2021
Conditional RAC1 knockout in motor neurons restores H-reflex rate-dependent depression after spinal cord injury
Benson CA, Olson KL, Patwa S, Reimer ML, Bangalore L, Hill M, Waxman SG, Tan AM. Conditional RAC1 knockout in motor neurons restores H-reflex rate-dependent depression after spinal cord injury. Scientific Reports 2021, 11: 7838. PMID: 33837249, PMCID: PMC8035187, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-87476-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpinal cord injuryDendritic spine dysgenesisMotor neuronsSpine dysgenesisSCI animalsHyperexcitability disordersCord injurySpinal alpha motor neuronsVentral horn motor neuronsAbnormal dendritic spine morphologyRac1 knockoutH-reflex pathwayRate-dependent depressionAlpha motor neuronsDevelopment of spasticityAdeno-associated viralMushroom dendritic spinesSpine head sizeOverall spine lengthDendritic spine morphologyRac1 protein expressionNeuronal hyperexcitabilityMajor complicationsClinical symptomsReflex excitability
2007
Comparative effects of sodium pyrithione evoked intracellular calcium elevation in rodent and primate ventral horn motor neurons
Knox RJ, Keen KL, Luchansky L, Terasawa E, Freyer H, Barbee SJ, Kaczmarek LK. Comparative effects of sodium pyrithione evoked intracellular calcium elevation in rodent and primate ventral horn motor neurons. Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications 2007, 366: 48-53. PMID: 18053804, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.11.083.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuron-specific enolaseMotor neuronsDose-response curveFura-PE3/AMVentral horn motor neuronsAplysia neuronsSpinal cord slicesIntracellular calcium elevationStore-operated calcium entryCord slicesHindlimb weaknessSpecific enolaseSKF-96365Oral administrationRhesus monkey embryosCalcium entryEffects of NAPCalcium elevationPersistent influxNeuronsMammalian neuronsIslet-1Sodium pyrithioneComparative effectsPlasma membrane
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