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ArticleNeural regeneration research2016

Protective effects of carnosine on white matter damage induced by chronic cerebral hypoperfusion.

Jing Ma, Shu-Hong Bo, Xiao-Tong Lu, A-Jing Xu, Jian Zhang

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Article in Neural regeneration research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Neuronal deterioration associated with hyperexcitability under mild chronic cerebral hypoperfusion.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2025
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  2. Treg Upregulation by Treadmill Training Accelerates Myelin Repair Post-Ischemia.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2025
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  4. Connexin43 promotes angiogenesis through activating the HIF-1α/VEGF signaling pathway under chronic cerebral hypoperfusion.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2021
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  8. Neural regeneration research · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jing MaDepartment of Pharmacy, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Shu-Hong BoDepartment of Pharmacy, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Xiao-Tong LuDepartment of Pharmacy, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
A-Jing XuDepartment of Pharmacy, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4596-5362
Jian ZhangDepartment of Pharmacy, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2119-5172
XinHua Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carnosine is a dipeptide that scavenges free radicals, inhibits inflammation in the central nervous system, and protects against ischemic and hypoxic brain damage through its anti-oxidative and anti-apoptotic actions. Therefore, we hypothesized that carnosine would also protect against white matter damage caused by subcortical ischemic injury. White matter damage was induced by right unilateral common carotid artery occlusion in mice. The animals were treated with 200, 500 or 750 mg/kg carnosine by intraperitoneal injection 30 minutes before injury and every other day after injury. Then, 37 days later, Klüver-Barrera staining, toluidine blue staining and immunofluorescence staining were performed. Carnosine (200, 500 mg/kg) substantially reduced damage to the white matter in the corpus callosum, internal capsule and optic tract, and it rescued expression of myelin basic protein, and alleviated the loss of oligodendrocytes. However, carnosine at the higher dose of 750 mg/kg did not have the same effects as the 200 and 500 mg/kg doses. These findings show that carnosine, at a particular dose range, protects against white matter damage caused by chronic cerebral ischemia in mice, likely by reducing oligodendroglial cell loss.

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carnosinecorpus callosuminternal capsulenerve regenerationneural regenerationneuronoligodendrocyteoptic tractsubcortical ischemic vascular dementiawhite matter damage

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PMCPMC5090845
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