The effect of quercetin on absence epilepsy in WAG/Rij rats    
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Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Nildem KIZILASLAN Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Duygu Aydın
Doç. Dr. Orhan SÜMBÜL Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Reyhan Köroğlu
Türkiye
Hatice Aygün
Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Neurological Research
Dergi ISSN 0161-6412 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q4
Makale Dili Türkçe
Basım Tarihi 03-2023
Cilt No 45
Sayı 8
Sayfalar 701 / 707
DOI Numarası 10.1080/01616412.2023.2194182
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01616412.2023.2194182
Özet
In the present study, the effect of quercetin, a powerful antioxidant flavonoid, on genetic absence epilepsy was studied in WAG/Rij rats. Tripolar electrodes were implanted into WAG/Rij rats. Basal electrocorticography (ECoG) was recorded following a recovery period. After basal ECoG recording, different doses of quercetin (QRC) (25, 50 and 100 mg/kg) were injected intraperitoneally (i.p.) for 30 days. ECoG recording was continued for 31 days, three hours a day. After recording, the rats were anesthetized and euthanized through cervical dislocation and their brains were excised. Biochemically, TNF-alpha, IL-6 and NO were studied in whole rat brains. In WAG/Rij rats, low-dose quercetin (25 mg/kg) reduced the number and duration of spike-wave discharges (SWDs) compared to the control group. However, 50 and 100 mg/kg quercetin doses increased SWDs. Duration of SWDs was prolonged only with 100 mg/kg dose. None of the quercetin doses had any effect on average amplitude of SWDs. In addition, it was observed in biochemical analyses that 25 mg/kg quercetin reduced TNF-alpha, IL-6 and NO levels compared to the control group. While TNF-alpha and IL-6 levels in rat brains were not affected by 50 or 100 mg/kg doses, both doses were found to increase NO levels in rat brains. Based on the results of the present study, 25 mg/kg low-dose quercetin may have reduced absence seizures by reducing proinflammatory cytokines and NO, but high-dose quercetin may have increased absence seizures through increasing the NO level. This contrasting effect of quercetin on absence seizures needs to be investigated by advanced mechanisms.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Absence epilepsy | IL-6 | NO | TNF-alpha | quercetin
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WoS 6
The effect of quercetin on absence epilepsy in WAG/Rij rats

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