期刊
HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR
卷 51, 期 3, 页码 335-345出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.12.002
关键词
estrogen; ischemia; cardiac arrest; hippocampus; neuroprotection; spatial learning; water maze
资金
- NINDS NIH HHS [R15 NS052911, NS052911, R15 NS052911-01] Funding Source: Medline
Estradiol can act to protect against hippocampal damage resulting from transient global ischemia, but little is known about the functional consequences of such neuroprotection. The present study examines whether acute estradiol administered prior to the induction of transient global ischemia protects against hippocampal cell death and deficits in performance on a spatial learning task. Ovariectomized female rats were primed with estradiol benzoate or oil vehicle 48 and 24 h prior to experiencing one of three durations of 4-vessel occlusion (0, 5, or 10 min). Performance on the cued and hidden platform versions of the Morris water maze was assessed I week following ischemia. On the cued platform task, neither hormone treatment nor ischemia significantly influenced acquisition. When tested on the hidden platform task, however, oil-treated rats exhibited impairments in spatial learning after either 5 or 10 min of ischemia while estradiol-treated rats showed no impairments after 5 min of ischemia and only mild impairments after 10 min of ischemia. Immediately following behavioral testing, rats were perfused and survival of CAI pyramidal cells was assessed. Ischemia was associated with the loss of CAI pyramidal cells but rats that received estradiol prior to ischernia showed less severe damage. Furthermore, the extent of cell loss was correlated with degree of spatial bias expressed on a probe trial following hidden platform training. These findings indicate that acute exposure to estradiol prior to ischernia is both neuroprotective and functionally protective. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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