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Taheri F, Joushi S, Mohammadipoor-Ghasemabad L, Rad I, Esmaeilpour K, Sheibani V. Effects of music on cognitive behavioral impairments in both sex of adult rats exposed prenatally to valproic acid. Birth Defects Res 2024; 116:e2300. [PMID: 38277409 DOI: 10.1002/bdr2.2300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2023] [Revised: 12/23/2023] [Accepted: 12/31/2023] [Indexed: 01/28/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impairment in reciprocal social interactions, deficits in communication, and restrictive and repetitive behaviors and interests. In previous studies, music has been identified as an intervention therapy for children with ASD. OBJECTIVES The present study evaluated the effects of music on cognitive behavioral impairments in both sexes of adult rats exposed prenatally to Valproic acid. METHODS For induction of autism, pregnant female rats were pretreated with either saline or VPA (600 mg/kg.i.p.) at gestational day (GD) 12.5. Male and female offspring were divided into Saline.Non-Music, VPA.Non-Music, Saline.Music, and VPA.Music groups. The adult rats in the music groups were exposed to Mozart's piano sonata K.448 for 30 days (4 h/day), from postnatal day (PND) 60 to 90. Social interaction and Morris water maze (MWM) tasks were tested at PND 90. RESULTS Our results revealed that prenatal exposure to VPA decreased sociability and social memory performance in both sexes of adult rats. Moreover, prenatal exposure to VPA created learning and memory impairments in both sexes of adult rats in the MWM task. Music intervention improved sociability in both sexes of VPA-exposed rats and social memory in both sexes of VPA-exposed rats, especially in females. Furthermore, our results revealed that music ameliorated learning impairments in VPA-exposed female rats in the MWM task. In addition, music improved spatial memory impairments in VPA-exposed rats of both sexes, especially in females, which needs more investigation in molecular and histological fields in future studies. CONCLUSION Music intervention improved sociability and social memory in adult VPA-exposed rats, especially in female animals. Furthermore, music improved memory impairments in VPA-exposed rats of both sexes. It seems that music had a better influence on female rats. However, future studies need more investigations in molecular and histological fields.
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Affiliation(s)
- Farahnaz Taheri
- Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Pathology and Stem Cell Research Center Afzalipour Medical University of Medical Science, Kerman, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
- School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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Moschonas EH, Ranellone TS, Vozzella VJ, Rennerfeldt PL, Bondi CO, Annas EM, Bittner RA, Tamura DM, Reddy RI, Eleti RR, Cheng JP, Jarvis JM, Fink EL, Kline AE. Efficacy of a music-based intervention in a preclinical model of traumatic brain injury: An initial foray into a novel and non-pharmacological rehabilitative therapy. Exp Neurol 2023; 369:114544. [PMID: 37726048 PMCID: PMC10591861 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2023.114544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2023] [Revised: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 09/16/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023]
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes neurobehavioral and cognitive impairments that negatively impact life quality for millions of individuals. Because of its pernicious effects, numerous pharmacological interventions have been evaluated to attenuate the TBI-induced deficits or to reinstate function. While many such pharmacotherapies have conferred benefits in the laboratory, successful translation to the clinic has yet to be achieved. Given the individual, medical, and societal burden of TBI, there is an urgent need for alternative approaches to attenuate TBI sequelae and promote recovery. Music based interventions (MBIs) may hold untapped potential for improving neurobehavioral and cognitive recovery after TBI as data in normal, non-TBI, rats show plasticity and augmented cognition. Hence, the aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that providing a MBI to adult rats after TBI would improve cognition, neurobehavior, and histological endpoints. Adult male rats received a moderate-to-severe controlled cortical impact injury (2.8 mm impact at 4 m/s) or sham surgery (n = 10-12 per group) and 24 h later were randomized to classical Music or No Music (i.e., ambient room noise) for 3 h/day from 19:00 to 22:00 h for 30 days (last day of behavior). Motor (beam-walk), cognitive (acquisition of spatial learning and memory), anxiety-like behavior (open field), coping (shock probe defensive burying), as well as histopathology (lesion volume), neuroplasticity (BDNF), and neuroinflammation (Iba1, and CD163) were assessed. The data showed that the MBI improved motor, cognitive, and anxiety-like behavior vs. No Music (p's < 0.05). Music also reduced cortical lesion volume and activated microglia but increased resting microglia and hippocampal BDNF expression. These findings support the hypothesis and provide a compelling impetus for additional preclinical studies utilizing MBIs as a potential efficacious rehabilitative therapy for TBI.
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- Eleni H Moschonas
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America; Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America; Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America
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- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America; Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America
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- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America; Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America
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- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America; Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America
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- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America; Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America; Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America; Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America
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- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America; Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America
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- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America; Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America
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- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America; Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America
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- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America; Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America
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- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America; Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America
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- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America; Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America
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- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America; Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America
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- Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America; Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America
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- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America; Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America; Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America; Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America; Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America; Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America.
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Taheri F, Joushi S, Esmaeilpour K, Sheibani V, Ebrahimi MN, Taheri Zadeh Z. Music alleviates cognitive impairments in an animal model of autism. Int J Dev Neurosci 2023. [PMID: 37246451 DOI: 10.1002/jdn.10260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2022] [Revised: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/30/2023] Open
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by core symptoms including impairment in social communication and restrictive and repetitive behaviors and interests. Music has emerged in the past decade as an intervention therapy for children with ASD. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of music on cognition impairments in the valproic acid (VPA) rat model of autism. The VPA was administered for animal modeling of autism on embryonic day 12.5 (E12.5) (600 mg/kg). Male and female pups were sub divided into four main groups (Saline.Non-music, VPA.Non-music, Saline.Music, and VPA.Music). The rats in the music groups were exposed to Mozart's piano sonata K.448 for 30 days (4 h/day), from postnatal day (PND) 21 to 50. Autistic-like behaviors were tested using a social interaction, the Morris water maze (MWM), and a passive avoidance tasks at the end of the PND 50. Our results demonstrated that VPA-exposed rat pups had significantly lower sociability and social memory performance compared with the saline-exposed rats in both sexes. VPA-exposed rat pups exhibited learning and memory impairments in the MWM and passive avoidance tasks. Our results demonstrated that music improved sociability in VPA-exposed rats, especially in males. Furthermore, our findings revealed that music improved learning impairments in VPA-exposed male rats in MWM task. In addition, music improved spatial memory impairments in VPA-exposed rats of both sexes. We also found that music improved passive avoidance memory impairments in VPA-exposed rats of both sexes, especially in females. More investigation in future studies are needed.
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- Farahnaz Taheri
- Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
- Physics and Astronomy department, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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Dos Santos AC, de Abreu MS, de Mello GP, Costella V, do Amaral NR, Zanella A, Poletto J, Petersen EV, Kalueff AV, Giacomini ACVV. Solfeggio-frequency music exposure reverses cognitive and endocrine deficits evoked by a 24-h light exposure in adult zebrafish. Behav Brain Res 2023; 450:114461. [PMID: 37119977 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2023.114461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Revised: 04/08/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
Abstract
Music therapy has long been used as a non-pharmacological intervention to improve cognitive function and mood in humans. Mounting rodent evidence also supports beneficial impact of music exposure on animal cognitive performance. The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is an important emerging aquatic animal model in translational biomedical and neuroscience research. Here, we evaluate the effects of intermittent (2-h or 6-h twice daily) and continuous (24-h) solfeggio-frequency music exposure on behavioral, cognitive and endocrine parameters in adult zebrafish whose circadian rhythm was disturbed by a 24-h light exposure. Overall, while a 24-h light exposure evokes overt cognitive deficits and elevates zebrafish whole-body cortisol levels, these effects were reversed by solfeggio-frequency music exposure for 2 or 6h twice daily, and by continuous 24-h exposure). Collectively, these findings suggest a positive modulation of cognitive and endocrine responses in adult zebrafish by environmental enrichment via the long-term exposure to music, and reinforces zebrafish as a robust, sensitive model organism for neurocognitive and neuroendocrine research.
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- Amanda C Dos Santos
- Postgraduate Program in Environmental Sciences, University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil; Health Institute, University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil
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- Health Institute, University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil
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- Health Institute, University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil
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- Health Institute, University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil
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- Medical School, University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil; Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia; Neuroscience Program, Sirius University of Science and Technology, Sirius, Russia; Institute of Translational Biomedicine, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia; Institute of Experimental Medicine, Almazov National Medical Research Centre, Ministry of Healthcare of Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, Russia; Laboratory of Preclinical Bioscreening, Granov Russian Research Center of Radiology, Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia; Surgical Technologies, Ministry of Healthcare of Russian Federation, Pesochny, Russia Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia; Laboratory of Biopsychiatry, Scientific Research Institute of Neurosciences and Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Postgraduate Program in Environmental Sciences, University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil; Health Institute, University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil; Medical School, University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
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Venkatesh G, Sankar V, Ramanathan M. Molecular mechanism of tuberoinfundibular peptide of 39 on glucocorticoid receptor mediated glutamate/GABA imbalance and cerebral abnormalities against cognitive deficit model. J Pharm Pharmacol 2019; 71:996-1006. [DOI: 10.1111/jphp.13085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2018] [Accepted: 02/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
Abstract
Objectives
This study is designed to evaluate the role of tuberoinfundibular peptide of 39 (TIP39) in connection with glucocorticoid receptor-mediated glutamate/GABA abnormalities in chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) model.
Methods
Male Sprague–Dawley rats were treated with TIP39 (1 and 10 nmol, i.c.v) and diazepam 2 mg/kg throughout the stress period (28 days) in alternate days. Then, rats were subjected for different behavioural activity followed by biochemical, gene expression and histological examinations.
Key findings
Chronic unpredictable mild stress rats showed significant cognitive impairment in Morris water maze, Novel object recognition and Y maze test. This was reversed after TIP39 administration. Moreover, TIP39 significantly decreased the brain glutamate and acetyl cholinesterase levels in CUMS rats, whereas it increases the level of GABA after TIP39 treatment. These changes were evident with increased glutamic acid decarboxylase enzyme activity by TIP39. TIP39 significantly decreased the brain glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptor expression ratio in comparison with CUMS rats. Moreover, histological abnormalities in prefrontal cortex and hippocampus were markedly improved after TIP39 administration in CUMS rats.
Conclusions
Tuberoinfundibular peptide of 39 can be a potent neuroendocrine modulator in treating cognitive impairment induced by CUMS rats by controlling glucocorticoid receptor-mediated glutamate/GABA abnormalities in brain.
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, PSG College of Pharmacy, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, PSG College of Pharmacy, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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