Osmotic Demyelination: From an Oligodendrocyte to an Astrocyte Perspective
Open Access
- 5 March 2019
- journal article
- review article
- Published by MDPI AG in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
- Vol. 20 (5), 1124
- https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20051124
Abstract
Osmotic demyelination syndrome (ODS) is a disorder of the central myelin that is often associated with a precipitous rise of serum sodium. Remarkably, while the myelin and oligodendrocytes of specific brain areas degenerate during the disease, neighboring neurons and axons appear unspoiled, and neuroinflammation appears only once demyelination is well established. In addition to blood‒brain barrier breakdown and microglia activation, astrocyte death is among one of the earliest events during ODS pathology. This review will focus on various aspects of biochemical, molecular and cellular aspects of oligodendrocyte and astrocyte changes in ODS-susceptible brain regions, with an emphasis on the crosstalk between those two glial cells. Emerging evidence pointing to the initiating role of astrocytes in region-specific degeneration are discussed.This publication has 146 references indexed in Scilit:
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