropriate stimulation of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDA-R). Attempts to use potent competitive NMDA-R antagonists as neuroprotectants have shown serious side-effects in patients. As an alternative approach, we were interested in the anti-excitotoxic properties of memantine, a well-tolerated low affinity uncompetitive NMDA-R antagonist presently used as an anti-dementia agent. We explored in a series of models of increasing complexity, whether this voltage-dependent channel blocker had neuroprotective properties at clinically relevant concentrations. As expected, memantine protected neurons in organotypic hippocampal slices or dissociated cultures from direct NMDA-induced excitotoxicity. However, low concentrations of memantine were also effective in neuronal (cortical neurons and cerebellar granule cells) stress models dependent on endogenous glutamate stimulation and mitochondrial stress, i.e. exposure to hypoxia, the mitochondrial toxin 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+) or a nitric oxide (NO) donor. Furthermore, memantine reduced lethality and brain damage in vivo in a model of neonatal hypoxia-ischemia (HI). Finally, we investigated functional rescue (neuronal capacity to migrate along radial glia) by memantine in cerebellar microexplant cultures exposed to the indirect excitotoxin 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NP). Potent NMDA-R antagonists, such as (+)MK-801, are known to block neuronal migration in microexplant cultures. Interestingly, memantine significantly restored the number of neurons able to migrate out of the stressed microexplants. These findings suggest that inhibition of the NMDA-R by memantine is sufficient to block excitotoxicity, while still allowing some degree of signalling.