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Article: Electrical brain stimulation induces dendritic stripping but improves survival of silent neurons after optic nerve damage
Title | Electrical brain stimulation induces dendritic stripping but improves survival of silent neurons after optic nerve damage |
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Issue Date | 2017 |
Citation | Scientific Reports, 2017, v. 7, n. 1, article no. 627 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Repetitive transorbital alternating current stimulation (rtACS) improves vision in patients with chronic visual impairments and an acute treatment increased survival of retinal neurons after optic nerve crush (ONC) in rodent models of visual system injury. However, despite this protection no functional recovery could be detected in rats, which was interpreted as evidence of "silent survivor" cells. We now analysed the mechanisms underlying this "silent survival" effect. Using in vivo microscopy of the retina we investigated the survival and morphology of fluorescent neurons before and after ONC in animals receiving rtACS or sham treatment. One week after the crush, more neurons survived in the rtACS-treated group compared to sham-treated controls. In vivo imaging further revealed that in the initial post-ONC period, rtACS induced dendritic pruning in surviving neurons. In contrast, dendrites in untreated retinae degenerated slowly after the axonal trauma and neurons died. The complete loss of visual evoked potentials supports the hypothesis that cell signalling is abolished in the surviving neurons. Despite this evidence of "silencing", intracellular free calcium imaging showed that the cells were still viable. We propose that early after trauma, complete dendritic stripping following rtACS protects neurons from excitotoxic cell death by silencing them. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/298208 |
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dc.contributor.author | Henrich-Noack, Petra | - |
dc.contributor.author | Sergeeva, Elena G. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Eber, Torben | - |
dc.contributor.author | You, Qing | - |
dc.contributor.author | Voigt, Nadine | - |
dc.contributor.author | Köhler, Jürgen | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wagner, Sebastian | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lazik, Stefanie | - |
dc.contributor.author | Mawrin, Christian | - |
dc.contributor.author | Xu, Guihua | - |
dc.contributor.author | Biswas, Sayantan | - |
dc.contributor.author | Sabel, Bernhard A. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Leung, Christopher Kai Shun | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-08T03:07:54Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-04-08T03:07:54Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Scientific Reports, 2017, v. 7, n. 1, article no. 627 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/298208 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Repetitive transorbital alternating current stimulation (rtACS) improves vision in patients with chronic visual impairments and an acute treatment increased survival of retinal neurons after optic nerve crush (ONC) in rodent models of visual system injury. However, despite this protection no functional recovery could be detected in rats, which was interpreted as evidence of "silent survivor" cells. We now analysed the mechanisms underlying this "silent survival" effect. Using in vivo microscopy of the retina we investigated the survival and morphology of fluorescent neurons before and after ONC in animals receiving rtACS or sham treatment. One week after the crush, more neurons survived in the rtACS-treated group compared to sham-treated controls. In vivo imaging further revealed that in the initial post-ONC period, rtACS induced dendritic pruning in surviving neurons. In contrast, dendrites in untreated retinae degenerated slowly after the axonal trauma and neurons died. The complete loss of visual evoked potentials supports the hypothesis that cell signalling is abolished in the surviving neurons. Despite this evidence of "silencing", intracellular free calcium imaging showed that the cells were still viable. We propose that early after trauma, complete dendritic stripping following rtACS protects neurons from excitotoxic cell death by silencing them. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Scientific Reports | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.title | Electrical brain stimulation induces dendritic stripping but improves survival of silent neurons after optic nerve damage | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/s41598-017-00487-z | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 28377608 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC5428431 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85017147951 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 7 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. 627 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. 627 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2045-2322 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000398162600003 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 2045-2322 | - |