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Kultas-Ilinsky K, Fallet C, Verney C. Development of the human motor-related thalamic nuclei during the first half of gestation, with special emphasis on GABAergic circuits. J Comp Neurol 2004; 476:267-89. [PMID: 15269970 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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This study analyzed the expression of differentiation markers (Calbindin D28K: CaBP; parvalbumin: PARV; calretinin: CalR), gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) markers (GABA, glutamic acid decarboxylases: GAD65, GAD67; and GABA transporters: GAT1, GAT3), and other markers (neurotensin: NT, and neurofilament-specific protein: SMI32) in the human thalamus at 8-23 gestation weeks (g.w.), focusing on the motor-related nuclei. From 8-13 g.w. mainly CaBP was expressed in the cells while fiber bundles traversing the thalamus in addition to CaBP expressed all GABA markers except GAD67. CaBP and PARV expression patterns in different nuclei changed over the time course studied, whereas NT was expressed consistently along the anterior-lateral curvature of the thalamus. CalR and SMI were detectable at 23 g.w. in the ventral parts of the dorsal thalamus. Most remarkably, punctate GAD65 immunoreactivity in the neuropil was confined to the nigro- and pallidothalamic afferent receiving nuclei from 16 to about 21 g.w., overlapping with that of CaBP in some of these nuclei (subdivisions of the ventral anterior and mediodorsal nuclei) and with PARV in others (centromedian nucleus). During this period, GAD65 immunoreactivity can be considered a marker of the basal ganglia afferent receiving territory in the motor thalamus. GAD67-positive local circuit neurons were first detected at 12-13 g.w. in the thalamic nuclei outside the basal ganglia afferent receiving territory. In the ventral anterior and centromedian nuclei, GAD-containing local circuit neurons were not conspicuous even at 22-23 g.w. The cells of the reticular nucleus expressed GAD67 and PARV from 12 g.w. on starting in the lateral-posterior regions. By 23 g.w., both markers were expressed in about two-thirds of the nucleus except for its most medial-anterior part. The results imply spatially and temporally differential expression of GABA and differentiation markers in the developing human thalamus.
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- Kristy Kultas-Ilinsky
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U.106, Hôpital Salpetrière, 47 Blvd. de l'Hôpital, Paris, Cedex 13, France
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Sarnat HB. Watershed infarcts in the fetal and neonatal brainstem. An aetiology of central hypoventilation, dysphagia, Möibius syndrome and micrognathia. Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2004; 8:71-87. [PMID: 15253055 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2003.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Watershed zone infarcts of the human cerebral cortex at the overlapping junctions of the anterior and middle cerebral arterial territories are well known. Another watershed zone exists in the brainstem tegmentum, between the terminal perfusion zones of the paramedian penetrating and long circumferential arteries, which are paired segmental vessels arising from the basilar artery. The vertebrobasilar circulation achieves its mature configuration and caudorostral flow by 9 weeks gestation. Systemic hypotension and other conditions of reduced basilar perfusion in the fetus, either early or late in gestation, may result in symmetrical longitudinal columns of infarction in the midbrain and tegmentum of the pons and medulla oblongata and laminar necrosis of the midbrain tectum. Within this zone are cranial nerve nuclei III-XII, the nucleus and tractus solitarius or central pneumotaxic center, as well as the nucleus ambiguus and other somatic motor nuclei that subserve muscles of swallowing, mastication and tongue movement. Watershed infarcts in the human fetal and neonatal brainstem are clinically expressed as multiple cranial neuropathies, failure of central respiratory drive and apnea, dysphagia and aspiration, Möbius syndrome and Pierre Robin sequence. MRI is sometimes helpful, but most of the involved neuroanatomical structures are beneath the resolution of present imaging techniques, and the diagnosis during life depends upon clinical neurological examination of the neonate, sometimes supported by evoked potential studies. Postmortem examination confirms the diagnosis and dates the lesions, but also contributes to better understand transient or persistent vascular insufficiencies in the fetal and neonatal brainstem.
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- Harvey B Sarnat
- Department of Pediatrics (Neurology), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Pediatrics 4221 NT, 8700 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA.
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Baud O, Fayol L, Gressens P, Pellerin L, Magistretti P, Evrard P, Verney C. Perinatal and early postnatal changes in the expression of monocarboxylate transporters MCT1 and MCT2 in the rat forebrain. J Comp Neurol 2003; 465:445-54. [PMID: 12966567 DOI: 10.1002/cne.10853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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In addition to glucose, monocarboxylates including lactate represent a major source of energy for the brain, especially during development. We studied the immunocytochemical expression of the monocarboxylate transporters MCT1 and MCT2 in the rat brain between embryonic day (E) 16 and postnatal day (P) 14. At E16-18, MCT1-like immunoreactivity was found throughout the cortical anlage, being particularly marked medially in the hippocampal anlage next to the ventricle. In a complementary pattern, MCT2-like immunoreactivity was expressed along the medial and ventral border of the ventricle in the medial septum and habenula before birth. The hypothalamic area exhibited MCT2 and MCT1 positive areas from E18 on. These transient labelings revealed four main sites of monocarboxylate and/or glucose exchange: the brain parenchyma, the epithelial cells, the ependymocytes, and the glia limitans. During the first postnatal week, MCT1 immunoreactivity extended massively to the vessel walls and moderately to the developing astrocytes in the cortex. In contrast, MCT2 immunoreactivity was faint in blood vessels but massive in developing astrocytes from P3 to P7. Neither MCT2 nor MCT1 colocalized with neuronal, microglial, or oligodendrocytic markers during the first postnatal week. At P14, a part of the scattered punctate MCT2 staining could be associated with astrocytes and postsynaptic dendritic labeling. The transient pattern of expression of MCTs throughout the perinatal period suggests a potential relationship with the maturation of the blood-brain barrier.
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- Olivier Baud
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale E9935, Laboratoire de Neurologie du Développement, Hôpital Robert Debré, 48 boulevard Sérurier, 75019 Paris, France
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Data on the fetal development of the human amygdala is reviewed with special reference to major ontogenetic events. In the fifth gestational month, the inferior portion of the amygdala reveals cell-dense columns merging with the ganglionic eminence (proliferative zone) in Nissl-stained sections. These columns contain vimentin-positive fibers and can therefore be regarded as migrational routes. In the sixth and seventh months, distinct reorganization of the cytoarchitectonics takes place. The sequential occurrence of afferens can be visualized using anti-GAP-43; moreover, outgrowing axons appear to reach the periphery of the ganglionic eminence. The latter may thus represent an intermediate target for growing axons using anti-calbindin and anti-calretinin. Migrating and immature amygdaloid neurons can be shown in the fifth month. From the eighth month onwards, various nonpyramidal neurons and pyramidal neurons are immunolabeled. Transient expression of calretinin in pyramidal neurons is observed. When punctate calbindin and calretinin immunostaining in the fifth and eighth months is compared, distinct redistribution is observed. On the whole, it is apparent that the amygdala has reached a high degree of maturity in the eighth month. At this developmental stage, AKAP79, being enriched in postsynaptic densities, shows a characteristic nuclear-specific distribution pattern. The latter largely corresponds to the expression pattern of NMDAR1. Thus, AKAP79 may have a preference for anchoring enzymes to glutamate receptors. The aforementioned results provide a basis for investigations on subtle changes in pathologically altered material, such as hemorrhage, in the ganglionic eminence of preterm infants.
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- Norbert Ulfig
- RG Neuroembryology, Department of Anatomy, University of Rostock, D-18055 Rostock, Germany.
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Kruttgen A, Saxena S, Evangelopoulos ME, Weis J. Neurotrophins and neurodegenerative diseases: receptors stuck in traffic? J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2003; 62:340-50. [PMID: 12722826 DOI: 10.1093/jnen/62.4.340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Neurotrophins are well known for their physiological role as key modulators of neuronal survival, neurite out-growth, and synaptic connectivity during development and into adulthood. Moreover, neurotrophins are potent agents, ameliorating neuronal degeneration in many model systems for neurological diseases. However, a causal role for mutations in neurotrophins or neurotrophin receptors in human neurodegenerative diseases has been largely lacking. As neurotrophin receptors are located at synapses and as their signaling involves the neuronal nucleus, they need to bridge tantalizing distances in order to retrogradely communicate their survival signals. On the other hand, anterogradely transported neurotrophins are released at the synapse and act on postsynaptic cells. Antero- and retrograde signaling and trafficking is an emerging focus of interest in neurotrophin research. Some neurodegenerative diseases are known to affect transport of organelles. Thus, it appears likely that neurodegeneration could be caused by "indirect" effects on neurotrophin trafficking and, hence, signaling. In this review we summarize recent work on neurotrophins in neurodegenerative diseases with special focus on possible implications of disturbed trafficking of organelles and retrograde axonal signaling.
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- Alex Kruttgen
- Division of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
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Mai JK, Krajewski S, Ashwell KW, Andressen C. A CD15-Immunoreactive Subpopulation of Radial Glial Cells in the Developing Human Lateral Ganglionic Eminence. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1159/000071022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Hobbs JA, Shekhar A. Developmental Aspects of Panic and Related Anxiety Disorders. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1159/000071023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Yeung HY, Chan DKO, Wong CKC. Temporal and Spatial Expressions of Stanniocalcin mRNA in Mouse Brains. Neuroembryology Aging 2003. [DOI: 10.1159/000079399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In this study, a detailed mapping of stanniocalcin (STC) mRNA was conducted at various developmental stages of male and female mouse brains. The developmental profile of STC expression in mouse brains indicated that the transcripts were detectable on E12 and peaked on E16, and days 1 and 2 of postnatal stages and then declined slowly. There was no observable difference in the descending trends of STC expression in both male and female mouse brains at different postnatal periods (3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 weeks). As concerns the spatial distribution, the results indicated a differential expression of STC in the various regions of the brain; the highest level was detected in the striatum, followed by the hippocampus, parietal cortex, hypothalamus, frontal cortex, cerebellum and brain stem. Similar patterns of expression were observed in the mature rat brain. Our findings lend further support to the notion that STC is involved in distinct neural functions.
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Stoltenburg-Didinger G, Steinbrecher A. Morphogenesis of Type II Lissencephaly: Neuropathology, Genetics and Pathomechanisms. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1159/000068500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Wu Y, Lorke DE, Lai H, Wai SM, Kung LS, Chan WY, Yew DTW. Critical Periods of Eye Development in Vertebrates with Special Reference to Humans. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1159/000068496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Ulfig N, Bohl J, Setzer M. Expression of NMDAR1 in the Human Fetal Amygdala and the Adjacent Ganglionic Eminence. Neuroembryology Aging 2003. [DOI: 10.1159/000068499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Rezaie P, Ulfig N, Male D. Distribution and Morphology of GFAP-Positive Astrocytes in the Human Fetal Brain at Second Trimester. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1159/000071021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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von Bartheld CS. Axonal transport and neuronal transcytosis of trophic factors, tracers, and pathogens. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003; 58:295-314. [PMID: 14704960 DOI: 10.1002/neu.10315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Neurons can specifically internalize macromolecules, such as trophic factors, lectins, toxins, and other pathogens. Upon internalization in terminals, proteins can move retrogradely along axons, or, upon internalization at somatodendritic domains, they can move into an anterograde axonal transport pathway. Release of internalized proteins from neurons after either retrograde or anterograde axonal transport results in transcytosis and trafficking of proteins across multiple synapses. Recent studies of binding properties of several such proteins suggest that pathogens and lectins may utilize existing transport machineries designed for trafficking of trophic factors. Specific pathways may protect trophic factors, pathogens, and toxins from degradation after internalization and may target the trophic or pathogenic cargo for transcytosis after either retrograde or anterograde transport along axons. Elucidating the molecular mechanisms of sorting steps and transport pathways will further our understanding of trophic signaling and could be relevant for an understanding and possible treatment of neurological diseases such as rabies, Alzheimer's disease, and prion encephalopathies. At present, our knowledge is remarkably sparse about the types of receptors used by pathogens for trafficking, the signals that sort trophins or pathogens into recycling or degradation pathways, and the mechanisms that regulate their release from somatodendritic domains or axon terminals. This review intends to draw attention to potential convergences and parallels in trafficking of trophic and pathogenic proteins. It discusses axonal transport/trafficking mechanisms that may help to understand and eventually treat neurological diseases by targeted drug delivery.
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- Christopher S von Bartheld
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA.
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Ulfig N. The Functional Organization of the Developing Human Brain in Relation to Motor Deficits, Cognitive Impairment and Psychotic States. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1159/000071024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Ulfig N. The ganglionic eminence--a putative intermediate target of amygdaloid connections. BRAIN RESEARCH. DEVELOPMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH 2002; 139:313-8. [PMID: 12480147 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-3806(02)00546-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The superior part of the ganglionic eminence has been shown to act as an intermediate target for outgrowing axons of projections between the thalamus and the cerebral cortex. This study aims at investigating whether amygdaloid projections transiently contact the inferior portion of the human ganglionic eminence which directly borders upon the amygdala. Between 16 and 20 weeks of gestation a high number of small fiber bundles which were immunolabelled with anti-MAP1b and anti-SNAP-25 could be traced from the amygdala towards the mantle zone of the ganglionic eminence. These fiber bundles left a fiber system which coursed from the amygdala towards the entorhinal cortex. Within the mantle zone of the ganglionic eminence immunoreactive puncta indicative of fiber termination were observed. After 22 weeks of gestation the number of fibers entering the ganglionic eminence gradually decreased. These results provide the first evidence that the marginal zone of the inferior ganglionic eminence is likely to constitute an intermediate target for growing axons which belong the amygdaloid projection to the entorhinal cortex.
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- Norbert Ulfig
- RG Neuroembryology, Department of Anatomy, University of Rostock, Gertrudenstr. 9, D-18055 Rostock, Germany.
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Heimrich B, Vogt J, Simbürger E, Skutella T, Glumm R. Axon Guidance and the Formation of Specific Connections in the Hippocampus. Neuroembryology Aging 2002. [DOI: 10.1159/000066271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Schmitz C, Frank HG. Discrete Placental Dysfunction: The Overlooked Player in Prenatal Roots of Neuropsychiatric Diseases? Neuroembryology Aging 2002. [DOI: 10.1159/000066273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Kostović I, Judaš M. The Role of the Subplate Zone in the Structural Plasticity of the Developing Human Cerebral Cortex. Neuroembryology Aging 2002. [DOI: 10.1159/000066270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Rezaie P, Dean A. Periventricular leukomalacia, inflammation and white matter lesions within the developing nervous system. Neuropathology 2002; 22:106-32. [PMID: 12416551 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1789.2002.00438.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 269] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) occurring in premature infants, represents a major precursor for neurological and intellectual impairment, and cerebral palsy in later life. The disorder is characterized by multifocal areas of necrosis found deep in the cortical white matter, which are often symmetrical and occur adjacent to the lateral ventricles. There is no known cure for PVL. Factors predisposing to PVL include birth trauma, asphyxia and respiratory failure, cardiopulmonary defects, premature birth/low birthweight, associated immature cerebrovascular development and lack of appropriate autoregulation of cerebral blood flow in response to hypoxic-ischemic insults. The intrinsic vulnerability of oligodendrocyte precursors is considered as central to the pathogenesis of PVL. These cells are susceptible to a variety of injurious stimuli including free radicals and excitotoxicity induced by hypoxic-ischemic injury (resulting from cerebral hypoperfusion), lack of trophic stimuli, as well as secondary associated events involving microglial and astrocytic activation and the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-alpha and IL-6. It is yet unclear whether activated astrocytes and microglia act as principal participants in the development of PVL lesions, or whether they are representatives of an incidental pathological response directed towards repair of tissue injury in PVL. Nevertheless, the accumulated evidence points to a pathological contribution of microglia towards damage. The topography of lesions in PVL most likely reflects a combination of the relatively immature cerebrovasculature together with a failure in perfusion and/or hypoxia during the greatest period of vulnerability occurring around mid-to-late gestation. Mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of PVL have so far been related to prenatal ischemic injury to the brain initiated within the third trimester, which result in global cognitive and developmental delay and motor disturbances. Over the past few years, several epidemiological and experimental studies have implicated intrauterine infection and chorioamnionitis as causative in the pathogenesis of PVL. In particular, recent investigations have shown that inflammatory responses in the fetus and neonate can contribute towards neonatal brain injury and development-related disabilities including cerebral palsy. This review presents current concepts on the pathogenesis of PVL and emphasizes the increasing evidence for an inflammatory pathogenic component to this disorder, either resulting from hypoxic-ischemic injury or from infection. These findings provide the basis for clinical approaches targeted at protecting the premature brain from inflammatory damage, which may prove beneficial for treating PVL, if identified early in pathogenesis.
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- Payam Rezaie
- Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK.
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Kostović I, Rašin MR, Petanjek Z, Judaš M. Morphological Characteristics of the Cells in the Subcallosal Zone (Nucleus septohippocampalis) of the Human Fetus. Neuroembryology Aging 2002. [DOI: 10.1159/000063528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Ulfig N. Ganglionic eminence of the human fetal brain--new vistas. THE ANATOMICAL RECORD 2002; 267:191-5. [PMID: 12115267 DOI: 10.1002/ar.10104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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This review deals with recent findings concerning the complex functions of the ganglionic eminence (GE), which represents a conspicuous domain of the telencephalic proliferative zone and persists nearly throughout fetal life. The GE not only contains precursor neurons of the basal ganglia, it also contributes significantly to the population of interneurons in the cerebral cortex and to a population of thalamic neurons. The latter migrate through a distinct transient structure, the gangliothalamic body (GTB). The GE also represents an intermediate target for growing thalamic axons (on their way to the cerebral cortex) and cortical axons (on their way to the thalamus). In developmental neuropathology the GE plays an important role in prematurely born infants. The pathogenesis of GE bleedings is discussed with regard to the abundant expression of interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptors on GE cells. The consequences of such bleedings are discussed in view of cellular responses, such as the induction of leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) expression in GE cells after hemorrhage.
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- Norbert Ulfig
- Neuroembryonic Research Laboratory, Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
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Rezaie P, Trillo-Pazos G, Greenwood J, Everall IP, Male DK. Motility and ramification of human fetal microglia in culture: an investigation using time-lapse video microscopy and image analysis. Exp Cell Res 2002; 274:68-82. [PMID: 11855858 DOI: 10.1006/excr.2001.5431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Microglia are mononuclear phagocytes of the central nervous system and are considered to derive from circulating bone marrow progenitors that colonize the developing human nervous system in the second trimester. They first appear as ameboid forms and progressively differentiate to process-bearing "ramified" forms with maturation. Signals driving this transformation are known to be partly derived from astrocytes. In this investigation we have used cocultures of astrocytes and microglia to demonstrate the relationship between motility and morphology of microglia associated with signals derived from astrocytes. Analysis of progressive cultures using time-lapse video microscopy clearly demonstrates the dynamic nature of microglia. We observe that ameboid microglial cells progressively ramify when cocultured with astrocytes, mirroring the "differentiation" of microglia in situ during development. We further demonstrate that individual cells undergo morphological transformations from "ramified" to "bipolar" to "tripolar" and "ameboid" states in accordance with local environmental cues associated with astrocytes in subconfluent cultures. Remarkably, cells are still capable of migration at velocities of 20-35 microm/h in a fully ramified state overlying confluent astrocytes, as determined by image analysis of motility. This is in keeping with the capacity of microglia for a rapid response to inflammatory cues in the CNS. We also demonstrate selective expression of the chemokines MIP-1alpha and MCP-1 by confluent human fetal astrocytes in cocultures and propose a role for these chemotactic cytokines as regulators of microglial motility and differentiation. The interchangeable morphological continuum of microglia supports the view that these cells represent a single heterogeneous population of resident mononuclear phagocytes capable of marked plasticity.
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- P Rezaie
- Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, DeCrespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, United Kingdom.
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Marcinkowski M, Bartsch M, Versmold HT, Ulfig N, Stoltenburg-Didinger G. Hypothalamic Necroses and Arterial Hypotension in a Preterm Infant with Asphyxia. Neuroembryology Aging 2002. [DOI: 10.1159/000066274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We report on a preterm infant with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome with asphyxia in whom hypotension began 4 h after birth and who was resistant to volume infusion and even high doses of catecholamines. Cerebral ultrasound did not show any intracranial bleeding during the first week. The infant died at the age of 9 days because of congestive heart failure and severe therapy-resistant arterial hypotension. Autopsy disclosed unifocal symmetrical necroses of the lateral hypothalamus in the area of blood pressure regulation. It is postulated that the necrotic areas are the hypothalamic centres responsible for blood pressure regulation.
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