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. 2017 Jan 26;12(1):e0170825. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170825

Table 1. Prophylactic fingolimod does not modify the spontaneous release of endogenous glutamate and GABA from synaptosomes isolated from selected regions of central nervous system of EAE mice at the acute stage of disease.

Control mice Fingolimod-treated control mice EAE mice Fingolimod treated EAE mice
endogenous glutamate (pmoles / mg protein)
cortex 123.4 ± 13.7 132.7 ± 16.0 108.4 ± 15.3 128.1 ± 15.2
hippocampus 155.9 ± 17.3 172.6 ± 22.4 182.1 ± 21.33 162.8 ± 16.3
spinal cord 198.3 ± 22.5 212.4 ± 21.3 209.7 ± 18.4 203.5 ± 22.1
endogenous GABA (pmoles / mg protein)
cortex 83.2 ± 11.2 78.9 ± 14,5 99.5 ± 13.5 89.4 ± 16.7
hippocampus 75.4 ± 12.9 62.3 ± 9.5 71.5 ± 11.3 78.2 ± 8.3
spinal cord 65.7 ± 13.5 72.4 ± 9.1 58.4 ± 11.4 78.3 ± 14.3