Recovery from spreading depolarization is slowed by aging and accelerated by antioxidant treatment in locusts
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Anoxia and similar energetic crises trigger a shutdown of central neural processing in a process of spreading depolarization (SD) that is generally pathological in mammals and protective in insects. We show that older animals are slower to recover from SD in an insect model. Moreover, preventing oxidative stress with an antioxidant speeds recovery. These findings demonstrate the role of oxidative stress in contributing to the vulnerability of the aging insect central nervous system (CNS) in energetic emergencies.
