Elevated immunoreactivity for glutamic acid decarboxylase in the rat cerebral cortex following transient middle cerebral artery occlusion |
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Authors: | Kazumichi Yamada Satoshi Goto Taro Oyama Nobuhiro Inoue Shinji Nagahiro Yukitaka Ushio |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratory for Cerebrovascular Disorders and Neuroscience, Departemnt of Neurosurgery, Kumamoto University Medical School, 860 Kumamoto, Japan |
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Abstract: | We investigated the expression of glutamic acid decarboxylase (molecular weight 67,000; GAD67) immunohistochemically in the rat cerebral cortex following transient middle cereral artery occlusion (MCAO) capable of producing slowly progressive neuronal damage. An increase in GAD67 immunoreactivity was observed in the cerebral cortex ipsilateral to the ischemic insult, most prominent in lamina IV, 3 to 14 days after MCAO. At this stage, light microscopy showed GAD67-positive puncta to be larger and more strongly immunoreactive in the ipsilateral cortex than those in the contralateral side. The elevated expression of GAD67 in the insulted cortex may reflect part of the adaptive functional changes in GABA transmission with slowly progressive cortical ischemic damage.Supported in part by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan |
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Keywords: | Glutamic acid decarboxylase Transient cerebral ischemia Rat brain Immunohistochemistry Cortical ischemic lesion |
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