Garlic Extract (Allium sativum) Enhances Spatial Working Memory in Wistar Rats: Involvement of Hippocampal Na+/K+ ATPase and Ca2+ ATPase Activities
Autor: | Ibrahim Semuyaba, Figueredo Niurka Remón, Abass Alao Safiriyu, Musa Iyiola Ajibola, Temitope Akhigbe Etibor |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
chemistry.chemical_classification biology ATPase Pharmacology Hippocampal formation Allium sativum Spatial memory Neuroprotection 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology 0302 clinical medicine Enzyme chemistry biology.protein Hippocampus (mythology) Na+/K+-ATPase 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
Zdroj: | Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science. :31-40 |
ISSN: | 2160-5874 2160-5866 |
Popis: | Hippocampus plays a central role in the acquisition and recall of both episodic and spatial memory. Studies have shown that garlic has neuroprotective effects in various capacities and enhancement of different forms of memory. However, the effect of garlic spatial memory and direct effect of garlic extract on the activities of membrane bound enzymes Na+/K+ ATPase and Ca2+ ATPase in the hippocampus of rat still remain elusive. Therefore, we studied the effect of ethanolic extract of garlic on spatial working memory using object location memory OLM test and the hippocampal Na+/K+ ATPase and Ca2+ ATPase activities. Sixteen male wistar rats weighted 120 - 150 g were used and divided into two groups of eight rats each. The control and experimental groups were treated 1ml of normal saline and 500 mg/kg body weight of ethanolic extract of garlic respectively orally for three weeks. OLM test was carried out on the two groups. Animals were sacrificed and the brains were removed, and hippocampi were carefully excised and homogenate was obtained. Homogenate was analyzed for Na+/K+ ATPase and Ca2+ ATPase activities. There was significant increase in the exploration time in experimental group when compared with control group (p +/K+ ATPase and Ca2+ ATPase activities in experimental group when compared with control group (p +/K+ ATPase and Ca2+ ATPase. Our findings provide potential mechanism and therapeutic target for memory deficit neurological disorders. |
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