Effect of cardiac arrest on cognitive impairment and hippocampal plasticity in middle-aged rats.
Cardiopulmonary arrest is a leading cause of death and disability in the United States that usually occurs in the aged population. Cardiac arrest (CA) induces global ischemia, disrupting global cerebral circulation that results in ischemic brain injury and leads to cognitive impairments in survivors...
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| author | Charles H Cohan Jake T Neumann Kunjan R Dave Aleksey Alekseyenko Marc Binkert Kenneth Stransky Hung Wen Lin Carol A Barnes Clinton B Wright Miguel A Perez-Pinzon |
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| description | Cardiopulmonary arrest is a leading cause of death and disability in the United States that usually occurs in the aged population. Cardiac arrest (CA) induces global ischemia, disrupting global cerebral circulation that results in ischemic brain injury and leads to cognitive impairments in survivors. Ischemia-induced neuronal damage in the hippocampus following CA can result in the impairment of cognitive function including spatial memory. In the present study, we used a model of asphyxial CA (ACA) in nine month old male Fischer 344 rats to investigate cognitive and synaptic deficits following mild global cerebral ischemia. These experiments were performed with the goals of 1) establishing a model of CA in nine month old middle-aged rats; and 2) to test the hypothesis that learning and memory deficits develop following mild global cerebral ischemia in middle-aged rats. To test this hypothesis, spatial memory assays (Barnes circular platform maze and contextual fear conditioning) and field recordings (long-term potentiation and paired-pulse facilitation) were performed. We show that following ACA in nine month old middle-aged rats, there is significant impairment in spatial memory formation, paired-pulse facilitation n dysfunction, and a reduction in the number of non-compromised hippocampal Cornu Ammonis 1 and subiculum neurons. In conclusion, nine month old animals undergoing cardiac arrest have impaired survival, deficits in spatial memory formation, and synaptic dysfunction. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a0fa72065d124c608ba7a0992e67c8292022-12-21T23:52:45ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032015-01-01105e012491810.1371/journal.pone.0124918Effect of cardiac arrest on cognitive impairment and hippocampal plasticity in middle-aged rats.Charles H CohanJake T NeumannKunjan R DaveAleksey AlekseyenkoMarc BinkertKenneth StranskyHung Wen LinCarol A BarnesClinton B WrightMiguel A Perez-PinzonCardiopulmonary arrest is a leading cause of death and disability in the United States that usually occurs in the aged population. Cardiac arrest (CA) induces global ischemia, disrupting global cerebral circulation that results in ischemic brain injury and leads to cognitive impairments in survivors. Ischemia-induced neuronal damage in the hippocampus following CA can result in the impairment of cognitive function including spatial memory. In the present study, we used a model of asphyxial CA (ACA) in nine month old male Fischer 344 rats to investigate cognitive and synaptic deficits following mild global cerebral ischemia. These experiments were performed with the goals of 1) establishing a model of CA in nine month old middle-aged rats; and 2) to test the hypothesis that learning and memory deficits develop following mild global cerebral ischemia in middle-aged rats. To test this hypothesis, spatial memory assays (Barnes circular platform maze and contextual fear conditioning) and field recordings (long-term potentiation and paired-pulse facilitation) were performed. We show that following ACA in nine month old middle-aged rats, there is significant impairment in spatial memory formation, paired-pulse facilitation n dysfunction, and a reduction in the number of non-compromised hippocampal Cornu Ammonis 1 and subiculum neurons. In conclusion, nine month old animals undergoing cardiac arrest have impaired survival, deficits in spatial memory formation, and synaptic dysfunction.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4416883?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Charles H Cohan Jake T Neumann Kunjan R Dave Aleksey Alekseyenko Marc Binkert Kenneth Stransky Hung Wen Lin Carol A Barnes Clinton B Wright Miguel A Perez-Pinzon Effect of cardiac arrest on cognitive impairment and hippocampal plasticity in middle-aged rats. PLoS ONE |
| title | Effect of cardiac arrest on cognitive impairment and hippocampal plasticity in middle-aged rats. |
| title_full | Effect of cardiac arrest on cognitive impairment and hippocampal plasticity in middle-aged rats. |
| title_fullStr | Effect of cardiac arrest on cognitive impairment and hippocampal plasticity in middle-aged rats. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of cardiac arrest on cognitive impairment and hippocampal plasticity in middle-aged rats. |
| title_short | Effect of cardiac arrest on cognitive impairment and hippocampal plasticity in middle-aged rats. |
| title_sort | effect of cardiac arrest on cognitive impairment and hippocampal plasticity in middle aged rats |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4416883?pdf=render |
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