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Abstract #96360 Published in IGR 22-3

Mechanisms implicated in the contralateral effect in the central nervous system after unilateral injury: focus on the visual system

Lucas-Ruiz F; Galindo-Romero C; Albaladejo-García V; Vidal-Sanz M; Agudo-Barriuso M
Neural Regeneration Research 2021; 16: 2125-2131


The retina, as part of the central nervous system is an ideal model to study the response of neurons to injury and disease and to test new treatments. During the last decade is becoming clear that unilateral lesions in bilateral areas of the central nervous system trigger an inflammatory response in the contralateral uninjured site. This effect has been better studied in the visual system where, as a rule, one retina is used as experimental and the other as control. Contralateral retinas in unilateral models of retinal injury show neuronal degeneration and glial activation. The mechanisms by which this adverse response in the central nervous system occurs are discussed in this review, focusing primarily on the visual system.

Departamento de Oftalmología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria-Virgen de la Arrixaca (IMIBArrixaca) Murcia, Spain.

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