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Changes in neuropeptide Y protein expression following photothrombotic brain infarction and epileptogenesis
Brain research, v 1127(1), pp 151-162
2007
PMID: 17123484
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Abstract
This study characterized morphological changes in the cortex and hippocampus of Sprague–Dawley rats following photothrombotic infarction and epileptogenesis with emphasis on the distribution of neuropeptide Y (NPY) expression. Animals were lesioned in the left sensorimotor cortex and compared with age-matched naive and sham-operated controls by immunohistochemical techniques at 1, 3, 7, and 180 days post-lesioning (DPL). NPY immunostaining was assessed by light microscopy and quantified by the optical fractionator technique using unbiased stereological methods. At 1, 3, and 7 DPL, the number of NPY-positive somata in the lesioned cortex was increased significantly compared to controls and the contralateral cortex. At 180 DPL, lesioned epileptic animals with frequent seizure activity demonstrated significant increases of NPY expression in the cortex, CA1, CA3, hilar interneurons, and granule cells of the dentate gyrus. In addition to NPY immunostaining, neuronal degeneration, cell death/cell loss, and astroglial response were assessed with cell-specific markers. Nissl and NeuN staining showed reproducible infarctions at each investigated time point. FJB-positive somata were most abundant in the infarct core at 1 DPL, decreased markedly at 3 DPL, and virtually absent by 7 DPL. Activated astroglia were detected in the cortex and hippocampus following lesioning and the development of seizure activity. In summary, NPY protein expression and morphological changes following cortical photothrombosis were time-, region-, and pathologic state-dependent. Alterations in NPY expression may reflect reactive or compensatory responses of the rat brain to acute infarction and to the development and expression of epileptic seizures.
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- Title
- Changes in neuropeptide Y protein expression following photothrombotic brain infarction and epileptogenesis
- Creators
- Elena A. Kharlamov - Allegheny General HospitalAlexander Kharlamov - Allegheny General HospitalKevin M. Kelly - Allegheny General Hospital
- Publication Details
- Brain research, v 1127(1), pp 151-162
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Neurology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000243827400018
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-33845202837
- Other Identifier
- 991019169564904721
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