N-Methyl-d-Aspartate Receptor Blockade Is Neuroprotective in Experimental Autoimmune Optic Neuritis

KW Sühs, R Fairless, SK Williams… - … of Neuropathology & …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Optic neuritis is a common clinical manifestation of the chronic inflammatory CNS disease
multiple sclerosis that can result in persistent visual impairment caused by degeneration of …

Influence of retinal NMDA receptor activity during autoimmune optic neuritis

J Bojcevski, A Stojic, DB Hoffmann… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Autoimmune optic neuritis (AON), a model of multiple sclerosis‐associated optic neuritis, is
accompanied by degeneration of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and optic nerve …

Methylprednisolone increases neuronal apoptosis during autoimmune CNS inflammation by inhibition of an endogenous neuroprotective pathway

R Diem, M Hobom, K Maier, R Weissert… - Journal of …, 2003 - Soc Neuroscience
Optic neuritis is one of the most common clinical manifestations of multiple sclerosis (MS), a
chronic inflammatory disease of the CNS. High-dosage methylprednisolone treatment has …

Multiple neuroprotective mechanisms of minocycline in autoimmune CNS inflammation

K Maier, D Merkler, J Gerber, N Taheri, AV Kuhnert… - Neurobiology of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Axonal destruction and neuronal loss occur early during multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune
inflammatory CNS disease that frequently manifests with acute optic neuritis. Available …

Simvastatin treatment does not protect retinal ganglion cells from degeneration in a rat model of autoimmune optic neuritis

MB Sättler, R Diem, D Merkler, I Demmer, I Boger… - Experimental …, 2005 - Elsevier
In patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), non-remitting deficits are mainly caused by axonal
and neuronal damage. We demonstrated previously that myelin oligodendrocyte …

Inflammatory demyelination induces axonal injury and retinal ganglion cell apoptosis in experimental optic neuritis

KS Shindler, E Ventura, M Dutt, A Rostami - Experimental eye research, 2008 - Elsevier
Optic neuritis is an inflammatory disease of the optic nerve that often occurs in patients with
multiple sclerosis and leads to permanent visual loss mediated by retinal ganglion cell …

Abnormal NMDA receptor function exacerbates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

G Grasselli, S Rossi, A Musella… - British journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose Glutamate transmission is dysregulated in both multiple sclerosis
(MS) and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), the animal model of MS. A …

Matrine treatment reduces retinal ganglion cell apoptosis in experimental optic neuritis

J Kang, S Liu, Y Song, Y Chu, M Wang, Y Shi… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Inflammatory demyelination and axonal injury of the optic nerve are hallmarks of optic
neuritis (ON), which often occurs in multiple sclerosis and is a major cause of visual …

Immune‐related mechanisms participating in resistance and susceptibility to glutamate toxicity

H Schori, E Yoles, LA Wheeler, T Raveh… - European Journal of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Glutamate is an essential neurotransmitter in the CNS. However, at abnormally high
concentrations it becomes cytotoxic. Recent studies in our laboratory showed that glutamate …

Transgenic inhibition of astroglial NF-κB protects from optic nerve damage and retinal ganglion cell loss in experimental optic neuritis

R Brambilla, G Dvoriantchikova, D Barakat… - Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Background Optic neuritis is an acute, demyelinating neuropathy of the optic nerve often
representing the first appreciable symptom of multiple sclerosis. Wallerian degeneration of …