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Zarei SA, Shahriari-Khalaji M, Andolina IM, Behzadi G. Antinociceptive effects of vitamin B-complex: A behavioral and histochemical study in rats. IBRO Neurosci Rep 2023; 15:270-280. [PMID: 37860709 PMCID: PMC10582472 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibneur.2023.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2023] [Revised: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023] Open
Abstract
B-vitamins have been evaluated as a useful adjuvant therapy to treat pain. In spite of clinical and experimental evidence indicating the analgesic effect of B-vitamins, few studies have investigated their effect on aspects of the inflammatory pain response. In the present study, we investigated the analgesic effect of chronic application of B-complex vitamins (Neurobion) using an inflammatory experimental pain model in rats. Nociceptive behavioral responses were evaluated in male Wistar rats after plantar injection of formalin, comparing the treatment group (TG) with Neurobion pretreatment to the control group (CG) without the pretreatment. In addition, neuronal activity in the central pain pathway was evaluated using c-Fos immunohistochemical reactivity and NADPH-d histochemistry. A highly significant reduction of painful behaviors such as licking and flinching were observed in TG, especially during the secondary phase of the formalin test compared to CG. Results suggest that long-term pre-treatment using Neurobion can have a beneficial effect in reducing the chronic phase of pain. In addition, we observed a downregulation of c-Fos and NADPH-d in dorsal spinal neurons, suggesting that the antinociceptive effect induced by Neurobion could be due to a suppression of nociceptive transmission at the spinal level, particularly in the afferent regions of the dorsal spinal horn, which these neurons utilizing nitric oxide at least as one of their pain neurotransmitters.
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- Shahab A. Zarei
- Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology (Institute of Neuroscience), Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai, China
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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- Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology (Institute of Neuroscience), Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Hassanshahi A, Janahmadi M, Razavinasab M, Ranjbar H, Hosseinmardi N, Behzadi G, Kohlmeier KA, Ilaghi M, Shabani M. Preventive putative effect of agmatine on cognitive and molecular outcomes in ventral tegmental area of male offspring following physical and psychological prenatal stress. Dev Psychobiol 2023; 65:e22410. [PMID: 37607891 DOI: 10.1002/dev.22410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
Abstract
Prenatal stress (PS) results from a maternal experience of stressful events during pregnancy, which has been associated with an increased risk of behavioral disorders including substance abuse and anxiety in the offspring. PS is known to result in heightened dopamine release in the ventral tegmental area (VTA), in part through the effects of corticotropin-releasing hormone, which directly excites dopaminergic cells. It has recently been suggested that agmatine plays a role in modulating anxiety-like behaviors. In this study, we investigated whether agmatine could reduce negative cognitive outcomes in male mice prenatally exposed to psychological/physical stress, and whether this could be associated with molecular changes in VTA. Agmatine (37.5 mg/kg) was administrated 30 min prior to PS induction in pregnant Swiss mice. Male offspring were evaluated in a series of behavioral and molecular assays. Findings demonstrated that agmatine reduced the impairment in locomotor activity induced by both psychological and physical PS. Agmatine also decreased heightened conditioned place preference to morphine seen in PS offspring. Moreover, agmatine ameliorated the anxiety-like behavior and drug-seeking behavior induced by PS in the male offspring. Molecular effects were seen in VTA as the enhanced brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) induced by PS in the VTA was reduced by agmatine. Behavioral tests indicate that agmatine exerts a protective effect on PS-induced impairments in male offspring, which could be due in part to agmatine-associated molecular alterations in the VTA. Taken together, our data suggest that prenatal treatment with agmatine exerts protective effect against negative consequences of PS on the development of affective circuits in the offspring.
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- Amin Hassanshahi
- Neuroscience Research Center, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Neuropharmacology Institute, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Neuropharmacology Institute, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Neuropharmacology Institute, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Neuropharmacology Institute, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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Davoudi S, Rahdar M, Hosseinmardi N, Behzadi G, Janahmadi M. Chronic inhibition of astrocytic aquaporin-4 induces autistic-like behavior in control rat offspring similar to maternal exposure to valproic acid. Physiol Behav 2023:114286. [PMID: 37402416 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2023.114286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Revised: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 07/01/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023]
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Social communication and interaction deficits, memory impairment, and anxiety-like behavior are characterized in many people identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A thorough understanding of the specific aspects that contribute to the deficiencies associated with ASD can aid research into the etiology of the disorder while also providing targets for more effective intervention. As part of the ASD pathophysiology, alterations in synaptogenesis and abnormal network connections were seen in high-order brain areas, which control social behavior and communication. The early emergence of microglia during nervous system development may contribute to synaptic dysfunction and the pathobiology of ASD. Since aquaporin-4 (AQP4) appears to be required for the basic procedures of synapse activation, certain behavioral and cognitive impairments as well as disturbance in water homeostasis might likely arise from AQP4 deficiency. Here, through the measurement of the water content of the hippocampus and behavioral experiments we aim to explore the contribution of astrocytic AQP4 to the autism-like behavior induced by prenatal valproic acid (VPA) exposure and whether inhibition of AQP4 per se can induce autistic-like behavior in control rats. Microinjection of TGN-020 (10µM, i.c.v), a specific AQP4 inhibitor, for 7 successive days before behavioral tasks from postnatal day 28 to 35 revealed that inhibition of AQP4 in the control offspring caused lower social interaction and locomotor activity, higher anxiety, and decreased ability to recognize novel objects, very similar to the behavioral changes observed in offspring prenatally exposed to VPA. However, VPA-exposed offspring treated with TGN-020, showed no further remarkable behavioral impairments than those detected in the autistic-like rats. Furthermore, both control offspring treated with TGN-020 and offspring exposed to VPA had a considerable accumulation of water in their hippocampi. But AQP4 inhibition did not affect the water status of the autistic-like rats. The findings of this study revealed that control offspring exhibited similar hippocampal water retention and behavioral impairments that were observed in maternal VPA-exposed offspring following inhibition of astrocytic AQP4, whereas, in autistic-like rats, it did not produce any significant change in water content and behaviors. Findings suggest that AQP4 deficiency could be associated with autistic disorder and may be a potential pharmaceutical target for treating autism in the future.
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- Shima Davoudi
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Neurophysiology Research Center, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Khatibi VA, Salimi M, Rahdar M, Rezaei M, Nazari M, Dehghan S, Davoudi S, Raoufy MR, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J, Javan M, Hosseinmardi N, Behzadi G, Janahmadi M. Glycolysis inhibition partially resets epilepsy-induced alterations in the dorsal hippocampus-basolateral amygdala circuit involved in anxiety-like behavior. Sci Rep 2023; 13:6520. [PMID: 37085688 PMCID: PMC10119516 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-33710-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 04/23/2023] Open
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Pharmacoresistant temporal lobe epilepsy affects millions of people around the world with uncontrolled seizures and comorbidities, like anxiety, being the most problematic aspects calling for novel therapies. The intrahippocampal kainic acid model of temporal lobe epilepsy is an appropriate rodent model to evaluate the effects of novel interventions, including glycolysis inhibition, on epilepsy-induced alterations. Here, we investigated kainic acid-induced changes in the dorsal hippocampus (dHPC) and basolateral amygdala (BLA) circuit and the efficiency of a glycolysis inhibitor, 2-deoxy D-glucose (2-DG), in resetting such alterations using simultaneous local field potentials (LFP) recording and elevated zero-maze test. dHPC theta and gamma powers were lower in epileptic groups, both in the baseline and anxiogenic conditions. BLA theta power was higher in baseline condition while it was lower in anxiogenic condition in epileptic animals and 2-DG could reverse it. dHPC-BLA coherence was altered only in anxiogenic condition and 2-DG could reverse it only in gamma frequency. This coherence was significantly correlated with the time in which the animals exposed themselves to the anxiogenic condition. Further, theta-gamma phase-locking was lower in epileptic groups in the dHPC-BLA circuit and 2-DG could considerably increase it.
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- Vahid Ahli Khatibi
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Neurophysiology Research Center, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Åarhus, Denmark
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- Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center and Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Khatibi VA, Rahdar M, Rezaei M, Davoudi S, Nazari M, Mohammadi M, Raoufy MR, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J, Hosseinmardi N, Behzadi G, Janahmadi M. The Glycolysis Inhibitor 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose Exerts Different Neuronal Effects at Circuit and Cellular Levels, Partially Reverses Behavioral Alterations and does not Prevent NADPH Diaphorase Activity Reduction in the Intrahippocampal Kainic Acid Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Neurochem Res 2023; 48:210-228. [PMID: 36064822 PMCID: PMC9444119 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-022-03740-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Revised: 07/31/2022] [Accepted: 08/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Abstract
Temporal lobe epilepsy is the most drug-resistant type with the highest incidence among the other focal epilepsies. Metabolic manipulations are of great interest among others, glycolysis inhibitors like 2-deoxy D-glucose (2-DG) being the most promising intervention. Here, we sought to investigate the effects of 2-DG treatment on cellular and circuit level electrophysiological properties using patch-clamp and local field potentials recordings and behavioral alterations such as depression and anxiety behaviors, and changes in nitric oxide signaling in the intrahippocampal kainic acid model. We found that epileptic animals were less anxious, more depressed, with more locomotion activity. Interestingly, by masking the effect of increased locomotor activity on the parameters of the zero-maze test, no altered anxiety behavior was noted in epileptic animals. However, 2-DG could partially reverse the behavioral changes induced by kainic acid. The findings also showed that 2-DG treatment partially suppresses cellular level alterations while failing to reverse circuit-level changes resulting from kainic acid injection. Analysis of NADPH-diaphorase positive neurons in the CA1 area of the hippocampus revealed that the number of positive neurons was significantly reduced in dorsal CA1 of the epileptic animals and 2-DG treatment did not affect the diminishing effect of kainic acid on NADPH-d+ neurons in the CA1 area. In the control group receiving 2-DG, however, an augmented NADPH-d+ cell number was noted. These data suggest that 2-DG cannot suppress epileptiform activity at the circuit-level in this model of epilepsy and therefore, may fail to control the seizures in temporal lobe epilepsy cases.
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- Vahid Ahli Khatibi
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
- Neuroscience Research Center, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Rahdar M, Hajisoltani R, Davoudi S, Karimi SA, Borjkhani M, Khatibi VA, Hosseinmardi N, Behzadi G, Janahmadi M. Alterations in the intrinsic discharge activity of CA1 pyramidal neurons associated with possible changes in the NADPH diaphorase activity in a rat model of autism induced by prenatal exposure to valproic acid. Brain Res 2022; 1792:148013. [PMID: 35841982 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2022.148013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Revised: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 07/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by sensory abnormalities, social skills impairment and cognitive deficits. Although recent evidence indicated that induction of autism-like behavior in animal models causes abnormal neuronal excitability, the impact of autism on neuronal properties is still an important issue. Thus, new findings at the cellular level may shed light on the pathophysiology of autism and may help to find effective treatment strategies. Here, we investigated the behavioral, electrophysiological and histochemical impacts of prenatal exposure to valproic acid (VPA) in rats. Findings revealed that VPA exposure caused a significant increase in the hot plate response latency. The novel object recognition ability was also impaired in VPA-exposed rats. Along with these behavioral alterations, neurons from VPA-exposed animals exhibited altered excitability features in response to depolarizing current injections relative to control neurons. In the VPA-exposed group, these changes consisted of a significant increase in the amplitude, evoked firing frequency and the steady-state standard deviation of spike timing of action potentials (APs). Moreover, the half-width, the AHP amplitude and the decay time constant of APs were significantly decreased in this group. These changes in the evoked electrophysiological properties were accompanied by intrinsic hyperexcitability and lower spike-frequency adaptation and also a significant increase in the number of NADPH-diaphorase stained neurons in the hippocampal CA1 area of the VPA-exposed rats. Taken together, findings demonstrate that abnormal nociception and recognition memory is associated with alterations in the neuronal responsiveness and nitrergic system in a rat model of autism-like.
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- Mona Rahdar
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Physiology Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Urmia University of Technology, Urmia, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Saeedi N, Darvishmolla M, Tavassoli Z, Davoudi S, Heysieattalab S, Hosseinmardi N, Janahmadi M, Behzadi G. The role of hippocampal glial glutamate transporter (GLT-1) in morphine-induced behavioral responses. Brain Behav 2021; 11:e2323. [PMID: 34363739 PMCID: PMC8442590 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.2323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2021] [Revised: 07/18/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Opioid abuse modifies synaptic plasticity, which leads to behavioral changes, such as morphine dependence, but the mechanism remains poorly understood. Glial cells play an important role in the modulation of synaptic plasticity and are involved in addictive-like behaviors. The indisputable role of glutamate in opiate addiction has been shown. Astrocytes, a type of glial cells, which are integral functional elements of synapses, modulate the concentration of glutamate in the synaptic space. One of the most important mechanisms for glutamate concentration regulation is its uptake from the synaptic cleft. In this study, we evaluated the role of hippocampal glial glutamate transporter (GLT-1) in morphine dependence. Male rats received subcutaneous (s.c.) morphine sulfate (10 mg/kg) at an interval of 12 h for 9 days. In order to activate GLT-1, animals received an intrahippocampal injection of ceftriaxone (0.5 mmol/0.5 μl) in the CA1 region of the hippocampus, 30 min before each morphine administration. Rats were assessed for morphine dependence by monitoring naloxone hydrochloride-induced morphine withdrawal. Our results showed that hippocampal microinjection of ceftriaxone, as an activator of GLT-1, reduced some signs of morphine withdrawal, such as activity, diarrhea, head tremor, freezing, and ptosis. It seems that hippocampal GLT-1 can be affected by chronic morphine administration and involved in morphine dependence. Therefore, its activation may reduce morphine side effects by reducing hippocampal glutamate.
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- Negin Saeedi
- Department of PhysiologyMedical SchoolShahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
- Neuroscience Research CenterShahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
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- Department of PhysiologyMedical SchoolShahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
- Neuroscience Research CenterShahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
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- Department of PhysiologyMedical SchoolShahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
- Neuroscience Research CenterShahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
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- Department of PhysiologyMedical SchoolShahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
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- Department of PhysiologyMedical SchoolShahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
- Neuroscience Research CenterShahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
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- Department of PhysiologyMedical SchoolShahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
- Neuroscience Research CenterShahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
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- Department of PhysiologyMedical SchoolShahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
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Khodaverdi M, Rahdar M, Davoudi S, Hajisoltani R, Tavassoli Z, Ghasemi Z, Amini AE, Hosseinmardi N, Behzadi G, Janahmadi M. 5-HT7 receptor activation rescues impaired synaptic plasticity in an autistic-like rat model induced by prenatal VPA exposure. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2021; 183:107462. [PMID: 34015444 DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2021.107462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Revised: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a severe life-long neuropsychiatric disorder. Alterations and imbalance of several neurochemical systems may be involved in ASD pathophysiology, of them, serotonergic neurotransmission dysfunction and deficiency may underlie behavioral abnormalities associated with ASD. However, the functional importance of serotonergic receptors, particularly 5HT7 receptors in ASD pathology remains poorly defined. Serotonin receptor subtype 7 (5-HT7R) plays a direct regulatory role in the development and also for the mature function of the brain, therefore, further studies are necessary to elucidate the role of these receptors in the etiology of autism. To address this issue, we combined here behavioral, electrophysiological methods to further characterize the contribution of 5-HT7Rs in the prenatal valproic acid (VPA) exposure-induced impairment in synaptic plasticity and their impact on the associated behavioral changes. This may help to unravel the underlying cellular mechanisms involved in ASD and can lead to new treatment and/or prevention therapies based on the role of the serotonergic system for autism. Findings revealed that compared to control, autistic-like offspring showed increased anxiety-like behavior, reduced social interaction, decreased locomotor activity, and impaired identification of the novel object. However, administration of 5-HT7Rs agonist, LP-211, for 7 consecutive days before testing from postnatal day 21 to 27 reversed all behavioral deficits induced by prenatal exposure to VPA in offspring. Also, both short-term depression and long-term potentiation were impaired in the autistic-like pups, but activation of 5-HT7Rs rescued the LTP impairment in the autistic-like group so that there was no significant difference between the two groups. Blockade of 5-HT7Rs caused LTP impairment following HFS in the autistic-like group. Besides, there was a significant difference in LTD induction following SB-269970 application between the control and the autistic-like groups measured at first 10 min following TPS. Moreover, both the number and the size of retrograde fast blue-labelled neurons in the raphe nuclei were reduced. Overall, these results provide for the first time, as far as we know, functional evidence for the restorative role of 5-HT7Rs activation against prenatal VPA exposure induced behavioral deficits and hippocampal synaptic plasticity impairment. Therefore, these receptors could be a potential and promising pharmacotherapy target for the treatment of autism.
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- Maryam Khodaverdi
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Neuroscience Research Center, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Neuroscience Research Center, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Hajisoltani R, Karimi SA, Rahdar M, Davoudi S, Borjkhani M, Hosseinmardi N, Behzadi G, Janahmadi M. Hyperexcitability of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons in male offspring of a rat model of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) induced by prenatal exposure to valproic acid: A possible involvement of Ih channel current. Brain Res 2019; 1708:188-199. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2018.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2018] [Revised: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Behzadi G, Afarinesh MR, Haghpanah T. Alteration of the nucleus basalis of Meynert afferents to vibrissae-related sensory cortex in de-whiskered adolescent congenital hypothyroid rats. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2018; 503:2466-2470. [PMID: 30208512 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2018] [Accepted: 07/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Thyroid hypofunction during early development results in anatomical alterations in the cerebellum, cerebrum, hippocampus and other brain structures. The plastic organization of the nucleus basalis of Meynert (nBM) projections to the whiskers-related somatosensory (wS1) cortex in adolescent pups with maternal thyroid hypofunction and sensory deprivation was assessed through retrograde WGA-HRP labeling. METHODS Congenital hypothyroidism induced by adding PTU (25 ppm) to the drinking water from embryonic day 16 to postnatal day (PND) 60. Pregnant rats were divided to intact and congenital hypothyroid groups. In each group, the total whiskers of pups (4 of 8) were trimmed continuously from PND 0 to PND 60. RESULTS Following separately WGA-HRP injections into wS1, retrogradely labeled neurons were observed in nBM. The number of labeled neurons in nBM were higher in the congenital hypothyroid and whisker deprived groups compared to their controls (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION Based on our results both congenital hypothyroidism and sensory deprivation may disturb normal development of cortical circuits in of nBM afferents to the wS1 cortex.
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- Gila Behzadi
- Functional Neuroanatomy Lab, NPRC, Physiology Dept., Fac. Med, Shahid Beheshti Med. Sci. Univ, Tehran, Iran
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- Kerman Cognitive Research Center and Kerman Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmachology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
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- Department of Anatomy, Afzalipour Faculty of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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Afarinesh MR, Behzadi G. The Effects of De-Whiskering and Congenital Hypothyroidism on The Development of Nitrergic Neurons in Rat Primary Somatosensory and Motor Cortices. Cell J 2018; 20:157-167. [PMID: 29633592 PMCID: PMC5893286 DOI: 10.22074/cellj.2018.5112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Accepted: 03/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Objective The aim of the present study is to investigate the effects of chronic whisker deprivation on possible alterations to
the development of nitrergic neurons in the whisker part of the somatosensory (wS1) and motor (wM1) cortices in offspring
with congenital hypothyroidism (CH).
Materials and Methods In the experimental study, CH was induced by adding propylthiouracil to the rats drinking water from
embryonic day 16 to postnatal day (PND) 60. In whisker-deprived (WD) pups, all the whiskers were trimmed from PND 1 to
60. Nitrergic interneurons in the wS1/M1 cortices were detected by NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry staining technique in
the control (Ctl), Ctl+WD, Hypo and Hypo+WD groups.
Results In both wS1 and wM1 cortices the number of nitrergic neurons was significantly reduced in the Hypo and
Hypo+WD groups compared to Ctl and Ctl+WD groups, respectively (P<0.05) while bilateral whisker deprivation had no
remarkable effect. The mean soma diameter size of NADPH-d labeled neurons in the Ctl+WD and Hypo+WD groups
was decreased compared to the Ctl and Hypo groups, respectively. A similar patterns of decreased NADPH-d labeled
neurons in the wS1/M1 cortices occur in the processes of nitrergic neurons in both congenital hypothyroidism and
whisker deprivation.
Conclusion Our results suggest that both congenital hypothyroidism and whisker deprivation may disturb normal
development of the wS1 and wM1 cortical circuits in which nitrergic neurons are involved.
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- Mohammad Reza Afarinesh
- Isfahan Neuroscience Research Center (INRC), Alzahra Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
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- Functional Neuroanatomy Labaratory, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti Medicine Science University, Tehran, Iran
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Afarinesh MR, Behzadi G. The pattern of thalamocortical and brain stem projections to the vibrissae-related sensory and motor cortices in de-whiskered congenital hypothyroid rats. Metab Brain Dis 2017; 32:1223-1235. [PMID: 28497359 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-017-0027-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2016] [Accepted: 05/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The present study is designed to investigate the plastic organization of the thalamo-cortical (TC) and brain stem afferents of whisker primary sensory (wS1) and motor (wM1) cortical areas in congenital hypothyroid (CH) pups following whisker deprivation (WD) from neonatal to adolescence period. Maternal hypothyroidism was induced by adding propylthiouracil (PTU) to the drinking water from early embryonic day 16 to postnatal day (PND) 60. Pregnant rats were divided into intact and CH groups (n = 8). In each group, the total whiskers of pups (4 of 8) were trimmed continuously from PND 1 to PND 60. Retrograde tracing technique with WGA-HRP was performed in the present study. Retrogradely labeled neurons were observed in the specific thalamic nuclei (VPM and VL) following separately WGA-HRP injections into wS1/M1 cortical areas. The number of labeled cells in the VPM, VL, VM and PO nuclei of the thalamus significantly decreased in CH offsprings rats (P < 0.05). Neonatal WD did not show any significant effects on the number of VPM, VL, VM and PO labeled projection neurons to wS1 and wM1 cortical areas. In addition, retrogradely labeled neurons in dorsal raphe (DR) and locus coeruleus (LC) nuclei were observed in all experimental groups. The number of DR and LC labeled neurons were higher in the CH and whisker deprived groups compared to their matching controls (P < 0.05). Upon our results, CH and WD had no synergic or additive effects on the TC and brain stem afferent patterns of barrel sensory and motor cortices.
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- Mohammad Reza Afarinesh
- Kerman Cognitive Research Center and Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmachology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
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- Functional neuroanatomy Lab., NPRC, Physiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti Medical Science University, Tehran, Iran.
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Azedi F, Kazemnejad S, Zarnani AH, Behzadi G, Vasei M, Khanmohammadi M, Khanjani S, Edalatkhah H, Lakpour N. Differentiation potential of menstrual blood- versus bone marrow-stem cells into glial-like cells. Cell Biol Int 2014; 38:615-24. [PMID: 24446420 DOI: 10.1002/cbin.10245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2013] [Accepted: 12/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Menstrual blood is easily accessible, renewable, and inexpensive source of stem cells that have been interested for cell therapy of neurodegenerative diseases. In this study, we showed conversion of menstrual blood stem cells (MenSCs) into clonogenic neurosphere- like cells (NSCs), which can be differentiated into glial-like cells. Moreover, differentiation potential of MenSCs into glial lineage was compared with bone marrow stem cells (BMSCs). Differentiation potential of individual converted NSCs derived from MenSCs or BMSCs into glial-like cells was investigated using immunofluorescence staining and real-time polymerase chain reaction.The fibroblastic morphology of both MenSCs and BMSCs was turned into NSCs shape during first step of differentiation. NSCs derived from both BMSCs and MenSCs expressed higher levels of Olig-2 and Nestin markers compared to undifferentiated cells. The expression levels of myelin basic protein (MBP) mRNA up regulated only in BMSCs-NSCs no in MenSCs-NSCs. However, outgrowth of individual NSCs derived from both MenSCs and BMSCs into glial-like cells led to significant up regulation of glial fibrillary acidic protein,Olig-2 and MBP at mRNA and protein level accompanied with down regulation of Nestin protein.This is the first study demonstrating that MenSCs can be converted to NSCs with differentiation ability into glial-like cells. Accumulative data show different expression pattern of glial markers in differentiated MenSCs compared to BMSCs. The comparable differentiation potential, more accessibility and no invasive technique for sample collection of MenSCs in comparison with BMSCs introduce MenSCs as an apt, consistent and safe alternative to BMSCs for cell therapy of neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Fereshteh Azedi
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Karamikheirabad M, Behzadi G, Faghihi M, Raoofian R, Ejtemaei Mehr S, Zuure WA, Sadeghipour HR. A role for endocannabinoids in acute stress-induced suppression of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis in male rats. Clin Exp Reprod Med 2013; 40:155-62. [PMID: 24505561 PMCID: PMC3913894 DOI: 10.5653/cerm.2013.40.4.155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2013] [Revised: 08/26/2013] [Accepted: 10/31/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Stress is known to be an inhibitor of the reproductive hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis. However, the neural and molecular connections between stress and reproduction are not yet understood. It is well established that in both humans and rodents, kisspeptin (encoded by the kiss1 gene) is a strong stimulator of the HPG axis. In the present study we hypothesized that endocannabinoids, an important neuromodulatory system in the brain, can act on the HPG axis at the level of kiss1 expression to inhibit reproductive function under stress. METHODS Adult male Wistar rats were unilaterally implanted with an intracerebroventricular cannula. Afterwards, the animals were exposed to immobilization stress, with or without the presence of the cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonist AM251 (1 µg/rat). Blood samples were collected through a retro-orbital plexus puncture before and after stress. Five hours after the stress, brain tissue was collected for reverse transcriptase-quantitative polymerase chain reaction measurements of kiss1 mRNA. RESULTS Immobilization stress (1 hour) resulted in a decrease in the serum luteinizing hormone concentration. Additionally, kiss1 gene expression was decreased in key hypothalamic nuclei that regulate gonadotrophin secretion, the medial preoptic area (mPOA), and to some extent the arcuate nucleus (ARC). A single central administration of AM251 was effective in blocking these inhibitory responses. CONCLUSION These findings suggest that endocannabinoids mediate, at least in part, immobilization stress-induced inhibition of the reproductive system. Our data suggest that the connection between immobilization stress and the HPG axis is kiss1 expression in the mPOA rather than the ARC.
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- Maryam Karamikheirabad
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, Medical School, Shahid Beheshti Medical Sciences University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Centre for Neuroendocrinology and Department of Anatomy, University of Otago School of Medical Sciences, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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Ghotbedin Z, Janahmadi M, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J, Behzadi G, Semnanian S. Electrical Low Frequency Stimulation of the Kindling Site Preserves the Electrophysiological Properties of the Rat Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Neurons From the Destructive Effects of Amygdala Kindling: The Basis for a Possible Promising Epilepsy Therapy. Brain Stimul 2013; 6:515-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2012.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2012] [Revised: 09/29/2012] [Accepted: 11/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Kaffashian M, Shabani M, Goudarzi I, Behzadi G, Zali A, Janahmadi M. Profound alterations in the intrinsic excitability of cerebellar Purkinje neurons following neurotoxin 3-acetylpyridine (3-AP)-induced ataxia in rat: new insights into the role of small conductance K+ channels. Physiol Res 2010; 60:355-65. [PMID: 21114365 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.932032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Alterations in the intrinsic properties of Purkinje cells (PCs) may contribute to the abnormal motor performance observed in ataxic rats. To investigate whether such changes in the intrinsic neuronal excitability could be attributed to the role of Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels (K(Ca)), whole cell current clamp recordings were made from PCs in cerebellar slices of control and ataxic rats. 3-AP induced profound alterations in the intrinsic properties of PCs, as evidenced by a significant increase in both the membrane input resistance and the initial discharge frequency, along with the disruption of the firing regularity. In control PCs, the blockade of small conductance K(Ca) channels by UCL1684 resulted in a significant increase in the membrane input resistance, action potential (AP) half-width, time to peak of the AP and initial discharge frequency. SK channel blockade also significantly decreased the neuronal discharge regularity, the peak amplitude of the AP, the amplitude of the afterhyperpolarization and the spike frequency adaptation ratio. In contrast, in ataxic rats, both the firing regularity and the initial firing frequency were significantly increased by the blockade of SK channels. In conclusion, ataxia may arise from alterations in the functional contribution of SK channels, to the intrinsic properties of PCs.
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- M Kaffashian
- Neuroscience Research Centre and Department of Physiology, Medical School, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Goudarzi I, Kaffashian M, Shabani M, Haghdoost-Yazdi H, Behzadi G, Janahmadi M. In vivo 4-aminopyridine treatment alters the neurotoxin 3-acetylpyridine-induced plastic changes in intrinsic electrophysiological properties of rat cerebellar Purkinje neurones. Eur J Pharmacol 2010; 642:56-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2009] [Revised: 04/29/2010] [Accepted: 05/25/2010] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Akbari Z, Rohani MH, Behzadi G. NADPH-d/NOS reactivity in the lumbar dorsal horn of congenitally hypothyroid pups before and after formalin pain induction. Int J Dev Neurosci 2009; 27:779-87. [PMID: 19720128 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2009.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2008] [Revised: 06/22/2009] [Accepted: 08/24/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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We have previously demonstrated that congenitally hypothyroid rat pups exhibit altered behavioral response to formalin pain induction during postnatal period. In the present study, using NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry and NOS immunostaining, we investigated the effect of congenital hypothyroidism on the NOS expression in spinal cord of intact neonates at postnatal days of 15 and 21. We also examined the effect of thyroid dysfunction on the NADPH-d/NOS expression in response to formalin nociception. Congenital hypothyroidism induced by propylthiouracil (PTU) treatment started from gestational day 16 and continued to postnatal day 15 or 21. Congenitally hypothyroid pups exhibited marked reduction in NADPH-d reactive cells (84% and 66% in P15 and P21, respectively; P<0.001) and NOS-ir cells (52% and 91% in P15 and P21, respectively; P<0.001) in superficial lumbar dorsal horn laminae (I-II) as compared to that of normal pups. Moreover, in congenitally hypothyroid pups the NADPH-d/NOS expression following hindpaw formalin injection did not change significantly. Our results demonstrate that congenital hypothyroidism affect developmental expression of NOS in spinal dorsal horn, which may in part explain the altered behavioral pain response as we previously reported in hypothyroid pups.
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- Zahra Akbari
- Neuroscience Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Haghdoost-Yazdi H, Pasbakhsh P, Vatanparast J, Rajaei F, Behzadi G. Topographical and quantitative distribution of the projecting neurons to main divisions of the septal area. Neurol Res 2009; 31:503-13. [PMID: 19493383 DOI: 10.1179/174313208x353712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Septal area is a limbic structure that is involved in the regulation of several autonomic, learning-related and behavioral functions. Participation of this area in various physiologic functions is indicative of its extensive connections with different brain areas. It contains two major divisions: lateral septum (LS) and medial septum/diagonal band of Broca (MS/DBB). In the present work, we examined topographical distribution of projecting neurons to these divisions and quantitatively verified them. METHODS Horseradish peroxidase (HRP) retrograde tract tracing was performed. RESULTS Our results show that about two-thirds of projections to the septal area terminate in the LS. They mostly originate ipsilaterally from the septal area itself (8%), hippocampal formation (38%), non-specific thalamic nuclei (23%), lateral pre-optic area, lateral hypothalamus, perifornical area and mammillary complex in hypothalamus (20%), ventral tegmental area, raphe and tegmental nuclei, and also locus coeruleus in brainstem (10%). Most afferents to the MS come ipsilaterally from the septal area itself (18%), hippocampal formation (12%), lateral pre-optic area, lateral hypothalamus and mammillary complex in hypothalamus (42%), ventral tegmental area, raphe and tegmental nuclei, central gray matter and also locus coeruleus in brainstem (20%). Some afferents to the septal area originate contralaterally from the lateral hypothalamus, supramammillary area, raphe nuclei and locus coeruleus. DISCUSSION Afferents from the interanterodorsal and mediodorsal thalamic nuclei, which increase the role of the septal area in arousal and awareness, are reported for the first time. Projecting cells to the MS support the learning-related function of this area. Projecting cells to the LS that are more scattered throughout the brain indicate its involvement in more diverse functions.
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- H Haghdoost-Yazdi
- Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
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Janahmadi M, Goudarzi I, Kaffashian MR, Behzadi G, Fathollahi Y, Hajizadeh S. Co-treatment with riluzole, a neuroprotective drug, ameliorates the 3-acetylpyridine-induced neurotoxicity in cerebellar Purkinje neurones of rats: Behavioural and electrophysiological evidence. Neurotoxicology 2009; 30:393-402. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2009.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2008] [Revised: 01/03/2009] [Accepted: 02/18/2009] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Rohani MH, Akbari Z, Behzadi G. Congenital hypothyroidism alters formalin-induced pain response in neonatal rats. Int J Dev Neurosci 2008; 27:53-7. [PMID: 18992317 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2008.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2007] [Revised: 10/06/2008] [Accepted: 10/07/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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The present study designed to investigate the development of nociceptive circuits upon formalin-induced pain in congenital hypothyroid pups during the first three postnatal weeks. Following induction of maternal hypothyroidism, the offspring pups were received right intraplantar injection of different formalin concentrations at 7, 15, and 23 days of age. Significant reduction in weight gain was observed in PTU-treated offspring from postnatal days 15 up to 23 (P<0.001). No difference was observed between normal and hypothyroid PND7 pups in total pain intensity score with 0.3% solution of formalin. However, normal pups showed higher total pain score (P<0.01) during the first phase of 1% formalin injection. PND15 normal pups showed a biphasic pain response with a concentration of 2% formalin injection. Obvious persistence of higher pain intensity was observed in hypothyroid pups after interphase through the 2nd phase (P2) and recovery phase (P3), (P<0.001). PND23 hypothyroid rats showed slightly biphasic pattern of pain behavior with persistence of lower pain intensity during P2 (2.5% formalin, P<0.05), (10% formalin, P<0.001) without any further decline during P3 (P<0.01, P<0.001 respectively). In general, the number of flexes+shakes in hypothyroid pups was higher than normal pups in both the early and late phases of the test. Licking activity was intensively expressed only in normal pups during phase 2 at the age of 23 days. In contrast to acute pain, hypothyroidism results to pain hypersensitivity in two weeks old rats whereas weaned rats were hyposensitive to tonic nociceptive stimulation without showing the subsequent recovery phase.
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- Mohammad H Rohani
- Neuroscience Research Center and Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University, M.C. Evin, Post Box: 19615-1178, Tehran, Iran
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Pasbakhsh P, Mehdizadeh M, Behzadi G. Morphology and synaptic organization of non-dopaminergic nigral projections to the medio dorsal thalamic nucleus of the rat, a study by anterograde transport of PHA-L. Iran Biomed J 2008; 12:209-215. [PMID: 19079534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Mediodorsal (MD) thalamic nucleus, which is considered to take place between extra pyramidal and limbic feedback circuit, receives projective fibers from ventrolateral neurons of reticular part of substantia nigra (SNr). In order to better understand the influence and chemical reaction of these fibers upon MD nucleus, the morphology and synaptology of them were examined in the present study. METHODS Phaseolous vulgaris-leucoagglutin (PHA-L) was injected into substantia nigra pars reticulate. After 3-4 days, the sections of SNr injection site and MD nucleus were prepared. Then, we examined organization, morphology and, synaptology of PHA-L labeled SNr fibers that go to caudal and lateral part of MD thalamic nucleus. RESULTS At the electron microscopic level, the SNr terminals made synapses predominantly with the medium to small dendrites and far less frequently with soma and large dendrites. These terminals were packed with polymorphic synaptic vesicles and formed symmetrical synapses; furthermore, it has been already recognized that cortico straital fibers from sensory-motor cortex go to region of the SNr that give rise to the nigrothalamic fibers. CONCLUSION This data suggest that upon the synaptic organization, morphology and chemical nature of GABAergic, SNr fibers may have different inhibitory influence on MD neurons regulating the thalamic output from MD to cerebral cortex in the control of limbic and extra pyramidal feedback system.
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Malakouti SM, Kourosh Arami M, Sarihi A, Hajizadeh S, Behzadi G, Shahidi S, Komaki A, Heshmatian B, Vahabian M. Reversible inactivation and excitation of nucleus raphe magnus can modulate tail blood flow of male Wistar rats in response to hypothermia. Iran Biomed J 2008; 12:203-208. [PMID: 19079538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND The nucleus raphe magnus (NRM) is involved in thermoregulatory processing. There is a correlation between changes in the firing rates of the cells in the NRM and the application of the peripheral thermal stimulus. INTRODUCTION we examined the effect of reversible inactivation and excitation of NRM on mechanisms involved in tail blood flow (TBF) regulation in hypothermia. METHODS Hypothermia was induced in Male Wistar rats and cannula was implanted above the NRM. To evaluate the effect of nucleus inactivation on TBF, the amount of TBF was measured by Laser Doppler in hypothermic rats, before and after lidocaine microinjection into NRM. TBF was also measured after glutamate microinjection to assess the effect of nucleus excitation in hypothermic rats. RESULTS Results indicated that after dropping TBF by hypothermia, microinjection of lidocaine into NRM significantly decreased TBF from 54.43 +- 5.7 to 46.81 +- 3.4, whereas glutamate microinjection caused a significant increase from 44.194 +- 0.6 to 98 +- 10.0 CONCLUSION: These data suggest that NRM have thermoregulatory effect in response to hypothermia.
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- Dept. of Physiology, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
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- Dept. of Physiology, Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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- Dept. of Physiology, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
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- Dept. of Physiology, School of Medicine, Uromia University of Medical Sciences, Uromia, Iran
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- Dept. of Language, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
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Haghdoost-Yazdi H, Janahmadi M, Behzadi G. Iberiotoxin-sensitive large conductance Ca2+ -dependent K+ (BK) channels regulate the spike configuration in the burst firing of cerebellar Purkinje neurons. Brain Res 2008; 1212:1-8. [PMID: 18439989 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.03.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2007] [Revised: 03/17/2008] [Accepted: 03/17/2008] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Cerebellar Purkinje cells (PCs) are the sole output neurons of the cerebellar cortex. Mature PCs discharge either tonically Na+ spikes or bursts of Na+ spikes ending to a Ca2+ spike. These cells express inactivating and non-inactivating large conductance Ca2+ -dependent K+ (BK) channels in their soma and dendrites. Somatic intracellular recording of acutely prepared brain slices was performed to examine the role of BK channels-mediated current in the tonic and burst firing of PCs. Continuous injection of a negative DC current was used to both suppress the spontaneous activity and stabilize the resting membrane potential around -70 mV. Then, the short depolarizing current injection was used to evoke spike discharge. For establishing of the burst firing, 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) was bath applied to the bath solution. Blockade of BK channels with iberiotoxin (IbTx); a specific blocker of BK channels, did not affect the Na+ spike configuration in the tonic firing but caused a remarkable change in the shape of Na+ and Ca2+ spikes in 4-AP-induced burst. Our results showed that during the burst firing, strong activation of IbTx-sensitive BK channels enhances the amplitude of fast afterhyperpolarization while decreases the duration of both Na+ and Ca2+ spikes. The current from these channels contributes to both the repolarizing of Na+ spike in the burst and setting of the amplitude of post-pulse AHP that occurs immediately after a depolarizing pulse. These data reveal an important role of IbTx-sensitive BK current in regulating of the spike configuration during the burst firing of PCs.
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- Hashem Haghdoost-Yazdi
- Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
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Yazdi HH, Janahmadi M, Behzadi G. The role of small-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels in the modulation of 4-aminopyridine-induced burst firing in rat cerebellar Purkinje cells. Brain Res 2007; 1156:59-66. [PMID: 17493598 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.04.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2006] [Revised: 04/09/2007] [Accepted: 04/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Small-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels (SK) regulate the firing properties of many types of neurons. In the mammalian brain, 3 subunits (SK1-SK3) are expressed with different distributions. Purkinje cells (PCs), the central neuron of the cerebellar basic circuit, express the SK2 subunit in their soma and dendrites. Mature PCs fire bursts of Na(+)-Ca(2+) spikes that constitute the sole output of the cerebellar cortex. Application of 4-aminopyridine (4-AP), blocker of Kv potassium channels in brain slices, augments the electrical activity and burst firing in mature PCs. Using conventional intracellular recordings from acutely prepared brain slices, we examined the role of SK channels in regulation of the 4-AP-induced burst activity in PCs. Application of apamin, blocker of the SK channels induced a depolarization in the membrane potential particularly between spontaneous bursts induced by 4-AP. To study the role of SK channels in 4-AP-induced burst, the spontaneous activity was suppressed by injecting adequate hyperpolarizing current and the bursts were evoked by depolarizing pulse. Apamin decreased the duration of the evoked bursts in 4-AP-treated neurons. It also prolonged the duration and repolarization time of the Ca(2+) spikes and decreased the number of and interval between Na(+) spikes in the 4-AP-induced bursts. Decrease in interval between Na(+) spikes was also seen in the rebound responses. Our findings suggest that SK channels are active at membrane potentials close to resting membrane potential in mature PCs and play an important role in the regulation of neuronal hyperexcitability and burst firing.
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- Hashem Haghdoost Yazdi
- Neuroscience Research Center and Department of Physiology, Shaheed Beheshti Medical Sciences University, Tehran, Iran
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Sabetkasaei M, Masoudnia F, Khansefid N, Behzadi G. Opioid receptors of the central amygdala and morphine-induced antinociception. Iran Biomed J 2007; 11:75-80. [PMID: 18051948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND The amygdala is a forebrain region, which is known as a modulator of pain sensation. The amygdala, particularly the central nucleus, has high concentrations of enkephalins relative to dynorphins and has high concentrations of opioid receptors. We here studied the role of central nuclei of amygdala in morphine antinociception. METHODS In this study, we used 130 male Wistar rats (200-250 g). Bilateral two guide cannula were inserted into central nuclei of amygdala. The drugs were administrated via intra central-amygdala and intraperitoneal. The antinociceptive effect was measured by formalin test. RESULTS Bilateral microinjections of morphine (50 and 100 microg/rat) into the central nuclei of amygdala elicited powerful suppression of nociceptive behaviors in both phases of formalin test. The intraperitoneal administration of naloxone (1 and 2 mg/kg) decreased significantly the antinociception induced by the intra-amygdaloid injection of morphine. Our data also showed that microinjection of naloxone (50 and 100 microg/rat) into the central nuclei of amygdala could reduce the analgesic effects of systemic morphine (7 mg/kg). On the other hand, bilateral neurotoxic lesions of the central nuclei of amygdala attenuated the antinociception induced by subcutaneous or intra-amygdaloid injection of morphine. CONCLUSION These findings suggest that morphine analgesia in the formalin test depends on ascending connections to the forebrain, probably the amygdala.
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- Masoomeh Sabetkasaei
- Dept. of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Shaheed Beheshti Medical University, Tehran, Iran.
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- Dept. of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Shaheed Beheshti Medical University, Tehran, Iran.
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- Dept. of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Shaheed Beheshti Medical University, Tehran, Iran.
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- Dept. of Physiology and Neuroscience Research Center, Shaheed Beheshti Medical University, Tehran, Iran
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Ganji F, Behzadi G. Postnatal development of masseteric motoneurons in congenital hypothyroid rats. Brain Res 2007; 1129:81-8. [PMID: 17156759 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.10.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2006] [Revised: 10/16/2006] [Accepted: 10/20/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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It has been known that an intact thyroid hormone is obligatory for the attainment of the normal masticatory function at the time of weaning. Following induced maternal thyroid hypo-function, the development of masseter motoneurons was determined at postnatal days 1, 7, 15 and 23 (weaning time), using retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) in the normal and hypothyroid pups. Based on the HRP labeling profile (strong and weak), the soma area of the masseteric labeled motoneurons was measured in each group. No significant morphological differences were observed at the end of the first week of life. On day 15, hypothyroid masseteric labeled motoneurons consisted of 76% small and 24% medium-sized neurons compared to 58% and 42% in normal pups, respectively. At the time of weaning (i.e., day 23) the number of large masseter motoneurons reached to 1/3 of normal value with few, short and disoriented dendrites in the hypothyroid pup. There was no statistically significant difference in the uptake of HRP from the neuromuscular junction. These results suggest that neonatal thyroid hormone deficiency considerably postponed the development of feeding behavior from sucking to chewing and biting.
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- Farzaneh Ganji
- Neuroscience Research Center and Physiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shaheed Beheshti Medical Sciences University, Tehran, Iran
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To understand the contribution of potassium (K+) channels, particularly alpha-dendrotoxin (D-type)-sensitive K+ channels (Kv.1, Kv1.2 or Kv1.6 subunits), to the generation of neuronal spike output we must have detailed information of the functional role of these channels in the neuronal membrane. Conventional intracellular recording methods in current clamp mode were used to identify the role of alpha-dendrotoxin (alpha-DTX)-sensitive K+ channel currents in shaping the spike output and modulation of neuronal properties of cerebellar Purkinje neurons (PCs) in slices. Addition of alpha-DTX revealed that D-type K+ channels play an important role in the shaping of Purkinje neuronal firing behavior. Repetitive firing capability of PCs was increased following exposure to artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF) containing alpha-DTX, so that in response to the injection of 0.6 nA depolarizing current pulse of 600 ms, the number of action potentials insignificantly increased from 15 in the presence of 4-AP to 29 action potentials per second after application of DTX following pretreatment with 4-AP. These results indicate that D-type K+ channels (Kv.1, Kv1.2 or Kv1.6 subunits) may contribute to the spike frequency adaptation in PCs. Our findings suggest that the activation of voltage-dependent K+ channels (D and A types) markedly affect the firing pattern of PCs.
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- H Haghdoust
- Neuroscience Research Center and Physiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shaheed Beheshti Medical Science University, Evin, Tehran, Iran
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Under congenital thyroid hypofunction, the oro-facial large and small calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) immunoreactive motoneurons were classified into strong, moderate, weak and negative intensity in offspring weaned rats. While 50% of neurons in the trigeminal motor nucleus (Mo5) were of the large type, this value dropped to 30% in hypothyroid pups. Hypothyroid trigeminal accessory nucleus (Mo5-AC) contained 10% large motoneurons versus about 45% in normal pups. Normal facial nucleus (Mo7) had 20% large motoneurons in contrast with 10% in hypothyroid pups. These values are significant in comparison with the normal pattern of oro-facial CGRP positive immunoreactive motoneurons as well as those devoid of immunostaining.
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- G Behzadi
- Physiology Department and Neuroscience Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti Medical Sciences University, P.O. Box 19835-181, Tehran, Iran.
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Animal models of Parkinson's disease (PD) with partial damage of the dopaminergic nigrostriatal system are very suitable for the development of neuroprotective and neurotrophic treatment strategies. Although drug-induced rotational behavior has conventionally been used for the analysis of lesioned animals, a pure behavioral test that can evaluate such animals in a drug-free state may better reflect a more natural response following lesion. In this study, an early model of PD was developed by intrastriatal injection of 12.5 microg of 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) into the left striatum. Apomorphine-induced rotational and drug-free elevated body swing behaviors were evaluated. The results of the rotational test revealed a very significant contralateral turning in the rats of the lesion group (L+V) compared with the sham-operated group (SH) (P<.0001). In addition, the results of elevated body swing test (EBST) showed a significant difference between the L+V and SH groups in the second (P<.01) and fourth weeks (P<.05) after surgery. Further analysis of correlation for the net number of rotations versus the net number of swings revealed a significant and positive correlation (r=.52) in the second week in the L+V group, but no such correlation was observed in the fourth week (r=.24). Taken together, it is concluded that despite a poor correlation at fourth week postlesion, EBST itself may be appropriate and sensitive for the evaluation of motor asymmetry in the unilateral model of early PD in rats.
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- Mehrdad Roghani
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.
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There is strong evidence that oxidative stress participates in the etiology of Parkinson's disease (PD). We designed this study to investigate the neuroprotective effect of vitamin E in the early model of PD. For this purpose, unilateral intrastriatal 6-hydroxydopamine (12.5 microg/5 microl) lesioned rats were pretreated intramuscularly with D-alpha-tocopheryl acid succinate (24 I.U./kg, i.m.) 1 h before and three times per week for 1 month post-surgery. Apomorphine- and amphetamine-induced rotational behavior was measured postlesion fortnightly. A parallel tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity and wheat germ agglutinin-horse radish peroxidase (WGA-HRP) tract-tracing study was performed to evaluate the vitamin E pretreatment efficacy. Tyrosine hydroxylase-immunohistochemical analyses showed a reduction of 18% in ipsilateral substantia nigra pars compacta (SNC) cell number of the vitamin E-pretreated lesioned (L+E) group comparing with contralateral side. The cell number dropped to 53% in the lesioned (L+V) group. In addition, retrograde-labeled neurons in ipsilateral SNC were reduced by up to 30% in the L+E group and 65% in the L+V group. Behavioral tests revealed that there are 74% and 68% reductions in contraversive and ipsiversive rotations in the L+E group, respectively, as compared with the L+V group. Therefore repeated intramuscular administration of vitamin E exerts a rapid protective effect on the nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons in the early unilateral model of PD.
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- M Roghani
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, P.O. Box 19835-181, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Sarihi A, Motamedi F, Rashidy-Pour A, Naghdi N, Behzadi G. Reversible inactivation of the median raphe nucleus enhances consolidation and retrieval but not acquisition of passive avoidance learning in rats. Brain Res 1999; 817:59-66. [PMID: 9889321 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(98)01196-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Involvement of median raphe nucleus (MRN) in acquisition, consolidation and retrieval of passive avoidance (PA) was investigated with functional suppression of this area by lidocaine. Rats carrying a chronically implanted cannula aimed at the MRN were trained on a step-through passive avoidance task and received intra-MRN injection of lidocaine or saline 5 min before training or 5, 90 and 360 min after acquisition trial or 5 min before the retrieval test. Lidocaine MRN inactivation had no effect on PA learning. Lidocaine injected 5 and 90 min after the acquisition trial significantly enhanced avoidance of the dark compartment in comparison with the control group injected with saline. But PA retention was not affected by lidocaine injected 360 min after acquisition or 5 min before training. Retention latency significantly increased, when lidocaine injected 5 min before retrieval test. Step-through latency of naive rats was not affected by MRN blockade. Furthermore, reversible inactivation of MRN did not have a significant effect on locomotor activity. Our results indicate that the MRN contributes to PA consolidation at least until 90 min after acquisition and involves in PA retrieval. It is concluded that functional ablation of the MRN may disrupt the inhibitory actions of MRN projections to sub-cortical circuits participating in PA memorization and retrieval.
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- A Sarihi
- Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modarres University, P.O. Box 14155-4838, Tehran, Iran.
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Rashidy-Pour A, Motamedi F, Semnanian S, Zarrindast MR, Fatollahi Y, Behzadi G. Effects of reversible inactivation of the medial septal area on long-term potentiation and recurrent inhibition of hippocampal population spikes in rats. Brain Res 1996; 734:43-8. [PMID: 8896806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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We assessed the effects of reversible inactivation of the medial septal area (MSA) on long-term potentiation (LTP) and recurrent inhibition in the dentate gyrus of urethane-anesthetized rats, in vivo. The septal input to the hippocampus was temporarily eliminated by injection of tetrodotoxin (TTX, 10 ng/l microliter) into the MSA. In Experiment 1, LTP inducibility was examined in the perforant-dentate gyrus synapses in the MSA inactivated and control rats by 2 high-frequency stimulation (HFS), 5 min apart, applied to the perforant pathway (PP). The magnitude of potentiation was evaluated as the percentage change in the population spike (PS) amplitude at 5, 30, 60 or 120 min after the second HFS. The PS amplitude in the MSA inactivated rats was significantly lower than those of control group at 120 but not 5, 30 or 60 min after the second HFS. The MSA inactivation itself had no effect on the basal responses evoked by test stimuli. In Experiment 2, the MSA inactivation did not affect the efficacy of recurrent inhibition in the perforant-dentate gyrus synapses produced by paired pulses applied to the PP at 10- and 20-ms interpulse intervals. These results indicate that: (1) although hippocampal synapses can be still potentiated after the HFS in the MSA inactivated animals, a faster decay of LTP may be due to elimination of the MSA output amplification on synaptic responses mediated by excitatory amino acids; and (2) the recurrent inhibition mechanism in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus is not probably affected by the MSA inactivation.
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- A Rashidy-Pour
- Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran
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Rashidy-Pour A, Motamedi F, Semnanian S, Zarrindast M, Fatollahi Y, Behzadi G. Effects of reversible inactivation of the medial septal area on long-term potentiation and recurrent inhibition of hippocampal population spikes in rats. Brain Res 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00491-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Mathiau P, Riche D, Behzadi G, Dimitriadou V, Aubineau P. Absence of serotonergic innervation from raphe nuclei in rat cerebral blood vessels--I. Histological evidence. Neuroscience 1993; 52:645-55. [PMID: 7680791 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(93)90413-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Anterograde tracing from dorsal raphe neurons by Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin and serotonin immunocytochemistry revealed no serotonergic projections from raphe nuclei to cerebral pial vessels in the rat. However, cerebrovascular nerve fibres, mainly located in major pial arteries, were immunoreactive to tryptophan-5-hydroxylase antibodies as previously shown by others. It thus seems that the rate-limiting enzyme catalysing the biosynthesis of serotonin, tryptophan-5-hydroxylase, is present in cerebrovascular nerve fibres which do not originate in the dorsal raphe nucleus and which do not contain enough serotonin to be labelled by serotonin immunocytochemistry. We also observed tryptophan hydroxylase-immunoreactive but no serotonin-immunoreactive nerve fibres in the femoral artery and, occasionally, in the dura mater. The femoral artery, like the dura mater, contained numerous mast cells reacting positively to both tryptophan hydroxylase and to serotonin immunocytochemistry. The colocalization of the enzyme and its final product thus appears to be a general feature, since it has already been demonstrated within the central nervous system. The only exception appears to be the tryptophan hydroxylase-immunoreactive nerves present in cerebral and peripheral vessels. These results suggest that there is not a true serotonergic (i.e. serotonin-containing) innervation in cerebral blood vessels. They also strongly suggest that the cerebrovascular nerve fibres which appear to contain tryptophan hydroxylase do not originate in the raphe nuclei.
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- P Mathiau
- Laboratoire de Recherches Cérébrovasculaires, CNRS U.A.641, Paris, France
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Arluison M, Behzadi G, Vankova M. Mapping neuropeptide-containing pathways in the brain with special reference to data obtained from the rat limbic system. Int Rev Cytol 1990; 123:1-38. [PMID: 2289846 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)60669-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- M Arluison
- Departement de Cytologie, CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
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Behzadi G, Kalén P, Parvopassu F, Wiklund L. Afferents to the median raphe nucleus of the rat: retrograde cholera toxin and wheat germ conjugated horseradish peroxidase tracing, and selective D-[3H]aspartate labelling of possible excitatory amino acid inputs. Neuroscience 1990; 37:77-100. [PMID: 2243599 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(90)90194-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Afferents to the median-paramedian raphe nuclear complex, which contains the B8 serotonergic cell group, were investigated in the rat with neuroanatomical and transmitter-selective retrograde labelling techniques. Injection of sensitive retrograde tracers, cholera toxin genoid or wheat germ agglutinin conjugated horseradish peroxidase into the median raphe resulted in labelling of neurons in a large number of brain regions. Projections from 26 of these regions are supported by available orthograde tracing data; the cingulate cortex, bed nucleus of stria terminalis, medial septum and diagonal band of Broca, ventral pallidum, medial and lateral preoptic areas, lateral hypothalamus, dorsomedial nucleus of hypothalamus, lateral habenula, interpeduncular nucleus, substantia nigra, central (periaqueductal) gray, and laterodorsal tegmental nucleus seem to represent major sources of afferents to the median-paramedian raphe complex. Retrogradely labelled cells were also observed in a number of regions for which anterograde tracing data are not available, including the perifornical hypothalamic nucleus, ventral premammillary nucleus, supramammillary and submammillothalamic nuclei and the B9 area. Possible excitatory amino acid afferents were identified with retrograde D-[3H]aspartate labelling. Microinjection of D-[3H]aspartate at a low concentration, 10(-4) M in 50 nl, resulted in retrograde labelling of a limited number of median raphe afferents. The most prominent labelling was observed in the lateral habenula and the interpeduncular nucleus, but retrogradely labelled cells were also noted in the medial and lateral preoptic areas, lateral and dorsal hypothalamus, ventral tegmental area, laterodorsal tegmental nucleus, medial parabrachial nucleus, and the pontine tegmentum. After injections of 10(-3) M D-[3H]aspartate selective labelling also appeared in more distant afferent regions, including cells in cingulate cortex, and in some regions located at shorter distances, such as the supramammillary nucleus. Injections of D-[3H]aspartate at high concentration, 10(-2) M, resulted in the appearance of weakly to moderately labelled cells in most afferent areas which were devoid of labelled cells after injections of lower concentrations, suggesting that this labelling may be non-specific. It was concluded that the median-paramedian raphe receives afferents from a large number of forebrain and hypothalamic regions, while relatively few brain stem regions project to this nuclear complex. The selectivity of retrograde labelling with D-[3H]aspartate was found to be concentration dependent, and it is suggested that the connections showing high affinity for D-[3H]aspartate may use excitatory amino acids as transmitters. Excitatory amino acid inputs from lateral habenula and interpeduncular nucleus may play predominant roles in the control of ascending serotonergic and non-serotonergic projections originating in the median and paramedian raphe nuclei.
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- G Behzadi
- Equipe de Neuroanatomie Fonctionnelle, Laboratoire de Physiologie Nerveuse, C.N.R.S., Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Wiklund L, Behzadi G, Kalén P, Headley PM, Nicolopoulos LS, Parsons CG, West DC. Autoradiographic and electrophysiological evidence for excitatory amino acid transmission in the periaqueductal gray projection to nucleus raphe magnus in the rat. Neurosci Lett 1988; 93:158-63. [PMID: 2907372 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(88)90074-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Selective retrograde labelling was used as an autoradiographic method to identify possible excitatory amino acid afferents to nucleus raphe magnus (NRM). Injections of 25-50 nl 10(-2) or 10(-3) M D-[3H]aspartate into the NRM resulted in prominent labelling of cells in ventrolateral mesencephalic periaqueductal gray (PAG). Electrophysiologically, stimulation in ventrolateral PAG excited cells in NRM with a latency of 2-12 ms. With many cells, microelectrophoretic application of the excitatory amino acid antagonists, kynurenate and gamma-D-glutamyl-glycine, resulted in a reversible reduction of the PAG-evoked response. Selective antagonists of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) were less effective. It is suggested that neurones in the ventrolateral PAG projecting to NRM utilize an excitatory amino acid or structurally related compound as a transmitter, and that this transmitter acts on receptors of the non-NMDA type.
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- L Wiklund
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Nerveuse, C.N.R.S., Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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