| Literature DB >> 26699082 |
Kanako Itoh1, Takakuni Maki2, Akihiro Shindo2, Naohiro Egawa2, Anna C Liang2, Naoki Itoh2, Eng H Lo2, Josephine Lok1, Ken Arai3.
Abstract
Hypoxic-ischemic (HI) brain injury in newborns results in serious damage. Magnesium sulfate has been clinically used as a cyto-protective agent against HI brain injury in newborns in some countries, including Japan. However, it is not clear how magnesium exerts this effect and how it acts on the individual types of cells within the newborn brain. In this study, we exposed cultured rat oligodendrocyte precursor cells to magnesium sulfate during the period when they differentiate into oligodendrocytes, and showed that magnesium-exposed oligodendrocytes exhibited more resistance to HI injury. Our data may support the use of magnesium sulfate in the clinical setting.Entities:
Keywords: Hypoxic–ischemic injury; Magnesium sulfate; Oligodendrocyte; White matter
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26699082 PMCID: PMC4846506 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2015.12.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurosci Res ISSN: 0168-0102 Impact factor: 3.304