Drug/nutrition interaction in the developing brain: Dipyrone enhances spreading depression in rats

Autor: Rubem Carlos Araújo Guedes, Maria Suzane da Silva Barbosa, Irya Laryssa Tenório Ramos, Vanina Cordeiro de Souza, Ana Paula Barbosa do Amaral
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Experimental Neurology. 219:492-498
ISSN: 0014-4886
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.06.017
Popis: The abuse of pharmaceutical drugs and the inadequate ingestion of nutrients constitute external factors that can alter brain development, both individually and in combination. We used cortical spreading depression (CSD) as a neurophysiological parameter to investigate the combined effects of the antipyretic/analgesic/anti-inflammatory drug dipyrone and malnutrition (M) in the developing rat brain. Suckling malnourished rats (M; n=69) and well nourished controls (W; n=76) received dipyrone (300 mg/kg/day) or saline per gavage for 7 consecutive days during the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th postnatal week. At 35-45 days, CSD was recorded at 2 points in the parietal region. In both groups, dipyrone increased CSD propagation velocities compared to respective saline controls (P
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