Effects of low-dose oxcarbazepine administration on developing cerebellum in newborn rat: A stereological study     
Yazarlar (10)
Ersan Odacı
Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Süleyman Kaplan
Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Bünyamin Şahin
Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Orhan Baş
Ordu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dursun Aygün
Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Bünyami Ünal
Atatürk Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Osman Fikret Sönmez
Serdar Çolakoğlu
Düzce Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Sait Bilgiç
Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Neuroscience Research Communications
Dergi ISSN 0893-6609
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q4
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 01-2004
Cilt No 34
Sayı 1
Sayfalar 28 / 36
DOI Numarası 10.1002/nrc.10103
Makale Linki http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/nrc.10103
Özet
Oxcarbazepine (OXC) is a widely used novel antiepileptic drug that has been available for routine prescription for 10 years. To examine low dose OXC‐induced neurotoxic effects on cerebellar development, we administered 25 mg/kg OXC orally to newborn Wistar rats once a day on postnatal days 2–14. Microscopic processed cerebellar sections of the control and treated groups were examined by volumetric analysis. Volume estimations were obtained using the Cavalieri's principle using a computerized stereological image analyzer (CAST‐GRID). The total volume of the cerebellum, white matter and the various cerebellar layers (except extragranular layer) were significantly increased in the treated animals. These data may provide useful implications for the management of OXC‐induced developmental neurotoxicity in children exposed to OXC during the late fetal period. Our findings suggest that women …
Anahtar Kelimeler
oxcarbazepine | Cavalieri principle | cerebellum | volume measurements | rat