Improvement in Memory and Brain Long-term Potentiation Deficits Due to Permanent Hypoperfusion/Ischemia by Grape Seed Extract in Rats

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Authors

1 Physiology Research Center and Medicinal Plants Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

2 Department of Biology, Sciences Faculty, Islamic Azad University, Izeh Branch, Izeh, Iran

3 Department of Biology, Sciences & Researches Branch, Islamic Azad University, Fars, Iran

4 Department of Physiology and Physiology Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

5 Iranian Neurosciences Research Network and Neurosciences Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

6 Department of Pharmacology and Physiology Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Abstract

 

Objective(s):
Cerebral hypoperfusion/ischemia (CHI) is a neurological disease where impaired hippocampus electrical activity and cognition caused by a serial pathophysiological events. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of chronic oral administration of grape seed extract (GSE) on passive avoidance memory and long-term potentiation (LTP) after permanent bilateral common carotid arteries occlusion (2CCAO) in male adult rats.
 
Materials and Methods:
Thirty-two adult male Wistar rats were randomly divided into: 1) Sham+Veh, 2) Isch+Veh, 3) Sham+GSE, 4) Isch+GSE. In order to make 2CCAO as an animal model of CHI, carotid arteries were ligatured and then cut bilaterally. To evaluation of passive avoidance memory, step-down latency (STL) was measured and LTP was recorded from hippocampal dentate gyrus (DG) after high frequency stimulation (HFS) in all rats.
Results:
We found that memory was significantly impaired in rats after CHI (P<0.001) concomitant with hippocampal LTP inhibition (P<0.05, P1 and LTP48 respectively). GSE treatment significantly improved memory impairment and increased hippocampal LTP in rats with 2CCAO.
Conclusion:
Our results in present study suggest that GSE exhibits therapeutic potential for short-and long-term memories as well as LTP in DG, which is most likely related at least in part to its antioxidative and free radical scavenging actions.

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Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences
Volume 16, Issue 9 - Serial Number 9
September 2013
Pages 1004-1010

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