2015
Protective Effect of Spermidine Against Excitotoxic Neuronal Death Induced by Quinolinic Acid in Rats: Possible Neurotransmitters and Neuroinflammatory Mechanism
Jamwal S, Singh S, Kaur N, Kumar P. Protective Effect of Spermidine Against Excitotoxic Neuronal Death Induced by Quinolinic Acid in Rats: Possible Neurotransmitters and Neuroinflammatory Mechanism. Neurotoxicity Research 2015, 28: 171-184. PMID: 26078029, DOI: 10.1007/s12640-015-9535-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuinolinic acidBody weightQA treatmentGABAergic medium spiny neuronsN-methyl-D-aspartate receptorsOxidative stressGABAergic neuronal lossPro-inflammatory levelsHyperkinetic movement disordersExcitotoxic cell deathAnti-inflammatory propertiesExcitotoxic neuronal deathMedium spiny neuronsReceptor antagonistic propertiesNeuroinflammatory mechanismsPossible neurotransmittersNeuroinflammatory markersNeuronal lossNeuroprotective effectsNeurotransmitter alterationsCatecholamine levelsCascade of eventsNeuronal deathSpiny neuronsMovement disorders
2014
Neuroprotective effect of hemeoxygenase-1/glycogen synthase kinase-3β modulators in 3-nitropropionic acid-induced neurotoxicity in rats
Khan A, Jamwal S, Bijjem K, Prakash A, Kumar P. Neuroprotective effect of hemeoxygenase-1/glycogen synthase kinase-3β modulators in 3-nitropropionic acid-induced neurotoxicity in rats. Neuroscience 2014, 287: 66-77. PMID: 25536048, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.12.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBody WeightCorpus StriatumEncephalitisGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 betaHeme Oxygenase-1HeminLipid PeroxidationLithium ChlorideMaleMetalloporphyrinsMotor ActivityNeuroprotective AgentsNeurotoxicity SyndromesNitritesNitro CompoundsOxidative StressPropionatesProtoporphyrinsRatsRats, WistarRotarod Performance TestSignal TransductionConceptsAdministration of heminHemeoxygenase-1GSK-3β activityN-methyl-D-aspartate receptorsOxidative stressPro-inflammatory mediatorsPresent studyHO-1 inhibitorGSK-3β pathwaySynthase kinase-3β pathwayDifferent neurodegenerative disordersHD-like symptomsProphylactic therapyNeuroprotective effectsPathophysiology of HDTin protoporphyrinMotor impairmentPharmacological modulationMotor coordinationBody weightLocomotor activityMolecular alterationsTherapeutic potentialOxidative burdenNeurodegenerative disorders