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Effects of Parenteral Nutritional Support with Fish-Oil Emulsion on Spinal Cord Recovery in Rats with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
(TURKISH NEUROSURGICAL SOC, 2011-01-01) Emon, Selin Tural; Irban, Arzu Gercek; Bozkurt, Suheyla Uyar; Akakin, Dilek; Konya, Deniz; Ozgen, Serdar
AIM: Aim of this study is to assess effects of parenteral nutritional support with fish-oil emulsion on spinal cord recovery in rats with traumatic spinal cord injury. MATERIAL and METHODS: For 5 days after SCI rats were received saline in group C and Omegaven in group O. Locomotor strengths (BBB scale)of animals were rated at Day 0,7,14,21,28, and 35. At Day 35 spinal cord sampling was evaluated immunohistochemically. RESULTS: BBB scores were 0 in early period after SCI was inflicted in both groups. BBB scores were progressively increased after Day 7 in both groups (p <.005). BBB scores were significantly higher in group O when compared with control group after Day7 in all times (p <.005). Neuronal injury (p <.002) and edema was much more in control group when compared with in group O (p <.005). Scores for white mater cavitation, demyelinization and vessel in growth were similar in both groups. VEGF expression in control group was higher (p=.019). CONCLUSION: At the early period of SCI fish-oil emulsion treatment in rats, its anti-inflammatory effects leaded to decrease in edema and had positive effect at the prevention of neuronal injury. We believe that nutritional support with fish-oil emulsion in patients with SCI will result in patient's better clinical outcome and increase in quality of the patient's life.
Neuroprotective Effect of Memantine on Hippocampal Neurons in Infantile Rat Hydrocephalus
(TURKISH NEUROSURGICAL SOC, 2011-01-01) Cabuk, Burak; Etus, Volkan; Bozkurt, Suheyla Uyar; Sav, Aydin; Ceylan, Savas
AIM:The effect of memantine administration on hippocampal neurons of the infantile rats with kaolin induced hydrocephalus was investigated. MATERIAL and METHODS: Hydrocephalus was induced by injecting kaolin into the cisterna magna of 3-weeks old Sprague-Dawley rat pups. One group received a single daily dose of 20mg/kg memantine i.p. following hydrocephalus induction for a period of two weeks. By the end of the two-week period, animals were radiologically evaluated by magnetic resonance imaging and then sacrificed to get their cerebrums removed. Both immunohistochemical analysis of nitric oxide synthase activity and quantification of spared neurons in CA1, CA2 and CA3 regions of hippocampus were performed. RESULTS: In hydrocephalus-induced rats considerable neuronal loss associated with significantly increased nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivity were determined in all hippocampal regions. However, memantine treated rats showed significantly higher number of spared neuron counts and reduced nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivity in CA1 and CA2 regions compared with the non-treated rats. CONCLUSION:The findings of the study show that hippocampal neurons may constitute important targets for injury secondary to hydrocephalic process in experimental infantile hydrocephalus. Early anti-excitotoxic treatment with memantine seems to have a neuroprotective effect especially in the CA1 and CA2 subunits of the hippocampus.