title: Effects of YM872 on atrophy of substantia nigra reticulata after focal ischemia in rats.
abstract: Middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion causes atrophy in the ipsilateral substantia nigra reticulata (SNR). The effects of glutamate AMPA receptor antagonism on SNR atrophy, which is supposed to inhibit excitatory inputs from the subthalamic nucleus to the SNR, was investigated in rats with permanent MCA occlusions. Histological examination revealed marked atrophy two weeks after MCA occlusion in the saline-treated control group. However, constant i.v. infusion of YM872, a selective AMPA receptor antagonist, for 2 weeks significantly reduced SNR atrophy; neurological deficits also decreased. These results suggest that the AMPA receptor may be involved in the pathogenesis of SNR atrophy during the subacute phase of focal cerebral ischemia.
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience Research, Pharmacology Laboratories, Institute for Drug Discovery Research, Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yatsugi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimizu-Sasamata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D001284:Atrophy; D001831:Body Temperature; D001835:Body Weight; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011810:Quinoxalines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D018091:Receptors, AMPA / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D007093:Imidazoles; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D011810:Quinoxalines; D018091:Receptors, AMPA; C110629:YM 872