Article
Elevated synaptic activity preconditions neurons against an in vitro model of ischemia.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 12 Dec 2008
Tauskela Joseph S, Fang Hung, Hewitt Melissa, Brunette Eric, Ahuja Tarun, Thivierge Jean-Philippe, Comas Tanya, Mealing Geoffrey A R
Abstract excerpt
Tolerance to otherwise lethal cerebral ischemia in vivo or to oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) in vitro can be induced by prior transient exposure to N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA): preconditioning in this manner activates extrasynaptic and synaptic NMDA receptors and can require bringing neurons to the "brink of death." We considered if this stressful requirement could be minimized by the stimulation of...
Topics
- Animals
- Brain
- Brain Ischemia
- Calcium
- In Vitro Techniques
- Ischemic Preconditioning
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3
- Models, Biological
