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Effect of rat spinal cord injury (hemisection) on the ex vivo uptake and release of [3H]noradrenaline from a slice preparation

Borbély, Zoltán and Csomó, Benedek Krisztián and Kittel, Ágnes and Gerber, Gábor and Varga, Gábor and Vizi, E. Szilveszter (2017) Effect of rat spinal cord injury (hemisection) on the ex vivo uptake and release of [3H]noradrenaline from a slice preparation. BRAIN RESEARCH BULLETIN, 131. pp. 150-155. ISSN 0361-9230

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Abstract

We measured the ex vivo uptake and release of [3H]noradrenaline ([3H]NA) from perfused rat spinal cord slice preparations at 1, 3 and 14days after unilateral hemisection-induced spinal cord injury (SCI) compared with control slice preparations. After surgical hemisection under anaesthesia, the rats showed characteristic signs of hemiplegia, with no movement of the ipsilateral hindlimb. After 3days, the electron microscopy images showed overall degeneration of neuronal organelles and the myelin sheath, but the synapses seemed to be intact. In ex vivo experiments, the spinal cord injury did not influence uptake but increased [3H]NA release at rest and in response to axonal stimulation. The effect of a selective noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor, nisoxetine, was studied to identify the mechanisms underlying the increase in NA release. Nisoxetine potentiated stimulation-evoked [3H]NA release from the non-injured tissue, but it gradually lost its effectiveness after injury, depending on the time (1 and 3days) elapsed after hemisection, indicating that the noradrenaline transporter binding sites of the terminals become impaired after decentralisation.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: R Medicine / orvostudomány > R1 Medicine (General) / orvostudomány általában > R850-854 Experimental medicine / kisérleti orvostudomány
R Medicine / orvostudomány > RS Pharmacy and materia medica / gyógyszerészet, gyógyászati eszközök
SWORD Depositor: MTMT SWORD
Depositing User: MTMT SWORD
Date Deposited: 14 Jun 2017 10:00
Last Modified: 31 May 2018 23:15
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/54825

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