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ArticleNeurochemical research2010

Recovery of motor deficit, cerebellar serotonin and lipid peroxidation levels in the cortex of injured rats.

Antonio Bueno-Nava, Rigoberto Gonzalez-Pina, Alfonso Alfaro-Rodriguez, Vladimir Nekrassov-Protasova, Alfredo Durand-Rivera, Sergio Montes, Fructuoso Ayala-Guerrero

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Article in Neurochemical research, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Antonio Bueno-NavaDepartamento de Neurofisiologia, INR, SSA, Deleg. Tlalpan, Mexico City, Mexico.
Rigoberto Gonzalez-Pina
Alfonso Alfaro-Rodriguez
Vladimir Nekrassov-Protasova
Alfredo Durand-Rivera
Sergio Montes
Fructuoso Ayala-Guerrero
Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación · MXUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México · MX

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The sensorimotor cortex and the cerebellum are interconnected by the corticopontocerebellar (CPC) pathway and by neuronal groups such as the serotonergic system. Our aims were to determine the levels of cerebellar serotonin (5-HT) and lipid peroxidation (LP) after cortical iron injection and to analyze the motor function produced by the injury. Rats were divided into the following three groups: control, injured and recovering. Motor function was evaluated using the beam-walking test as an assessment of overall locomotor function and the footprint test as an assessment of gait. We also determined the levels of 5-HT and LP two and twenty days post-lesion. We found an increase in cerebellar 5-HT and a concomitant increase in LP in the pons and cerebellum of injured rats, which correlated with their motor deficits. Recovering rats showed normal 5-HT and LP levels. The increase of 5-HT in injured rats could be a result of serotonergic axonal injury after cortical iron injection. The LP and motor deficits could be due to impairments in neuronal connectivity affecting the corticospinal and CPC tracts and dysmetric stride could be indicative of an ataxic gait that involves the cerebellum.

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GaitLipid PeroxidationMotor ActivityAnimalsCerebellumFerrous CompoundsMaleNerve DegenerationPonsRatsRats, WistarSerotoninferrous chlorideFerrous CompoundsSerotonin

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