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Chen S, He X, Wei X, Huang J, Zhang J. After-effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation with parameter dependence on long-term potentiation-like plasticity and object recognition memory in rats. Front Neurosci 2023; 17:1144480. [PMID: 37795181 PMCID: PMC10546014 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1144480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023] Open
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Objective To investigate the after-effects of 25-Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) at 60, 100, and 120% resting motor threshold (rMT) on long-term potentiation (LTP) in the rat hippocampus, to clarify the intensity dependence of rTMS, and to determine whether it simultaneously affects learning and memory ability. Methods Five rats were randomly selected from 70 male Wistar rats, and evoked rMT potentials were recorded in response to magnetic stimulation. The remaining 65 rats were randomly assigned to five groups (n = 13), including sham rTMS, 1 Hz 100% rMT, and 25 Hz rTMS groups with 3 subgroups of 60% rMT, 100% rMT, and 120% rMT. Five rats in each group were anesthetized and induced by a priming TMS-test design for population spike (PS) response of the perforant path-dentate gyrus in the hippocampus; the remaining eight rats in each group were evaluated for object recognition memory in the novel object recognition (NOR) task after the different rTMS protocols. Results Forty-five percent (approximately 1.03 T) of the magnetic stimulator output was confirmed as rMT in the biceps femoris muscle. The PS ratio was ranked as follows: 25 Hz 100% rMT (267.78 ± 25.71%) > sham rTMS (182 ± 9.4%) >1 Hz 100% rMT (102.69 ± 6.64%) > 25 Hz 120% rMT (98 ± 11.3%) > 25 Hz 60% rMT (36 ± 8.5%). Significant differences were observed between the groups, except for the difference between the 25 Hz 120% rMT and the 1 Hz 100% rMT groups (p = 0.446). LTP was successfully induced over the 60-min recording period only in the sham rTMS and 25 Hz 100% rMT groups. Moreover, these two groups spent more time exploring a novel object than a familiar object during the NOR task (p < 0.001), suggesting long-term recognition memory retention. In the between-group analysis of the discrimination index, the following ranking was observed: 25 Hz 100% rMT (0.812 ± 0.158) > sham rTMS (0.653 ± 0.111) > 25 Hz 120% rMT (0.583 ± 0.216) >1 Hz 100% rMT (0.581 ± 0.145) > 25 Hz 60% rMT (0.532 ± 0.220). Conclusion The after-effect of 25-Hz rTMS was dependent on stimulus intensity and provided an inverted (V-shaped) bidirectional modulation on hippocampal plasticity that involved two forms of metaplasticity. Furthermore, the effects on the recognition memory ability were positively correlated with those on LTP induction in the hippocampus in vivo.
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- Shanjia Chen
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
- Laboratory Neuropathology, Institute Medicine College, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- Fifth Hospital of Xiamen, Xiamen, China
- Xiangyang Central Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Hubei University of Arts and Science, Xiangyang, Hubei, China
- The Graduate School of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- The Graduate School of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
- Fifth Hospital of Xiamen, Xiamen, China
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- Laboratory Neuropathology, Institute Medicine College, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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Elgharabawy RM, Alhowail AH, Emara AM, Aldubayan MA, Ahmed AS. The impact of chicory (Cichoriumintybus L.) on hemodynamic functions and oxidative stress in cardiac toxicity induced by lead oxide nanoparticles in male rats. Biomed Pharmacother 2021; 137:111324. [PMID: 33592547 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2021.111324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Revised: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND A common environmental pollutant, lead can induce toxicity in several organ systems. A range of industrial and/or household materials and products contain lead, and food/liquid ingestion and inhalation are the mechanisms through which lead is introduced into the human body. OBJECTIVE Since knowledge about the cardiac toxicity of acute lead nanoparticles is limited, this work sought to shed more light on the issue by investigating the therapeutic effects of chicory extract based on rat models to elevate cardiac functions and oxidative stress. METHODS Four research groups were used, each consisting of ten albino rats of male sex and adult age. The groups were: control group, chicory group, lead oxide nanoparticle group, and lead oxide nanoparticle + chicory group. RESULTS Compared to the control and chicory groups, the lead oxide nanoparticle group displayed a notable increase in heart functions and oxidative stress markers as well as alterations in cardiac histological structure. On the other hand, cardiac function modifications were counteracted through four-week administration of lead oxide nanoparticles alongside chicory. CONCLUSION Heart damage caused by lead oxide nanoparticles may be attenuated by chicory through scavenging of free radicals.
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- Rehab M Elgharabawy
- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Qassim, Saudi Arabia; Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Qassim, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Qassim, Saudi Arabia; Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Qassim, Saudi Arabia
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- Hormones Department, Medical Research Division, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
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Blockade of orexin receptors in the ventral tegmental area reduced the extinction period of the lateral hypothalamic-induced conditioned place preference in rats. Behav Pharmacol 2020; 32:54-61. [PMID: 33399296 DOI: 10.1097/fbp.0000000000000602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The orexinergic connection between the lateral hypothalamus (LH) and the ventral tegmental area (VTA) is involved in modulating the reward circuit. The conditioned place preference (CPP) can be induced by microinjection of carbachol, a cholinergic agonist, into the LH. The current research was conducted to understand whether intra-VTA orexin receptors (OXRs) could influence the duration of the extinction period or maintenance of the intra-LH carbachol-induced CPP. To this end, the rats unilaterally received intra-LH carbachol (250 nM) within a 3-day conditioning period. Animals that have already passed the conditioning test were unilaterally administered by intra-VTA microinjection of SB334867, an OX1R antagonist, or TCS OX2 29, an OX2R antagonist during the extinction phase of the LH stimulation-induced CPP. For the first time, our data indicated that daily intra-VTA administration of either SB334867 (30 nM) or TCS OX2 29 (10 and 30 nM) during the extinction period decreased the maintenance of intra-LH carbachol-induced CPP. In conclusion, OXRs in the VTA play crucial roles in the maintenance of reward processes.
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Lévesque M, Avoli M. Carbachol-Induced theta-like oscillations in the rodent brain limbic system: Underlying mechanisms and significance. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2018; 95:406-420. [PMID: 30381251 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Revised: 09/25/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Theta oscillations (4-12 Hz) represent one of the most prominent physiological oscillatory activity in the mammalian EEG. They are observed in several areas of the hippocampus and in parahippocampal structures. Theta oscillations play important roles in modulating synaptic plasticity during memory and learning; moreover, they are dependent on septal cholinergic inputs. Theta oscillations can be reproduced in vitro in several regions of the temporal lobe in the absence of the septum by employing the cholinergic agonist carbachol (CCh). Here, we review the mechanisms underlying CCh-induced theta oscillations. We address: (i) the ability of temporal lobe neuronal networks to oscillate independently at theta frequency during CCh treatment; (ii) the contribution of intrinsic ionic currents; (iii) the participation of principal cells and interneurons; and (iv) their pharmacological profiles. We also discuss the similarities between CCh-induced theta oscillations and physiological type II theta activity, as well as their roles in synaptic plasticity. Finally, we consider experimental evidence pointing to the contribution of spontaneous and CCh-induced theta activity to epileptiform synchronization.
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- Maxime Lévesque
- Montreal Neurological Institute and Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery, and of Physiology, McGill University, 3801 University Street, Montréal, PQ, H3A 2B4, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute and Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery, and of Physiology, McGill University, 3801 University Street, Montréal, PQ, H3A 2B4, Canada; Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
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Dumková J, Smutná T, Vrlíková L, Le Coustumer P, Večeřa Z, Dočekal B, Mikuška P, Čapka L, Fictum P, Hampl A, Buchtová M. Sub-chronic inhalation of lead oxide nanoparticles revealed their broad distribution and tissue-specific subcellular localization in target organs. Part Fibre Toxicol 2017; 14:55. [PMID: 29268755 PMCID: PMC5740755 DOI: 10.1186/s12989-017-0236-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2017] [Accepted: 12/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Lead is well known environmental pollutant, which can cause toxic effects in multiple organ systems. However, the influence of lead oxide nanoparticles, frequently emitted to the environment by high temperature technological processes, is still concealed. Therefore, we investigate lead oxide nanoparticle distribution through the body upon their entry into lungs and determine the microscopic and ultramicroscopic changes caused by the nanoparticles in primary and secondary target organs. METHODS Adult female mice (ICR strain) were continuously exposed to lead oxide nanoparticles (PbO-NPs) with an average concentration approximately 106 particles/cm3 for 6 weeks (24 h/day, 7 days/week). At the end of the exposure period, lung, brain, liver, kidney, spleen, and blood were collected for chemical, histological, immunohistochemical and electron microscopic analyses. RESULTS Lead content was found to be the highest in the kidney and lungs, followed by the liver and spleen; the smallest content of lead was found in brain. Nanoparticles were located in all analysed tissues and their highest number was found in the lung and liver. Kidney, spleen and brain contained lower number of nanoparticles, being about the same in all three organs. Lungs of animals exposed to lead oxide nanoparticles exhibited hyperaemia, small areas of atelectasis, alveolar emphysema, focal acute catarrhal bronchiolitis and also haemostasis with presence of siderophages in some animals. Nanoparticles were located in phagosomes or formed clusters within cytoplasmic vesicles. In the liver, lead oxide nanoparticle exposure caused hepatic remodeling with enlargement and hydropic degeneration of hepatocytes, centrilobular hypertrophy of hepatocytes with karyomegaly, areas of hepatic necrosis, occasional periportal inflammation, and extensive accumulation of lipid droplets. Nanoparticles were accumulated within mitochondria and peroxisomes forming aggregates enveloped by an electron-dense mitochondrial matrix. Only in some kidney samples, we observed areas of inflammatory infiltrates around renal corpuscles, tubules or vessels in the cortex. Lead oxide nanoparticles were dispersed in the cytoplasm, but not within cell organelles. There were no significant morphological changes in the spleen as a secondary target organ. Thus, pathological changes correlated with the amount of nanoparticles found in cells rather than with the concentration of lead in a given organ. CONCLUSIONS Sub-chronic exposure to lead oxide nanoparticles has profound negative effects at both cellular and tissue levels. Notably, the fate and arrangement of lead oxide nanoparticles were dependent on the type of organs.
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- J Dumková
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Bordeaux University, UF STE, Allée G. Saint-Hilaire, 33615, Pessac Cedex, France
- UMR 5254 IPREM, CNRS/UPPA, Technopole Hélioparc, 2 av P. Angot, 64053, Pau Cedex9, France
- EA 4592 Georessources & Environnement/ Bordeaux Montaigne University-IPNB ENSEGID, Allée F. Daguin, 33615, Pessac Cedex, France
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pathological Morphology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 612 42, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic.
- Department of Animal Physiology and Immunology, Institute of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic.
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Cao Y, Liu H, Li Q, Wang Q, Zhang W, Chen Y, Wang D, Cai Y. Effect of lead sulfide nanoparticles exposure on calcium homeostasis in rat hippocampus neurons. J Inorg Biochem 2013; 126:70-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2013.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2013] [Revised: 05/23/2013] [Accepted: 05/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Niu L, Cao B, Zhu H, Mei B, Wang M, Yang Y, Zhou Y. Impaired in vivo synaptic plasticity in dentate gyrus and spatial memory in juvenile rats induced by prenatal morphine exposure. Hippocampus 2009; 19:649-57. [PMID: 19115391 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Prenatal morphine exposure induces neurobiological changes, including deficits in learning and memory, in juvenile rat offspring. However the effects of this exposure on hippocampal plasticity, which is critical for learning and memory processes, are not well understood. The present study investigates the alterations of spatial memory and in vivo hippocampal synaptic plasticity in juvenile rats prenatally exposed to morphine. On gestation days 11-18, pregnant rats were randomly chosen to be injected twice daily with morphine or saline. Each juvenile offspring (postnatal day 22-31) performed one two-trial Y-maze task to evaluate spatial memory. Afterwards, the in vivo field excitatory postsynaptic potential (fEPSP) and population spike (PS) were recorded in the perforant path dentate gyrus (DG) pathway in the hippocampus. Prenatal morphine exposure reduced depotentiation (DP), but not long-term potentiation (LTP), of the EPSP slope. However, both LTP and DP of the EPSP slope were depressed in prenatal morphine-exposed juvenile offspring. The morphine group also showed poorer performance for the Y-maze task than the control group. Depressed PS LTP, but not EPSP LTP, in the morphine group suggested that prenatal morphine exposure changed GABAergic inhibition, which mediates EPSP-spike potentiation. Then a loss of GABA-containing neurons in the DG area of the morphine group was observed using immunohistochemistry. Taken together, our results suggest that prenatal morphine exposure impairs the juvenile offspring's dentate synaptic plasticity and spatial memory, and that decreased GABAergic inhibition may play a role in these effects. These findings might contribute to an explanation for the cognitive deficits in children whose mothers abuse opiates during pregnancy.
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- Lei Niu
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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Behl M, Zhang Y, Monnot AD, Jiang W, Zheng W. Increased beta-amyloid levels in the choroid plexus following lead exposure and the involvement of low-density lipoprotein receptor protein-1. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2009; 240:245-54. [PMID: 19501112 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2009.05.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2009] [Revised: 05/22/2009] [Accepted: 05/26/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The choroid plexus, a barrier between the blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), is known to accumulate lead (Pb) and also possibly function to maintain brain's homeostasis of Abeta, an important peptide in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease. This study was designed to investigate if Pb exposure altered Abeta levels at the blood-CSF barrier in the choroid plexus. Rats received ip injection of 27 mg Pb/kg. Twenty-four hours later, a FAM-labeled Abeta (200 pmol) was infused into the lateral ventricle and the plexus tissues were removed to quantify Abeta accumulation. Results revealed a significant increase in intracellular Abeta accumulation in the Pb-exposed animals compared to controls (p<0.001). When choroidal epithelial Z310 cells were treated with 10 microM Pb for 24 h and 48 h, Abeta (2 microM in culture medium) accumulation was significantly increased by 1.5 fold (p<0.05) and 1.8 fold (p<0.05), respectively. To explore the mechanism, we examined the effect of Pb on low-density lipoprotein receptor protein-1 (LRP1), an intracellular Abeta transport protein. Following acute Pb exposure with the aforementioned dose regimen, levels of LRP1 mRNA and proteins in the choroid plexus were decreased by 35% (p<0.05) and 31.8% (p<0.05), respectively, in comparison to those of controls. In Z310 cells exposed to 10 microM Pb for 24 h and 48 h, a 33.1% and 33.4% decrease in the protein expression of LRP1 was observed (p<0.05), respectively. Knocking down LRP1 resulted in even more substantial increases of cellular accumulation of Abeta, from 31% in cells without knockdown to 72% in cells with LRP1 knockdown (p<0.05). Taken together, these results suggest that the acute exposure to Pb results in an increased accumulation of intracellular Abeta in the choroid plexus; the effect appears to be mediated, at least in part, via suppression of LRP1 production following Pb exposure.
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- Mamta Behl
- School of Health Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, Room 1169, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Reisi P, Babri S, Alaei H, Sharifi MR, Mohaddes G, Lashgari R. Effects of treadmill running on short-term pre-synaptic plasticity at dentate gyrus of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Brain Res 2008; 1211:30-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2008] [Revised: 03/12/2008] [Accepted: 03/13/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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