TY - JOUR
T1 - The severity of excitotoxic brain injury is dependent on brain temperature in immature rat
AU - McDonald, John W.
AU - Chen, Chu Kuang
AU - Trescher, William H.
AU - Johnston, Michael V.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by NIH Grants PO1 NS19613, ROl NS28208a nd a Basic ResearchG rant 1145f rom the March of DimesB irth DefectsF oundation.
PY - 1991/5/13
Y1 - 1991/5/13
N2 - The effect of brain temperature on the severity of excitotoxic brain injury was evaluated in perinatal rats. Postnatal day (PND) 7 rats received unilateral intrastriatal injections of 25 nmol N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) and then were exposed for 2 h to one of six different ambient temperatures. Animals were sacrificed 5 days later and the severity of brain injury was assessed quantitatively by comparison of the weights of the injected and contralateral cerebral hemispheres. Injection of NMDA consistently produced extensive unilateral brain injury in rats maintained at normothermia (36°C ambient temperature; 29 ± 1.8% reduction in the weight of the injected hemisphere). In the range of ambient temperatures between 25°C and 40°C, there was a linear relationship between temperature and the severity of NMDA-induced injury (r2 = 0.95, P < 0.001, linear regression). In a separate analysis, in PND 7 rats, a positive linear relationship between ambient temperature (28°C and 40°C) and brain temperature was observed (r2 = 0.96, P < 0.001). These data suggest that the severity of excitotoxic brain injury is dependent upon brain temperature.
AB - The effect of brain temperature on the severity of excitotoxic brain injury was evaluated in perinatal rats. Postnatal day (PND) 7 rats received unilateral intrastriatal injections of 25 nmol N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) and then were exposed for 2 h to one of six different ambient temperatures. Animals were sacrificed 5 days later and the severity of brain injury was assessed quantitatively by comparison of the weights of the injected and contralateral cerebral hemispheres. Injection of NMDA consistently produced extensive unilateral brain injury in rats maintained at normothermia (36°C ambient temperature; 29 ± 1.8% reduction in the weight of the injected hemisphere). In the range of ambient temperatures between 25°C and 40°C, there was a linear relationship between temperature and the severity of NMDA-induced injury (r2 = 0.95, P < 0.001, linear regression). In a separate analysis, in PND 7 rats, a positive linear relationship between ambient temperature (28°C and 40°C) and brain temperature was observed (r2 = 0.96, P < 0.001). These data suggest that the severity of excitotoxic brain injury is dependent upon brain temperature.
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U2 - 10.1016/0304-3940(91)90377-6
DO - 10.1016/0304-3940(91)90377-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 1866088
AN - SCOPUS:0025817237
SN - 0304-3940
VL - 126
SP - 83
EP - 86
JO - Neuroscience letters
JF - Neuroscience letters
IS - 1
ER -