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ArticleChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2011

Effects of nerve growth factor in experimental model of focal microgyria.

Antonio Chiaretti, Alessandro Narducci, Federica Novegno, Alessia Antonelli, Filomena Pierri, Claudia Fantacci, Concezio Di Rocco, Gianpiero Tamburrini

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Article in Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Antonio ChiarettiDepartment of Pediatric Neurosciences, Gemelli Hospital, Catholic University Medical School, Largo F. Vito, 1-00168 Rome, Italy. achiaretti@yahoo.it
Alessandro Narducci
Federica Novegno
Alessia Antonelli
Filomena Pierri
Claudia Fantacci
Concezio Di Rocco
Gianpiero Tamburrini
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · ITAgostino Gemelli University Polyclinic · ITCatholic University of America · USPoliclinico Tor Vergata · IT

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aimThe effects on neural repair of intraparenchymal nerve growth factor (NGF) administration were evaluated in neonate Wistar rats with experimentally induced focal microgyria.

methodsA freezing focal polymicrogyric lesion was induced on the frontal cortex in 35 newborn Wistar rats on postnatal day 1. NGF was administered in 15 cases, with 20 pups as controls. Animals were sacrificed at 72 h and 7 days after NGF administration. Real-time PCR was used for the quantification of the expression of TrkA, p75, and doublecortin (DCX) at the level of the cortical lesion in seven different groups of animals: control 72 h (n = 5), control 7 days (n = 5), microgyria 72 h (n = 5), microgyria 7 days (n = 5), microgyria + NGF 72 h (n = 5), microgyria + NGF 7 days (n = 5), and control + NGF (n = 5).

resultsA significant increase in TrkA expression was found in the microgyria + NGF 7 days group compared to the others. TrkA upregulation was already visible 72 h after NGF administration. Unlike TrkA, p75 expression increased in animals subjected to the experimental focal microgyria and decreased markedly after NGF administration. DCX expression in injured animals was observed to increase strongly 7 days after NGF administration compared with other groups.

conclusionsNGF administration interferes with neural repair mechanisms at the polymicrogyric lesion site by means of TrkA and DCX upregulation which possibly counteracts the process of apoptosis caused by the brain injury.

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AnimalsAnimals, NewbornDisease Models, AnimalDoublecortin Domain ProteinsDoublecortin ProteinFreezingGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalMalformations of Cortical DevelopmentMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsNerve Growth FactorNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuropeptidesRatsRats, WistarReceptors, Growth FactorReceptors, Nerve Growth FactorDcx protein, ratDoublecortin Domain ProteinsDoublecortin ProteinMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsNerve Growth FactorNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuropeptidesNgfr protein, ratReceptors, Growth FactorReceptors, Nerve Growth FactorReceptor, trkARNA, Messenger

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PMID21720818
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