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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Functional and Structural Changes in the Corticospinal Tract of Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats.

Ken Muramatsu, Satoshi Shimo, Toru Tamaki, Masako Ikutomo, Masatoshi Niwa

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ken MuramatsuDepartment of Physical Therapy, Kyorin University, 5-4-1 Simorenzyaku, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8612, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5351-0416
Satoshi ShimoDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Health Science University, 7187 Kodachi, Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi 401-0380, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-8256-6662
Toru TamakiDepartment of Physical Therapy, Health Science University, 7187 Kodachi, Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi 401-0380, Japan.
Masako IkutomoDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Tokyo Health Sciences, 4-11 Ochiai, Tama, Tokyo 206-0003, Japan.
Masatoshi NiwaDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Kyorin University, 5-4-1 Simorenzyaku, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8612, Japan.
Kyorin University · JPUniversity of Tokyo Health Sciences · JP

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 18K10726
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to reveal functional and morphological changes in the corticospinal tract, a pathway shown to be susceptible to diabetes. Type 1 diabetes was induced in 13-week-old male Wistar rats administered streptozotocin. Twenty-three weeks after streptozotocin injection, diabetic animals and age-matched control animals were used to demonstrate the conduction velocity of the corticospinal tract. Other animals were used for morphometric analyses of the base of the dorsal funiculus of the corticospinal tract in the spinal cord using both optical and electron microscopy. The conduction velocity of the corticospinal tract decreased in the lumbar spinal cord in the diabetic animal, although it did not decrease in the cervical spinal cord. Furthermore, atrophy of the fibers of the base of the dorsal funiculus was observed along their entire length, with an increase in the g-ratio in the lumbar spinal cord in the diabetic animal. This study indicates that the corticospinal tract fibers projecting to the lumbar spinal cord experience a decrease in conduction velocity at the lumbar spinal cord of these axons in diabetic animals, likely caused by a combination of axonal atrophy and an increased g-ratio due to thinning of the myelin sheath.

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Action PotentialsAnimalsBlood GlucoseBody WeightDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalMaleMotor NeuronsNeural ConductionPyramidal TractsRatsRats, WistarSpinal CordStreptozocinBlood GlucoseStreptozocincorticospinal tractdiabetesdiabetic neuropathy

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PMID34576288
PMCPMC8472618
OpenAlexW3201275485

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