Neuropathy in a rat model of mild diabetes induced by multiple low doses of streptozotocin: effects of the antioxidant stobadine in comparison with a high-dose alpha-lipoic acid treatment.

Hyperglycaemia-induced oxidative stress makes an important contribution to the aetiology of diabetic neuropathy. The aim of our study was to evaluate the effect of the antioxidant stobadine (STB) in comparison with a treatment by a high-dose of alpha-lipoic acid (ALA), on the neurological consequences of chronic hyperglycaemia in an animal model of diabetes in Wistar rats (16 weeks old), made diabetic by streptozotocin (STZ 3 x 20 mg i.v.

Effect of transient ischemia on long-term potentiation of synaptic transmission in rat hippocampal slices.

Objectives: Long-term potentiation (LTP) of neuronal activity in the hippocampus is thought to be a substrate for learning and memory. The influence of ischemia (IS) (hypoxia/hypoglycemia) on induction of LTP of synaptic transmission (ST) by high frequency stimulation (HFS) was investigated in rat hippocampal slices.

Methods: Neurons were stimulated via Schäffer collaterals and field excitatory postsynaptic potentials (fEPSP) were recorded extracellularly from the CA1 region.

Effect of the pyridoindole SMe1EC2 and compounds affecting A(1) and A(2A) adenosine receptors in rat hippocampus under ischemia in vitro.

The effect of the newly synthesized pyridoindole antioxidant SMe1EC2 (1 micromol/l) and drugs activating or inhibiting adenosine receptors was tested under ischemia. Synaptic transmission was recorded extracellularly before and under 6-min ischemia and 20-min reoxygenation in rat hippocampal slices in vitro. In untreated slices, ischemia elicited failure of synaptic transmission and excitability expressed by a population spike decay (t(0.

Content of protein carbonyl groups in gerbil brain after reversible bilateral carotid occlusion: effect of 2,3-dihydromelatonin.

Objectives: To investigate whether a new derivative of melatonin, (2,3-dihydromelatonin (DHM), prevented the oxidative stress induced by ischemia /reperfusion (I/R) in the gerbil brain. To specify the effect on endogenous antioxidant activity and protein modification in the brain cortex, we evaluated the contents of glutathione (total GSx=GSH+GSSG) and protein carbonyl groups (PCG).

Methods: Brain ischemia (I) was induced by (12 min) bilateral carotid occlusion (BCAO) in adult male gerbils (60-70 g b wt.