Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Journal
مجله علوم اعصاب پایه و بالینی
BCN
Medical Sciences
http://bcn.iums.ac.ir
137
journal137
2008-126X
2228-7442
10.32598/bcn
en
jalali
1392
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gregorian
2013
11
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online
1
fulltext
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Ecstasy-Induced Caspase Expression Alters Following Ginger Treatment
Behavioral Neuroscience
Behavioral Neuroscience
Original
Original
<p align="left" ><p><b><font color="#221e1f" size="1"><font color="#221e1f" size="1">Introduction: </font></font><font color="#221e1f" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="1"><font color="#221e1f" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="1"><font color="#221e1f" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="1">Exposure to 3-4, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) leads to cell death. Herein, we studied the protective effects of ginger on MDMA- induced apoptosis. </font></font></font><b><font color="#221e1f" size="1"><font color="#221e1f" size="1"><p align="justify">Methods: </p></font></font><font color="#221e1f" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="1"><font color="#221e1f" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="1"><font color="#221e1f" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="1">15 Sprague dawley male rats were administrated with 0, 10 mg/kg MDMA, or MDMA along with 100mg/kg ginger, IP for 7 days. Brains were removed to study the caspase </font></font></font><font color="#221e1f" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="1"><font color="#221e1f" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="1"><font color="#221e1f" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="1">3, 8, and 9 expressions in the hippocampus by RT-PCR. Data was analyzed by SPSS 16 software using the one-way ANOVA test. </font></font></font><b><font color="#221e1f" size="1"><font color="#221e1f" size="1"><p align="justify">Results: </p></font></font><font color="#221e1f" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="1"><font color="#221e1f" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="1"><font color="#221e1f" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="1">MDMA treatment resulted in a significant increase in caspase 3, 8, and 9 as compared to the sham group (p<0.001). Ginger administration however, appeared to significantly decrease the same (p<0.001). </font></font></font><b><font color="#221e1f" size="1"><font color="#221e1f" size="1"><p>Discussion: </p></font></font><font color="#221e1f" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="1"><font color="#221e1f" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="1"><font color="#221e1f" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="1">Our findings suggest that ginger consumption may lead to the improvement of </font></font></font><font color="#221e1f" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="1"><font color="#221e1f" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="1"><font color="#221e1f" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="1">MDMA-induced neurotoxicity. </font></font></font></b></b></b></b></p>
Apoptosis,Ginger,MDMA,Caspase
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