A. Bond et al., NEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF A SYSTEMICALLY ACTIVE GROUP-II METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE-RECEPTOR AGONIST LY354740 IN A GERBIL MODEL OF GLOBAL-ISCHEMIA, NeuroReport, 9(6), 1998, pp. 1191-1193
THE neuroprotective effects of a novel Group II metabotropic glutamate
receptor (mGluR) agonist, LY354740, have been evaluated in a gerbil m
odel of global ischaemia. When administered at 50 mg/kg, i.p., 30 min
and 6 h after a 3 min period of bilateral carotid artery occlusion (BC
AO), the compound reduced the damage to CA1 hippocampal neurones to a
significant level. However, when the ischaemic insult was made more se
vere, by increasing the period of occlusion to 4 and 5 min, the neurop
rotective effects of LY354740 were reduced. From these findings, it wo
uld appear that Group II mGluRs may play a role in ischaemic damage in
the gerbil hippocampus and that agonists at these receptors are poten
tial neuroprotective agents. (C) 1998 Rapid Science Ltd.