Miniaturizing and integrating atomic vapor cells is widely investigated for the purposes of fundamental measurements and technological applications such as quantum sensing. Extending such platforms to Show more
Miniaturizing and integrating atomic vapor cells is widely investigated for the purposes of fundamental measurements and technological applications such as quantum sensing. Extending such platforms to the realm of molecular physics is a fascinating prospect that paves the way for compact frequency metrology as well as for exploring light-matter interactions with complex quantum objects. Here, we perform molecular rovibrational spectroscopy in a thin-cell of micrometric thickness, comparable to excitation wavelengths. We operate the cell in two distinct regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, probing ν Show less
Olivier Payet, Christine D'Aldin, Laurence Maurin+2 more · 2004 · Journal of ocular pharmacology and therapeutics : the official journal of the Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics · added 2026-04-24
The purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanism of the neuroprotective activity of trimetazidine in animal retina stressed by ischemia or kainate. Flash electroretinograms were recorded in Show more
The purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanism of the neuroprotective activity of trimetazidine in animal retina stressed by ischemia or kainate. Flash electroretinograms were recorded in guinea pigs after ischemia, induced by an acute increase in the intraocular pressure (IOP), or after an intravitreal injection of kainate. Treatment with trimetazidine per os afforded a significant protection of the electroretinogram against the ischemic as well as the excitotoxic insult as an antioxidant (dimethylthiourea) and a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor (nitroarginine) did. The effect of the drug on the extracellular accumulation of glutamate induced by chemical ischemia was studied by incubating rat retina in vitro. Trimetazidine was able to inhibit the extracellular glutamate accumulation, which represents the first step of the excitotoxic phenomenon. Then the compound activity on the glial uptake of glutamate was studied in a rat Müller cell line (rMC-1) in culture. Chemical ischemia inhibited the active 3H-glutamate transport, an effect that was reversed by trimetazidine, at micromolar concentrations. These results demonstrate that trimetazidine which is recognized as an efficient drug against ischemic injuries, is also capable of protecting the retina against excitotoxicity by reducing ischemia-induced accumulation of glutamate due in particular to glial transporter inhibition. Show less