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| I E HolopainenSummaryAffiliation: University of Turku Country: Finland Publications
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Asphyxia aggravates systemic hypotension but not pulmonary hypertension in piglets with meconium aspirationMinna Aaltonen
Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Pediatr Res 53:473-8. 2003....
Glutamate signaling in the pathophysiology and therapy of prenatal insultsIrma E Holopainen
Department of Pharmacology, Drug Development and Therapeutics, and MediCity Research Laboratory, Institute of Biomedicine University of Turku, Tykistokatu 6A, 4th Floor, FIN 20014 Turku, Finland
Pharmacol Biochem Behav 100:825-34. 2012..Finally, therapeutic interventions targeted at GluRs at the young age are discussed in the light of results obtained from recent experimental HI animal models and from humans...
Temporal profiles of age-dependent changes in cytokine mRNA expression and glial cell activation after status epilepticus in postnatal rat hippocampusJuha T Järvelä
Department of Pharmacology, Drug Development, and Therapeutics, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Itainen Pitkakatu 4B, FIN 20014 Turku, Finland
J Neuroinflammation 8:29. 2011..We have now further elucidated to what extent inflammation is activated by SE by investigating the acute expression of several cytokines and subacute glial reactivity in the postnatal rat hippocampus...
Seizures in the developing brain: cellular and molecular mechanisms of neuronal damage, neurogenesis and cellular reorganizationIrma E Holopainen
Department of Pharmacology, Drug Development and Therapeutics, and MediCity Research Laboratory, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Tykistokatu 6A, FIN 20014 Turku, Finland
Neurochem Int 52:935-47. 2008....
Organotypic hippocampal slice cultures: a model system to study basic cellular and molecular mechanisms of neuronal cell death, neuroprotection, and synaptic plasticityIrma E Holopainen
Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Turku, Itainen Pitkakatu 4, FI 20520, Turku, Finland
Neurochem Res 30:1521-8. 2005..Thereafter, the use of OHCs in studies focusing on neuron cell death and synaptic plasticity is discussed...
Mechanisms of kainate-induced region-specific neuronal death in immature organotypic hippocampal slice culturesI E Holopainen
Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Turku, Itainen Pitkakatu 4, FIN 0520 Turku, Finland
Neurochem Int 45:1-10. 2004..Electron microscopy showed non-apoptotic injury in the CA3a/b pyramidal neurons in KA-treated slices. Our results suggest that KA-induced neuronal death in immature OHCs is a strictly region-specific, irreversible, necrotic process...
Decreased binding of [11C]flumazenil in Angelman syndrome patients with GABA(A) receptor beta3 subunit deletionsI E Holopainen
Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Turku, Finland
Ann Neurol 49:110-3. 2001..We propose that the 15q11-q13 deletion leads to a reduced number of GABA(A)/BZ receptors, which could partly explain the neurological deficits of the AS patients...
Do antiepileptics phenytoin, carbamazepine, and loreclezole show GABA(A) receptor subtype selectivity in rat brain sections?I E Holopainen
Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Turku, Finland
Neurochem Res 26:89-94. 2001....
Neuronal activity regulates GABAA receptor subunit expression in organotypic hippocampal slice culturesI E Holopainen
Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Turku, PharmaCity, Itainen Pitkakatu 4, FIN 20520, Turku, Finland
Neuroscience 118:967-74. 2003....
Changes in neurofilament protein-immunoreactivity after kainic acid treatment of organotypic hippocampal slice culturesI E Holopainen
Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
J Neurosci Res 66:620-9. 2001..Kainic acid treatment induced changes, which mimicked those observed in the hippocampal region of epileptic animals...
Kainic acid-induced status epilepticus alters GABA receptor subunit mRNA and protein expression in the developing rat hippocampusH B Lauren
Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
J Neurochem 94:1384-94. 2005..These perturbations could result in altered functional and pharmacological properties of GABAA receptors...
Status epilepticus alters zolpidem sensitivity of [3H]flunitrazepam binding in the developing rat brainH B Lauren
Department of Pharmacology, Drug Development, and Therapeutics, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Itainen Pitkakatu 4, Turku, FIN 20014, Finland
Neuroscience 146:802-11. 2007..A part of these changes could be due to alterations in the cell surface expression of receptor subtypes...
Differential expression and localization of the phosphorylated and nonphosphorylated neurofilaments during the early postnatal development of rat hippocampusF R Lopez-Picon
Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Hippocampus 13:767-79. 2003..These developmental changes could be of importance in determining the reactivity of hippocampal neurons in pathological conditions in the immature hippocampus...
Histaminergic neurons protect the developing hippocampus from kainic acid-induced neuronal damage in an organotypic coculture systemTiina Kaisa Kukko-Lukjanov
Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Turku, FIN 20520 Turku, Finland
J Neurosci 26:1088-97. 2006..Our results suggest that histaminergic neurons protect the developing hippocampus from KA-induced neuronal damage, with regulation of neuronal survival being at least partly mediated through H1 and H3 receptors...
Age-dependent cyclooxygenase-2 induction and neuronal damage after status epilepticus in the postnatal rat hippocampusJuha T Järvelä
Department of Pharmacology, Drug Development, and Therapeutics, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Epilepsia 49:832-41. 2008..In this study, we investigated the contribution of apoptosis and inflammatory processes to neuronal damage after status epilepticus (SE) in postnatal rats...
Resistance of neurofilaments to degradation, and lack of neuronal death and mossy fiber sprouting after kainic acid-induced status epilepticus in the developing rat hippocampusFrancisco Lopez-Picon
Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, FIN-20520 Turku, Finland
Neurobiol Dis 17:415-26. 2004..Our findings indicate seizure-induced reactivity of NF proteins but their resistance to degradation, which could be of importance in neuronal survival and may also prevent MF sprouting in the developing hippocampus...
Meconium aspiration induces oxidative injury in the hippocampus of newborn pigletsMinna Aaltonen
Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine CAPC, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, 20520 Turku, Finland
Early Hum Dev 81:439-47. 2005..Meconium aspiration-induced hypertensive lung injury has been associated with neuronal damage in the newborn, but the mechanisms of the injury are poorly known...
Involvement of histamine 1 receptor in seizure susceptibility and neuroprotection in immature miceTiina Kaisa Kukko-Lukjanov
Department of Pharmacology, Drug Development and Therapeutics, University of Turku, Itainen Pitkakatu 4B, 20520 Turku, Finland
Epilepsy Res 90:8-15. 2010..Our present novel findings suggest that H1 receptors play a pivotal role in the regulation of seizure intensity and duration as well as seizure-induced neuronal damage in the immature P9 mice...
The calpain inhibitor MDL-28170 and the AMPA/KA receptor antagonist CNQX inhibit neurofilament degradation and enhance neuronal survival in kainic acid-treated hippocampal slice culturesFrancisco R Lopez-Picon
Department of Pharmacology, Drug Development and Therapeutics, University of Turku, , FIN-20520 Turku, Finland
Eur J Neurosci 23:2686-94. 2006....
Inhaled nitric oxide treatment inhibits neuronal injury after meconium aspiration in pigletsMinna Aaltonen
Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine CAPC, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, 20520 Turku, Finland
Early Hum Dev 83:77-85. 2007..Meconium aspiration-induced hypertensive lung injury is frequently associated with neuronal damage. Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) is widely used in the treatment of pulmonary hypertension, but its effects on the brain are poorly known...
Auditory event related potentials as tools to reveal cognitive late effects in childhood cancer patientsLiisa S Järvelä
Department of Paediatrics, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
Clin Neurophysiol 122:62-72. 2011....
Meconium aspiration induces neuronal injury in pigletsMinna Aaltonen
Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine CAPC, University Hospital of Turku, Turku, Finland
Acta Paediatr 94:1468-75. 2005..We aimed to determine the neuronal injury induced by pulmonary meconium contamination alone and with concurrent asphyxia...
Maturation of cultured hippocampal slices results in increased excitability in granule cellsMarkus M Lindroos
Department of Pharmacology, University of Turku, , FIN-20520 Turku, Finland
Int J Dev Neurosci 23:65-73. 2005..Cultured immature hippocampal slices could thus serve as an additional in vitro model to elucidate mechanisms of synaptic plasticity and cellular reactivity in response to external damage in the developing hippocampus...
Transcriptome analysis of the hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cell region after kainic acid-induced status epilepticus in juvenile ratsHanna B Laurén
Department of Pharmacology, Drug Development, and Therapeutics, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
PLoS ONE 5:e10733. 2010....
Changes in microtubule-associated protein-2 (MAP2) expression during development and after status epilepticus in the immature rat hippocampusNiina S Jalava
Department of Pharmacology, Drug Development, and Therapeutics, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Itainen Pitkakatu 4B, FIN 20014 Turku, Finland
Int J Dev Neurosci 25:121-31. 2007..Moreover, high-molecular weight MAP2s may play a role in nerve cell survival during cell stress...
Selective changes in gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor subunits in the hippocampus in spontaneously seizing rats with chronic temporal lobe epilepsyHanna B Laurén
Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, PharmaCity, University of Turku, Itainen Pitkakatu 4, FIN 20520 Turku, Finland
Neurosci Lett 349:58-62. 2003..Our results suggest that GABA(A) receptor undergoes region selective subunit changes during epileptogenesis in the hippocampus of rats with chronic temporal lobe epilepsy...
Kainate down-regulates a subset of GABAA receptor subunits expressed in cultured mouse cerebellar granule cellsIlkka K Martikainen
Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Cerebellum 3:27-38. 2004..In conclusion, chronic kainate treatment of cerebellar granule cells selectively down-regulates oil, alpha6 and beta2 subunits resulting in altered GABAA receptor pharmacology...
AMPA/kainate receptor-mediated up-regulation of GABAA receptor delta subunit mRNA expression in cultured rat cerebellar granule cells is dependent on NMDA receptor activationVirpi Salonen
Department of Pharmacology, Drug Design and Therapeutics, University of Turku, , FIN-20520 Turku, Finland
Brain Res 1087:33-40. 2006..Up-regulation of delta during prolonged glutamate receptor activation or cell membrane depolarization may be a mechanism to increase tonic inhibition to counteract excessive excitation...
Brain oscillatory EEG event-related desynchronization (ERD) and -sychronization (ERS) responses during an auditory memory task are altered in children with epilepsyChristina M Krause
Cognitive Science Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Seizure 17:1-10. 2008..The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of infrequent seizures on cognitive skills in children with non-symptomatic focal epilepsy taking antiepileptic medication but still having infrequent seizures...
Quantitative HMRS and MRI volumetry indicate neuronal damage in the hippocampus of children with focal epilepsy and infrequent seizuresTarja Varho
Child and Adolescence Health Care of Turku City, Finland
Epilepsia 46:696-703. 2005..Reduced NA could reflect neuronal metabolic dysfunction and/or neuronal damage, as indicated by our volumetric findings...
