Clinical analysis of 4 cases of Wernekink commissure syndrome / 中南大学学报(医学版)

Wernekink commissure syndrome (WCS) is very rare. Four patients with WCS, admitted to our hospital from April to May 2018, were chosen for this study, and their clinical manifestations, imaging features, and etiology were retrospectively analyzed based on the literatures. All patients with WCS manifested as bilateral cerebellar ataxia such as symmetrical limb and trunk ataxia, but the degree of ataxia was asymmetrical distribution based on the anatomy. Dysarthria was the main and constant clinical manifestation of the syndrome. Ophthalmoplegia had great variability, and WCS with oculomotor nerve palsy may be considered as atypical WCS. The incidence of olivary degeneration and palatine myoclonus is relatively low, which may be related to the difference in the reported time intervals of cases. Changes in consciousness and emotion may be the characteristic of neglected WCS, which should be paid more attention. Cerebral infarction is the main etiology of WCS. We reported that cerebral infarction and WCS was the first symptom in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We should pay more attention to special etiology in diagnosis and treatment of WCS.

Evaluation of a mouse model of Parkinson' s disease induced by lipopolysaccharide plus MPTP / 中国实验动物学报

Objective The aim of this study was to establish a mouse model of chronic Parkinson ' s disease in-duced by systemic administration of lipopolysaccharide plus 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine(MPTP), and to study the changes of behavioral manifestation , numbers of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta . Methods Twenty C57BL mice were randomly divided into 2 groups:the saline control group and model group .The mice in the model group received three intraperitoneal (i.p.) injections of LPS (0.25 mg/kg), once daily for three consecutive days.Four hours following the final LPS injection , the mice received one subcutaneous injection of low-dose MPTP (25 mg/kg).The mice of control group were injected with the same volume of saline .Eight weeks later, the motor ability of the mice was evaluated by footprint test and rotarod test .The tyrosine hydroxylase ( TH)-positive cells were observed by immu-nohistochemical analysis .Results Compared with the control group , the scores of behavioral test were significantly lower , numbers of TH immunoreactive cells were significantly less in the Parkinson ' s model group ( P<0.05 ) .Conclusions Behavioral manifestation ,number of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra are significantly changed in the mouse models of Parkinson ' s disease produced by repeated injection of LPS plus MPTP , suggesting that this chronic animal model can be used in the experimental study for pathogenesis and therapy of Parkinson ' s disease .