2002
Primary motor neurons fail to up‐regulate voltage‐gated sodium channel Nav1.3/brain type III following axotomy resulting from spinal cord injury
Hains B, Black J, Waxman S. Primary motor neurons fail to up‐regulate voltage‐gated sodium channel Nav1.3/brain type III following axotomy resulting from spinal cord injury. Journal Of Neuroscience Research 2002, 70: 546-552. PMID: 12404508, DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10402.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpinal cord injuryUpper motor neuronsPrimary motor cortexDorsal root gangliaMotor neuronsCord injuryMotor cortexRat primary motor cortexDorsal column transectionIpsilateral DRG neuronsCortical motor neuronsSciatic nerve transectionTraumatic head injuryFacial motor neuronsSodium channel expressionPrimary motor neuronsVoltage-gated sodium channelsPeripheral axotomyDRG neuronsNerve transectionLayer VControl brainsHead injuryRoot gangliaSpinal cord
1998
Effects of Glucose Deprivation, Chemical Hypoxia, and Simulated Ischemia on Na+ Homeostasis in Rat Spinal Cord Astrocytes
Rose C, Waxman S, Ransom B. Effects of Glucose Deprivation, Chemical Hypoxia, and Simulated Ischemia on Na+ Homeostasis in Rat Spinal Cord Astrocytes. Journal Of Neuroscience 1998, 18: 3554-3562. PMID: 9570787, PMCID: PMC6793162, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-10-03554.1998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornAntimetabolitesAstrocytesBenzofuransCell HypoxiaDeoxyglucoseEnergy MetabolismEnzyme InhibitorsEthers, CyclicExcitatory Amino Acid AgonistsFluorescent DyesFluorides, TopicalGlucoseGlycolysisHomeostasisIschemiaKainic AcidNeurotoxinsOuabainRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySodiumSodium AzideSodium FluorideSodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPaseSpinal CordTetrodotoxinConceptsSpinal cord astrocytesChemical hypoxiaGlucose deprivationEnergy failureCultured spinal cord astrocytesGlutamatergic agonist kainateGlucose salineGlutamate reuptakeVivo ischemiaSpinal cordGlial functionMetabolic insultsSimulated ischemiaAgonist kainateIschemiaStandard salineAstrocytesSalineHypoxiaIntracellular ion concentrationsGlucose removalExtracellular spaceDeprivationL-lactateReperfusion
1994
Nuclear and cytoplasmic Ca2+ signals in developing rat dorsal root ganglion neurons studied in excised tissue
Utzschneider D, Rand M, Waxman S, Kocsis J. Nuclear and cytoplasmic Ca2+ signals in developing rat dorsal root ganglion neurons studied in excised tissue. Brain Research 1994, 635: 231-237. PMID: 8173960, DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(94)91444-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDorsal root ganglion neuronsEmbryonic DRG neuronsDepolarization-induced Ca2DRG neuronsGanglion neuronsRat dorsal root ganglion neuronsAdult dorsal root ganglion neuronsCytoplasmic Ca2Sensitive fluorescent dye fluo-3Rat DRG neuronsDorsal root gangliaExcised dorsal root gangliaFluorescent dye fluo-3Postnatal time periodsElevated extracellular potassiumEarly postnatal time periodsBrief electrical stimuliNuclear Ca2Dye Fluo-3Neonatal gangliaNeonatal neuronsTarget innervationRoot gangliaAdult neuronsEmbryonic neurons