NEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF A SYSTEMICALLY ACTIVE GROUP-II METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE-RECEPTOR AGONIST LY354740 IN A GERBIL MODEL OF GLOBAL-ISCHEMIA

Citation
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
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
ISSN journal
09594965
Volume
9
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1191 - 1193
Database
ISI
SICI code
0959-4965(1998)9:6<1191:NEOASA>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
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.