Glutamatergic transmission in the avian brain: model for human excitotoxicity disorders Study

Glutamatergic dysfunction has been suggested as a possible substrate of the pathophysiology of many neurodegenerative diseases, specifically since glutamatergic transmission is severely altered by the early degeneration of cortico-cortical connections and hippocampal projections in Alzheimer’s disea...

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Main Authors: M.R., Islam, Y., Atoji, J.M., Abdullah
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6627/
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J.M., Abdullah
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description Glutamatergic dysfunction has been suggested as a possible substrate of the pathophysiology of many neurodegenerative diseases, specifically since glutamatergic transmission is severely altered by the early degeneration of cortico-cortical connections and hippocampal projections in Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia and Huntington’s disease in humans. Of the multiple genes, vesicular glutamate transporters, glutamate receptors and excitatory amino acid transporters have a significant role in glutamatergic transmissions. The regional differences of glutamatergic neurons and glutamate receptor neurons suggest many glutamatergic projections in the avian brain. Glutamatergic target areas are expected to show high activity of glutamate transporters that remove the released glutamate from the synaptic clefts. The distribution of the glutamate-related genes indicates that many glutamatergic transmissions exist in the avian brain. This review provide insights of glutamatergic circuits in birds particularly in the pallial organization of glutamatergic neurons and connection with the striatum and hippocampal-septal pathway and comparison with those of mammalian brain which are responsible for Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia and Huntington’s disease in humans.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:66272016-12-14T06:41:44Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6627/ Glutamatergic transmission in the avian brain: model for human excitotoxicity disorders Study M.R., Islam Y., Atoji J.M., Abdullah Glutamatergic dysfunction has been suggested as a possible substrate of the pathophysiology of many neurodegenerative diseases, specifically since glutamatergic transmission is severely altered by the early degeneration of cortico-cortical connections and hippocampal projections in Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia and Huntington’s disease in humans. Of the multiple genes, vesicular glutamate transporters, glutamate receptors and excitatory amino acid transporters have a significant role in glutamatergic transmissions. The regional differences of glutamatergic neurons and glutamate receptor neurons suggest many glutamatergic projections in the avian brain. Glutamatergic target areas are expected to show high activity of glutamate transporters that remove the released glutamate from the synaptic clefts. The distribution of the glutamate-related genes indicates that many glutamatergic transmissions exist in the avian brain. This review provide insights of glutamatergic circuits in birds particularly in the pallial organization of glutamatergic neurons and connection with the striatum and hippocampal-septal pathway and comparison with those of mammalian brain which are responsible for Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia and Huntington’s disease in humans. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6627/1/12_M.R._Islam.pdf M.R., Islam and Y., Atoji and J.M., Abdullah (2013) Glutamatergic transmission in the avian brain: model for human excitotoxicity disorders Study. Sains Malaysiana, 42 (11). pp. 1619-1624. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/
spellingShingle M.R., Islam
Y., Atoji
J.M., Abdullah
Glutamatergic transmission in the avian brain: model for human excitotoxicity disorders Study
title Glutamatergic transmission in the avian brain: model for human excitotoxicity disorders Study
title_full Glutamatergic transmission in the avian brain: model for human excitotoxicity disorders Study
title_fullStr Glutamatergic transmission in the avian brain: model for human excitotoxicity disorders Study
title_full_unstemmed Glutamatergic transmission in the avian brain: model for human excitotoxicity disorders Study
title_short Glutamatergic transmission in the avian brain: model for human excitotoxicity disorders Study
title_sort glutamatergic transmission in the avian brain: model for human excitotoxicity disorders study
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6627/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6627/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6627/1/12_M.R._Islam.pdf