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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-11-6
pubmed:abstractText
The relationship between chronic cerebral hypoperfusion and cognitive function has not been completely delineated. In the present studies, we developed an experimental model associated with arteriovenous malformation to investigate the effects of chronic cerebral hypoperfusion on cognitive function and neuropathological changes. The rat model was established by creating a fistula through an end-to-side anastomosis between the right distal external jugular vein and the ipsilateral common carotid artery, followed by ligation of the left vein draining the transverse sinus and bilateral external carotid arteries. Age-matched rats comprised a control group. Three months after surgery, cognitive functions were evaluated by the Morris water maze and hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP). Neuropathological changes were examined using light and electron microscopic techniques. We found that both learning capacity and spatial memory were significantly impaired in rats with chronic cerebral hypoperfusion concomitant with LTP inhibition and neurodegeneration in the hippocampal CA1 region of model rats compared with control rats. In addition, model rats showed a decrease at the protein level of cyclic AMP response element binding (CREB) phosphorylation in hippocampal tissues. Therefore, cognitive impairment caused by chronic cerebral hypoperfusion associated with arteriovenous malformations may be partially explained by the neurodegeneration and reduction of CREB phosphorylation in rat hippocampus.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1872-6240
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
1301
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
80-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19761762-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:19761762-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19761762-Arteriovenous Fistula, pubmed-meshheading:19761762-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:19761762-Brain Ischemia, pubmed-meshheading:19761762-Cell Count, pubmed-meshheading:19761762-Cell Death, pubmed-meshheading:19761762-Cerebrovascular Circulation, pubmed-meshheading:19761762-Cognition Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:19761762-Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein, pubmed-meshheading:19761762-Electrophysiology, pubmed-meshheading:19761762-Exploratory Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:19761762-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:19761762-Long-Term Potentiation, pubmed-meshheading:19761762-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19761762-Maze Learning, pubmed-meshheading:19761762-Mental Recall, pubmed-meshheading:19761762-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:19761762-Nerve Degeneration, pubmed-meshheading:19761762-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:19761762-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:19761762-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:19761762-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:19761762-Space Perception, pubmed-meshheading:19761762-Spatial Behavior
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Cognitive dysfunction induced by chronic cerebral hypoperfusion in a rat model associated with arteriovenous malformations.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. haijiandoc@yahoo.com.cn
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't