Thoracoabdominal aortic replacement,necessary in case of injuries,aneurysms and dissections,shows a high complication rate as a consequence of the perioperative ischemia/reperfusion-sequence(I/R).Clamping above and ...Thoracoabdominal aortic replacement,necessary in case of injuries,aneurysms and dissections,shows a high complication rate as a consequence of the perioperative ischemia/reperfusion-sequence(I/R).Clamping above and below the lesion leads to the spinal cord suffering from ischemia.Clamping times of less than 30 minutes show only a small risk of neurological deficit,展开更多
In the mammalian central nervous system(CNS)coupling of neurons by gap junctions and the expression of neuronal gap junction protein,connexin 36(Cx36)rapidly increases(usually during 1–2 hours)following a wide ...In the mammalian central nervous system(CNS)coupling of neurons by gap junctions and the expression of neuronal gap junction protein,connexin 36(Cx36)rapidly increases(usually during 1–2 hours)following a wide range of neuronal injuries,including ischemia,traumatic brain injury(TBI),spinal cord injury and epilepsy(reviewed in Belousov and Fontes,2013).Pharmacological blockade or genetic elimi-nation of Cx36-containing gap junctions dramatically re- duce neuronal death in animal models of ischemia, TBI and epilepsy and prevent NMDA receptor (NMDAR)-mediated excitotoxicity (Belousov and Fontes, 2014).展开更多
文摘Thoracoabdominal aortic replacement,necessary in case of injuries,aneurysms and dissections,shows a high complication rate as a consequence of the perioperative ischemia/reperfusion-sequence(I/R).Clamping above and below the lesion leads to the spinal cord suffering from ischemia.Clamping times of less than 30 minutes show only a small risk of neurological deficit,
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文摘In the mammalian central nervous system(CNS)coupling of neurons by gap junctions and the expression of neuronal gap junction protein,connexin 36(Cx36)rapidly increases(usually during 1–2 hours)following a wide range of neuronal injuries,including ischemia,traumatic brain injury(TBI),spinal cord injury and epilepsy(reviewed in Belousov and Fontes,2013).Pharmacological blockade or genetic elimi-nation of Cx36-containing gap junctions dramatically re- duce neuronal death in animal models of ischemia, TBI and epilepsy and prevent NMDA receptor (NMDAR)-mediated excitotoxicity (Belousov and Fontes, 2014).