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Dextromethorphan attenuates the effects of ischemia on rabbit electroretinographic oscillatory potentials

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Dextromethorphan has been shown to protect against ischemic tissue damage. We investigated the effects of dextromethorphan on electroretinographic oscillatory potentials in retinal ischemia. Retinal ischemia was induced in rabbits by increasing intraocular pressure to 120 mm Hg for 30, 60 or 90 minutes. Dextromethorphan was intravenously administered before ischemia and maintained throughout the whole period of experiments. Oscillatory potentials were recorded before and during ischemia as well as 4 hours of recirculation after ischemia. As expected, all oscillatory potentials were decreased after 60 and 90 minutes of ischemia. However, after 30 minutes of ischemia followed by 4 hours of recirculation, amplitudes of P2 were elevated whereas those of P3 and P4 were decreased with normal P1 amplitudes. Dextromethorphan administration diminished the effects of 30 minutes of ischemia on oscillatory potentials and partially attenuated the effects of 60 minutes of ischemia, whereas the effects of 90 minutes of ischemia could not be reversed by dextromethorphan treatment. These results indicate that electroretinographic oscillatory potentials could be useful indicators to evaluate retinal function in the ischemic condition and that dextromethorphan can attenuate the effects of relatively short periods of ischemia on rabbit electroretinographic oscillatory potentials.

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Abbreviations

DM:

dextromethorphan

NMDA:

N—methyl—d—aspartate

OP:

oscillatory potential

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  1. Departments of Ophthalmology and Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Sherbrooke University, J 1 H 5N4, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

    Wei Cao, Marian Zaharia, Andrea Drumheller, Gilles Lafond, Jean-Real Brunette & François B. Jolicoeur

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Cao, W., Zaharia, M., Drumheller, A. et al. Dextromethorphan attenuates the effects of ischemia on rabbit electroretinographic oscillatory potentials. Doc Ophthalmol 84, 247–256 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01203657

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