THE DISTRIBUTION OF GABA-ERGIC NEURONS IN RAT NEOCORTEX IN THE POSTNATAL PERIOD AFTER THE PERINATAL HYPOXIA
- Authors: Khozhai L.I.1, Otellin V.A1
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Affiliations:
- I. P.Pavlov Institute of Physiology
- Issue: Vol 146, No 4 (2014)
- Pages: 7-10
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://j-morphology.com/1026-3543/article/view/398758
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/morph.398758
- ID: 398758
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Abstract
The distribution of GABA-ergic neurons in different areas of the neocortex (frontal, sensorimotor, visual cortex) was studied in Wistar rats at different time periods of postnatal development after their exposure to perinatal hypoxia. To identify these neurons, the antibodies against GAD-67, the marker of GABA-ergic neurons, were used. It was found that the exposure to perinatal hypoxia caused a significant reduction in the number of GAD67-expressing neurons in both upper and deep layers of the cortex in juvenile age (day 20 of postnatal period), that persisted until the prepubertal period (day 40). In experimental animals at postnatal day 40, the numbers of neurons that synthesized GAD-67, were two times lower in each of the layers of the neocortex than those in control animals. It is suggested that a drastic reduction in the number of GABA-ergic neurons in the neocortex could be a result of the damaging effects of acute perinatal hypoxia on the processes of progenitor cell migration from the subventricular zone, or on the synthesis of the factors controlling these migration processes as well as on GABA-ergic neuron maturation, leading to a delay of GAD-67 expression.
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About the authors
L. I. Khozhai
I. P.Pavlov Institute of Physiology
Email: astarta0505@mail.ru
V. A Otellin
I. P.Pavlov Institute of Physiology
Email: v.otellin@mail.ru
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