Influence of stereotaxically injected scrapie on neurotransmitter systems of mouse cerebellum.
Influence of stereotaxically injected scrapie on neurotransmitter systems of mouse cerebellum.
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立体定向注射痒病对小鼠小脑神经递质系统的影响。
DOI:
10.1016/0006-8993(88)91192-4
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发表时间:
1988
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Carp,RI
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作者:
Quinn,MR;Kim,YS;Lossinsky,AS;Carp,RI
The 22L strain of scrapie was injected stereotaxically into the cerebellum of C57BL/6J mice to determine its effect on several cerebellar neurotransmitter systems during the early clinical stages of the disease. In this model vacuolar lesions are restricted to the cerebellum with no evidence of vacuolization in other brain regions. Although lesions develop throughtout all cell layers of the cerebellum, they are most severe in the granule cell layer. Modest but significant (P < 0.01) reductions in cerebellar weight, glutamate decarboxylase activity, and in the affinity of theN6-[adenine-2,8-3H]cyclohexyladenosine binding sites, were observed in scrapie affected mice. The densities of the high- and low-affinity adenosine receptors were unaffected. Adenosine receptors in the cerebellum are highly localized to the axon terminals of the glutamatergic, GABA receptive granule cells. GABA, benzodiazepine, glutamate, and muscarinic cholinergic receptors were significantly altered. In addition, the high-affinity uptake of glutamate, and the activity of choline acetyltransferase were not significantly changed. GABA high-affinity uptake was slightly increased. Even though the granule cell layer of the cerebellum had undergone severe vacuolation, only modest neurotransmitter changes were apparent. Although these results suggest a tenous relationship between scrapie pathology and the integrity of neurotransmitter systems, it is possible that compensatory neurochemical changes in uncompromised neuronal populations may have masked potentially specific neurotransmitter effects.