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Changes in levels of intracellular calcium ion ([Ca2+]i) induced by in vitro ischemic conditions in gerbil cerebellar and hippocampal slices were investigated using a calcium imaging system and electron microscopy. When the cerebellar slice was perfused with a glucose-free physiological medium equilibrated with a 95% N2/5% CO2 gas mixture (in vitro ischemic medium), a large [Ca2+]i elevation was region-specifically induced in the molecular laver of the cerebellar cortex (a dendritic field of Purkinje cells). When the hippocampal slice was perfused with in vitro ischemic medium, a large [Ca2+]i elevation was region-specifically induced in CA1 field of the hippocampal slices. Electron microscopic examinations showed that the large [Ca2+]i elevations occurred in Purkinje cells and CA1 pyramidal neurons. To isolate Ca2+ release from intracellular Ca2+ store sites, the slices were perfused with Ca2+-free in vitro ischemic medium. the increases in [Ca2+]i in both cerebellar and hippocampal slices were significantly lower than those observed in the slices perfused with the Ca2+-containing in vitro ischemic medium. However, the suppression of the [Ca2+]i-elevation in the molecular layer of the cerebellar slices was smaller than that in the CA1 field of the hippocampal slices. These results reinforce the hypothesis that calcium plays a pivotal role in the development of ischemia-induced neuronal death, and suggest that Ca2+ release from intracellular Ca2+ store sites may play an important role in the ischemia-induced [Ca2+]i elevation in Purkinje cells.
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Mitani, A., Yanase, H., Namba, S. et al. In vitro ischemia-induced intracellular Ca2+ elevation in cerebellar slices: a comparative study with the values found in hippocampal slices. Acta Neuropathol 89, 2–7 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00294252
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