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ArticleMuscles, ligaments and tendons journal2012

From muscle research to clinical applications: Do glutamate antagonists aid muscle recovery?

Maria Albani, Athanasios Chatzisotiriou, Nikolaos Gougoulias

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Article in Muscles, ligaments and tendons journal, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maria AlbaniLaboratory of Physiology, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Athanasios Chatzisotiriou
Nikolaos Gougoulias
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It has been shown in the rat, that during the first five postnatal days, motoneurons are particularly vulnerable to excitotoxic cell death and glutamate receptors play a significant role in this time-dependent process. Various categories of glutamate blockers (MK-801, Mg, PNQX, DAP-5) have various actions on the respective receptors. Furthermore, the different response between mature and immature motoneurons following injury is attributed to the quantity of glutamate receptors on the cell membrane. The effect of these substances on the recovery of fast and slow muscles after sciatic nerve crush, at critical developmental stages, shows a variable but impressive reversal of the devastating effects on rat muscle properties, which is different between fast and slow muscles. In addition, blocking of NMDA receptors by various substances rescues motoneurons and increases the number of motor units surviving into adulthood. In this way, glutamate receptor blockers may represent a promising therapeutic approach to retain nerve and muscle function during neurodegenerative events.

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AMPAexcitotoxicityglutamate antagonistsmuscle plasticityNMDAreinnervation

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PMID23738276
PMCPMC3666501
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