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    Cardiovascular changes in WAG/Rij rats with genetic absence epilepsy: effects of chronic ethosuximide treatment
    (CUKUROVA UNIV, 2020) Şahin, Tuğçe Demirtaş; Utkan, Tijen; Karson, Ayşe; Yazir, Yusufhan; Karaöz, Erdal
    Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of chronic ethosuximide (ETX) treatment on absence seizures and cardiovascular parameters in WAG/Rij rats with genetic absence epilepsy. Materials and Methods: Eight-weeks old, male Wistar and WAG/Rij rats were divided into four groups (n=20): Wistar control, Wistar ETX, WAG/Rij control and WAG/Rij ETX. ETX groups received chronic ETX treatment (oral, 300 mg/kg/day) for 3 months. At the end of the 3-month-treatment period; the total and mean duration, also number of spike wave discharges (SWDs) were evaluated using EEG recordings. Mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR) measurements were performed. Results: ETX treatment significantly decreased the duration and frequency of SWDs in WAG/Rij rats. MAP in WAG/Rij control group was markedly higher than Wistar control group. In Wistar ETX group, HR was significantly slower than Wistar control group. KCl-induced contraction response enhanced in Wistar ETX group and diminished in WAG/Rij control group compared to Wistar control group. Conclusion: Increased MAP and vascular reactivity in WAG/Rij rats. ETX treatment did not alter cardiovascular parameters in WAG/Rij rats whereas the treatment decreased the HR and vascular reactivity without affecting MAP in Wistar rats. T-type Ca++ channels may play a role in these changes.
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    Effects of agmatine on cognitive functions during vascular dementia in biological aging through eNOS and BDNF expression
    (Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2017) Bağcı, Bülent; Utkan, Tijen; Yazir, Yusufhan; Aricioglu, Feyza; Ozturk, Gokce Sevim; Sarıoğlu, Yusuf
    Objective: Biological aging has been recognized to cause impairment of memory and the development of vascular dementia. Based on our previous work, agmatine has been shown to have a beneficial effect and might have therapeutic potential on cognitive functions, including learning and memory. The aim of the present study was to examine the possible effect of agmatine on biological aging-induced vascular endothelial dysfunction and associated dementia in rats. Methods: We used three different age groups (4-month-olds, 18-month-olds and 24-montholds; n = 12 in each group) of control and agmatine-treated rats. Control animals received physiological saline for 8 weeks. Agmatine sulfate (40 mg/kg, twice daily) was given to the agmatine groups orally for 8 weeks. Herein, we investigated the effects of agmatine on systolic blood pressure (SBP), nitric oxide (NO)-mediated endothelium-dependent and - independent vasorelaxant responses in thoracic aorta, cognitive performance (passive avoidance test; PAT, and Morris water maze test; MWMT), endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) expression and both hippocampal and amygdaloid brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression in aged rats. Results: We found cognitive decline, endothelial dysfunction and reduced eNOS and BDNF expression in aged rats. All these changes may result from aging-induced vascular dementia. We also found that chronic treatment with agmatine may improve amygdala-dependent emotional and spatial learning and memorial performance, and endothelial function, and may regulate eNOS and BDNF protein expression in aged rats. Conclusion: Results of the current study point out that chronic agmatine treatment may prevent endothelial dysfunction associated with vascular dementia through eNOS and BDNF expression in aged rats.