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Bratislava Medical Journal Vol.117, No.12, p.730-733, 2016

Title: Is levetiracetam neuroprotective in neonatal rats with hypoxic ischemic brain injury?
Author: Y. Celik, B. Resitoglu, M. Komur, A. Polat, A. E. Arslankoylu, C. Okuyaz, S. Erdogan, H. Beydagi

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine if levetiracetam (LEV) is neuroprotective in neonatal rats with hypoxic-ischemic brain injury (HIBI).
METHODS: The study included 7-d-old male Wistar rats that were randomly divided into the LEV400, LEV800, control, and sham groups. All the rats, except those in the sham group, underwent ligation of the carotid artery and were then kept in a hypoxic chamber containing 8% oxygen for 2 h. At the end of the hypoxic period the rats in the control group were administered saline solution 0.5 mL, the rats in the LEV400 group were administered LEV 400 mg.kg–1, and rats in the LEV800 group were administered LEV 800 mg.kg–1 via the intraperitoneal route. The terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated deoxyuridine triphosphate nick-end labeling (TUNEL) method was used to evaluate neuronal apoptosis in the rats. The Morris Water Maze (MWM) test was performed at age 14 weeks in order to evaluate cognitive function.
RESULTS: The number of apoptotic neurons in the right hemispheres was significantly lower in the sham, LEV400, and LEV800 groups than in the control group (p < 0.001, p < 0.001, and p < 0.001, respectively).

In addition, the number of apoptotic neurons in the right hemispheres was significantly lower in the LEV800 group than in the LEV400 group (p = 0.001). Platform finding time (PFT) during MWM testing was significantly shorter in the sham and LEV800 groups on d 4 than on d 1 (p = 0.001 and p = 0.006, respectively); however, PFT did not significantly change between d 1 and d 4 in the control or LEV400 groups (p = 0.91 and p = 0.096, respectively).
CONCLUSION: Based on the present findings, LEV exhibited a dose-dependent neuroprotective effect in neonatal rats with HIBI (Ref. 27).



Keywords: hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, levetiracetam, new-born.
Published online: 28-Dec-2016
Year: 2016, Volume: 117, Issue: 12 Page From: 730, Page To: 733
doi:10.4149/BLL_2016_140


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