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C Cazevieille1, A Muller, C Bonne.
Abstract
Arachidonic acid and its metabolites are released in brain extracellular fluids as a result of ischemia and may participate in either damaging or protecting neural tissues. This study investigates the neuroprotective effect of prostacyclin (PGI2) on hypoxia (5 h)/reoxygenation (3 h) and on the excitotoxic neurotransmitter, glutamate (10 microM), in rat cortical neuron cultures. At microM concentrations, PGI2 inhibits lactate dehydrogenase release, a cell-injury marker. These results, showing a direct cytoprotective effect of PGI2 on brain cells, reinforce its beneficial properties on vessels and circulating cells in cerebral ischemia.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 7902541 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(93)90924-a
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurosci Lett ISSN: 0304-3940 Impact factor: 3.046