Repeated balance exercise promotes cholinergic neuroprotection of the pedunculopontine nucleus in a progressive model of Parkinson's disease.

Vestibular rehabilitation (VR) is a therapeutic approach that minimizes the impacts of balance alterations by enhancing the central vestibular compensation mechanism. The present study investigates the effect of repeated balance exercises on the central vestibular compensation mechanism in a reserpine-induced progressive model of parkinsonism in aged rats. Male Wistar rats were assigned to three cohort experiments: Exp 1: repeated balance exercises (narrow beam test) - performed every 48 h during 20 days; Exp 2: balance exercises performed on the 0 and 8 days; Exp 3: balance exercises performed only on the 0 and 20 days.

Aging accentuates decrease in tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity associated with the increase in the motor impairment in a model of reserpine-induced parkinsonism.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is an age-related neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive dopaminergic neuron loss. Animal models have been used to develop a better understanding of the pathophysiologic mechanisms of PD. However, these models are usually conducted with young animals diverging of the age of PD patients, suggesting a bias in translational science.

Testosterone propionate improves motor alterations and dopaminergic damage in the reserpine-induced progressive model of Parkinson's disease.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic and progressive neurodegenerative disorder with a higher susceptibility to occur in men. Studies suggest that this susceptibility is related to the hormonal differences observed between men and women, being a risk factor for PD. In addition, testosterone supplementation has shown controversial results in animal models of PD and parkinsonian patients.

Myrtenol Reduces Orofacial Nociception and Inflammation in Mice Through p38-MAPK and Cytokine Inhibition.

Orofacial pain is one of the commonest and most complex complaints in dentistry, greatly impairing life quality. Preclinical studies using monoterpenes have shown pharmacological potential to treat painful conditions, but the reports of the effects of myrtenol on orofacial pain and inflammation are scarce. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of myrtenol in experimental models of orofacial pain and inflammation.

Motor, memory, and anxiety-like behavioral impairments associated with brain-derived neurotrophic factor and dopaminergic imbalance after inhalational exposure to deltamethrin.

Believed to cause damage to the nervous system and possibly being associated with neurodegenerative diseases, deltamethrin (DM) is a type II pyrethroid used in pest control, public health, home environment, and vector control. The objective of this study was to evaluate the motor, cognitive and emotional changes associated with dopaminergic and BDNF imbalance after DM exposure in rats. Sixty Wistar rats (9-10 months-old) were used, under Ethics Committee on Animal Research license (ID 19/2017).

Nociception alterations precede motor symptoms in a progressive model of parkinsonism induced by reserpine in middle-aged rats.

Nociception alterations are frequent non-motor symptoms of the prodromal phase of Parkinson's disease (PD). The period for the onset of symptoms and the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying these alterations remain unclear. We investigated the course of nociception alterations in a progressive model of parkinsonism induced by reserpine (RES) in rats.

Balance alterations and reduction of pedunculopontine cholinergic neurons in early stages of parkinsonism in middle-aged rats.

The purpose of the present study was to investigate balance alterations and the possible role of the cholinergic neurons in the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) in the early stages of a progressive animal model of Parkinson's disease (PD). Twenty-eight middle-aged (8-9 months) male Wistar rats received 4 or 10 subcutaneous vehicle (control, CTL) or reserpine (RES) injections (0.1 mg/kg).

Short-term but not long-term exposure to an enriched environment facilitates the extinction of aversive memory.

Environmental enrichment (EE) has been used to investigate behavioral changes and neuroplasticity in brain in normal and pathological conditions. Besides, the EE has been used to understand the neurobehavioral systems involved in learning experiences, visual inputs, defensive responses, social interactions and memory. However, the required exposure duration to remove aversive memories remains lacking.

Intracerebroventricular injection of deltamethrin increases locomotion activity and causes spatial working memory and dopaminergic pathway impairment in rats.

Deltamethrin (DM) is widely used in agriculture, veterinary medicine and control of domestic pests. Epidemiological studies suggest that DM exposure is a risk factor for neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's (PD) and Alzheimer diseases; however the mechanisms are elusive. In the present study we evaluated the effects of intracerebroventricular (i.

Sex differences in the progressive model of parkinsonism induced by reserpine in rats.

Parkinson's disease (PD) exhibits sexual differences in susceptibility and pathogenesis in humans, with a high incidence in men and a high severity of motor symptoms in male rodents. Furthermore, studies showed that the administration of low dose of reserpine (RES) induces a progressive appearance of motor alterations similar with parkinsonism in male rodents. Here, we investigated sex differences in motor deficits and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) immunoreactivity induced by a progressive model of parkinsonism.

Serotonergic dysfunction in a model of parkinsonism induced by reserpine.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is mainly characterized by a dopamine deficiency accompanied by structural and functional changes in striatal neuronal projections. However, studies have considered PD as a multi-systemic disease in which the neurodegenerative process extends beyond the dopaminergic system. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the time-course of serotonergic neuron damage in a progressive model of parkinsonism induced by a low dose of reserpine.

Eplingiella fruticosa leaf essential oil complexed with β-cyclodextrin produces a superior neuroprotective and behavioral profile in a mice model of Parkinson's disease.

Evidence indicates that oxidative stress has an important role in the onset and progression of Parkinson's disease (PD). Antioxidant agents from natural products have shown neuroprotective effects in animal models of PD. Eplingiella fruticosa is an aromatic and medicinal plant of the Lamiaceae family that include culinary herbs.

Deltamethrin Intranasal administration induces memory, emotional and tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity alterations in rats.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease related to the dopaminergic system. The etiology is not fully understood, but it is known that PD is a multifactorial disease that involves genetic and environmental factors, including pesticides. One of these, Deltamethrin (DM), has been widely used for vector control in crops, farming, veterinary medicine and domestic pest control.

Carvacrol prevents impairments in motor and neurochemical parameters in a model of progressive parkinsonism induced by reserpine.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by a progressive degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compact (SNpc), with consequent depletion of dopamine in the striatum, which gives rise to the characteristic motor symptoms of PD. Although its etiology is unknown, several studies have suggested that oxidative stress plays a critical function in the pathophysiology of PD, and antioxidant agents could be helpful to slown down the dopaminergic neurodegeneration. Carvacrol (CA) is a phenolic monoterpene found in essential oils of many aromatic plants that presents antioxidant and neuroprotective effects.