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C-Bouton Coverage Of Alpha-Motoneurons Following Peripheral Nerve Injury, Esra Salah Shermadou
C-Bouton Coverage Of Alpha-Motoneurons Following Peripheral Nerve Injury, Esra Salah Shermadou
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Peripheral nerve injuries (PNI) cause alternations in central synapses leading to loss of function. The C-bouton synapses onto a-motoneurons in the ventral horn, and has a role in regulating motor output. Following tibial nerve ligation, the somatic C-bouton coverage is depleted (Alvarez et al., 2011), however, it is unknown what happens following crush type injuries. PNI causes neuroglia activation and proliferation that contribute to synaptic alterations, a response that has not been well-characterized in the ventral horn, where motoneurons are located. Therefore, I hypothesize that glia activation following peripheral nerve injury correlates to the degree of depletion of synaptic coverage …
Aquaporin 4 Expression And Distribution During Osmotic Brain Edema And Following Chronic Treatment Of Desipramine, Sergei Alexander Robinson
Aquaporin 4 Expression And Distribution During Osmotic Brain Edema And Following Chronic Treatment Of Desipramine, Sergei Alexander Robinson
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Osmotic brain edema or chronic treatment with desipramine alters brain water permeability. In this study we investigated aquaporin 4 expression and distribution in these two conditions. Brain edema development was induced by intraperitoneal water injection. Blood serum osmolality decreased from 296 ± 1 mOsm to 278 ± 2 mOsm within 15 min. Cerebral cortex water content increased from 79.8 ± 0.2 % to 81.3 ± 0.5% during 120 min of this hyposmotic exposure. Aquaporin 4 immunostaining intensity at the astrocytic endfeet increased in water injected animals from 2.6 ± 0.04 intensity unites (IU) to 3.2 ± 0.21 IU, while total …