简介:Injurytoaxonsclosetotheneuronalbodiesinthemammaliancentralnervoussystemcausesalargeproportionofparentingneuronstodegenerate.Itisknownthatopticnervetransectionclosetotheeyeinrodentsleadstoalossofabouthalfofretinalganglioncellsin1weekandabout90%in2weeks.Usinglowlevellasertreatmentinthepresentstudy,wedemonstratedthattreatmentwithhelium-neon(660nm)laserwith15mWpowercoulddelayretinalganglioncelldeathafteropticnerveaxotomyinadulthamsters.Theeffectwasmostapparentinthefirstweekwithashortperiodoftreatmenttime(5minutes)inwhich65–66%ofretinalganglioncellssurvivedtheopticnerveaxotomywhereas45–47%ofretinalganglioncellsdidsoinopticnerveaxotomycontrols.Wealsofoundthatsingledoseandearlycommencementoflaserirradiationwereimportantinprotectingretinalganglioncellsfollowingopticnerveaxotomy.Thesefindingsthusconvincinglyshowthatappropriatelasertreatmentmaybeneuroprotectivetoretinalganglioncells.更多还原
简介:Nestin+neuronshavebeenshowntoexpresscholineacetyltransferase(ChAT)inthemedialseptum-diagonalbandofBrocainadultrats.Thisstudyexploredtheprojectionofnestin+neuronstotheolfactorybulbandthetimecourseofnestin+neuronsinthemedialseptum-diagonalbandofBrocainadultratsduringinjuryrecoveryafterolfactorynervetransection.Thisstudyobservedthatallnestin+neuronsweredouble-labeledwithChATinthemedialseptum-diagonalbandofBroca.Approximately53.6%ofnestin+neuronswereprojectedtotheolfactorybulbandco-labeledwithfastblue.Alargenumberofnestin+neuronswerenotpresentineachregionofthemedialseptum-diagonalbandofBroca.Nestin+neuronsinthemedialseptumandverticallimbofthediagonalbandofBrocashowedobviouscompensatoryfunction.Thenumberofnestin+neuronsdecreasedtoaminimumlaterthannestin–/ChAT+neuronsinthemedialseptum-diagonalbandofBroca.Theresultssuggestthatnestin+cholinergicneuronsmayhaveacloserconnectiontoolfactorybulbneurons.Nestin+cholinergicneuronsmayhaveastrongertolerancetoinjurythanNestin–/ChAT+neurons.Thedifferencebetweennestin+andnestin–/ChAT+neuronsduringtherecoveryprocessrequiresfurtherinvestigations.