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ArticleNeuroscience letters2016

Cognitive assessment of pycnogenol therapy following traumatic brain injury.

Stephen W Scheff, Kelly N Roberts

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Article in Neuroscience letters, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Antioxidant Therapies in Traumatic Brain Injury.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stephen W ScheffSanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, United States. Electronic address: sscheff@email.uky.edu.
Kelly N RobertsSanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, United States.
University of Kentucky · US

Funding

PYCNOGENOL AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURYR21NS066117 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI SCHEFF, STEPHEN W · 2009 to 2010
$408k
NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS066117
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We have previously shown that pycnogenol (PYC) increases antioxidants, decreases oxidative stress, suppresses neuroinflammation and enhances synaptic plasticity following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Here, we investigate the effects of PYC on cognitive function following a controlled cortical impact (CCI). Adult Sprague-Dawley rats received a CCI injury followed by an intraperitoneal injection of PYC (50 or 100mg/kg). Seven days post trauma, subjects were evaluated in a Morris water maze (MWM) and evaluated for changes in lesion volume. Some animals were evaluated at 48h for hippocampal Fluoro-jade B (FJB) staining. The highest dose of PYC therapy significantly reduced lesion volume, with no improvement in MWM compared to vehicle controls. PYC failed to reduce the total number of FJB positive neurons in the hippocampus. These results suggest that the reduction of oxidative stress and neuroinflammation are not the key components of the secondary injury that contribute to cognitive deficits following TBI.

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AnimalsBrain Injuries, TraumaticCerebral CortexCognition DisordersFlavonoidsHippocampusMaleMaze LearningNeuronsNeuroprotective AgentsPlant ExtractsRats, Sprague-DawleyFlavonoidsNeuroprotective AgentsPlant ExtractspycnogenolsBioflavonoidsCortical contusionHead injuryNatural compoundsRecovery of functionWater maze

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PMID27737807
PMCPMC5131724
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