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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha induces cFOS and strongly potentiates glutamate-mediated cell death in the rat spinal cord.
Neurobiology of disease - 1 Aug 2001
Hermann G E, Rogers R C, Bresnahan J C, Beattie M S
Abstract excerpt
Excitotoxic cell death due to glutamate release is important in the secondary injury following CNS trauma or ischemia. Proinflammatory cytokines also play a role. Both glutamate and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF(alpha)) are released immediately after spinal cord injury. Neurophysiological studies show that TNF(alpha) can potentiate the effects of glutamatergic afferent input to produce hyperactivation of...
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