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ArticleNeural regeneration research2015

Dantrolene enhances the protective effect of hypothermia on cerebral cortex neurons.

Sui-Yi Xu, Feng-Yun Hu, Li-Jie Ren, Lei Chen, Zhu-Qing Zhou, Xie-Jun Zhang, Wei-Ping Li

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Article in Neural regeneration research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Current clinical application of dantrolene sodium.Anesthesia and pain medicine · 2023
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  4. Neuroprotection by Therapeutic Hypothermia.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sui-Yi XuPostdoctoral Workstation, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China ; Department of Brain Center, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Neurosurgery, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen University First Affiliated Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China.
Feng-Yun HuDepartment of Neurology, Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China.
Li-Jie RenDepartment of Brain Center, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Neurosurgery, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen University First Affiliated Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China.
Lei ChenDepartment of Brain Center, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Neurosurgery, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen University First Affiliated Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China.
Zhu-Qing ZhouDepartment of Brain Center, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Neurosurgery, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen University First Affiliated Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China.
Xie-Jun ZhangDepartment of Brain Center, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Neurosurgery, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen University First Affiliated Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China.
Wei-Ping LiPostdoctoral Workstation, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China ; Department of Brain Center, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Neurosurgery, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen University First Affiliated Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8908-011X
Shenzhen Second People's Hospital · CNShanxi Medical University · CNSun Yat-sen University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Therapeutic hypothermia is the most promising non-pharmacological neuroprotective strategy against ischemic injury. However, shivering is the most common adverse reaction. Many studies have shown that dantrolene is neuroprotective in in vitro and in vivo ischemic injury models. In addition to its neuroprotective effect, dantrolene neutralizes the adverse reaction of hypothermia. Dantrolene may be an effective adjunctive therapy to enhance the neuroprotection of hypothermia in treating ischemic stroke. Cortical neurons isolated from rat fetuses were exposed to 90 minutes of oxygen-glucose deprivation followed by reoxygenation. Neurons were treated with 40 μM dantrolene, hypothermia (at 33°C), or the combination of both for 12 hours. Results revealed that the combination of dantrolene and hypothermia increased neuronal survival and the mitochondrial membrane potential, and reduced intracellular active oxygen cytoplasmic histone-associated DNA fragmentation, and apoptosis. Furthermore, improvements in cell morphology were observed. The combined treatment enhanced these responses compared with either treatment alone. These findings indicate that dantrolene may be used as an effective adjunctive therapy to enhance the neuroprotective effects of hypothermia in ischemic stroke.

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apoptosiscalcium overloadflow cytometryfluorescent probeischemic strokenerve regenerationneural regenerationneuronsoxygen-glucose deprivationreactive oxygen

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PMID26487856
PMCPMC4590241
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