2001
Multiple sclerosis: Altered glutamate homeostasis in lesions correlates with oligodendrocyte and axonal damage
Werner P, Pitt D, Raine C. Multiple sclerosis: Altered glutamate homeostasis in lesions correlates with oligodendrocyte and axonal damage. Annals Of Neurology 2001, 50: 169-180. PMID: 11506399, DOI: 10.1002/ana.1077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple sclerosisAxonal damageWhite matterGlutamate excitotoxicityGlutamate homeostasisMS lesionsGlutaminase expressionMS white matterInflammatory neurologic diseasesActive MS lesionsCNS cell typesOligodendroglial pathologyNoninflammatory conditionsDystrophic axonsNeurologic diseaseGLT-1Low-level expressionAnimal modelsGlutamate transportersHomeostasis contributesLesion correlatesGlutamate transportLesionsOligodendrocytesTherapeutic import
2000
Glutamate excitotoxicity — a mechanism for axonal damage and oligodendrocyte death in Multiple Sclerosis?
Werner P, Pitt D, Raine CS. Glutamate excitotoxicity — a mechanism for axonal damage and oligodendrocyte death in Multiple Sclerosis? Journal Of Neural Transmission. Supplementa 2000, 375-385. PMID: 11205156, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6301-6_27.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral nervous systemAMPA/kainate antagonistMultiple sclerosisGlutamate excitotoxicityImmune cellsKainate antagonistAxonal damageAntigen-primed T cellsMyelin-producing cellsLack of effectSite of entryCNS inflammationInflammatory attacksExperimental autoimmunePerivascular cuffsAutoimmune demyelinationInflammatory lesionsClinical differencesOligodendrocyte survivalEffective therapyGlutamate receptorsOligodendrocyte deathT cellsExcitotoxicityLesion size
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