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Riluzole disrupts autoresuscitation from hypothermic respiratory arrest in neonatal hamsters but not rats.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19442934     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We examined the effect of riluzole on expression of the central respiratory rhythm and the ability of neonates to autoresuscitate from hypothermic respiratory arrest using in vitro brainstem-spinal cord preparations of rats and hamsters. At a constant temperature of 27 degrees C, riluzole (5-200 microM) decreased the burst amplitude of respiratory-related motor discharge, but had little effect on the fictive respiratory frequency in rat preparations. In contrast, in hamster preparations, riluzole reduced fictive respiratory frequency, but had little effect on burst amplitude. Hamster preparations were more cold-tolerant than rat preparations, with respiratory arrest and autoresuscitation occurring at lower temperatures during cooling of the preparation. This difference was removed by incubation with riluzole (5 microM); riluzole significantly increased the temperature at which fictive respiration arrested and restarted in hamster preparations, but had no effect in rat preparations. The species differences observed in this study may reflect fundamental differences in the relative role of riluzole-sensitive mechanisms in the expression of the respiratory rhythm in early development of an altricial vs. a more precocial species.
Authors:
Angelina Y Fong; Lieneke H Marshall; William K Milsom
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; In Vitro; Journal Article     Date:  2009-03-20
Journal Detail:
Title:  Respiratory physiology & neurobiology     Volume:  166     ISSN:  1878-1519     ISO Abbreviation:  Respir Physiol Neurobiol     Publication Date:  2009 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-05-15     Completed Date:  2009-08-25     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101140022     Medline TA:  Respir Physiol Neurobiol     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  175-83     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4. fong@zoology.ubc.ca
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Action Potentials / drug effects
Age Factors
Analysis of Variance
Animals
Animals, Newborn
Brain Stem / drug effects
Cricetinae
Disease Models, Animal
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / pharmacology*
Hypothermia / physiopathology*
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Recovery of Function / drug effects*
Respiratory Center / drug effects
Respiratory Mechanics / drug effects*
Resuscitation
Riluzole / pharmacology*
Spinal Cord / drug effects
Temperature
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; 1744-22-5/Riluzole

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