Intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of streptozotocin (STZ) is a well established procedure to induce neuroinflammation leading to dementia in experimental animals. However, the optimal dose of STZ has not been determined. In the present study, rats were ICV injected with 1.5, 3 and 6 mg of STZ per kg of body weight. After 21 days, neuroinflammatory markers i.e. TNF-α, IL-1β, ROS and nitrite were quantified in the hippocampus. Memory function was assessed by the radial arm maze test after 9, 12, 15, 18, 21 days following STZ injection. STZ treatment significantly increased neuroinflammatory markers and decreased memory functions in a dose dependent manner showing optimum effects at the dose of 3 mg/kg.
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