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ArticleScientific reports2017

Protective Effect of 17β-Estradiol Upon Hippocampal Spine Density and Cognitive Function in an Animal Model of Vascular Dementia.

Ying Zhu, Quanguang Zhang, Wenli Zhang, Ning Li, Yongxin Dai, Jingyi Tu, Fang Yang, Darrell W Brann, Ruimin Wang

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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29citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ying ZhuNeurobiology Institute of Medical Research Center, International Science &Technology Cooperation Base of Geriatric Medicine, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China.
Quanguang ZhangDepartment of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta 30912, USA.
Wenli ZhangNeurobiology Institute of Medical Research Center, International Science &Technology Cooperation Base of Geriatric Medicine, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China.
Ning LiNeurobiology Institute of Medical Research Center, International Science &Technology Cooperation Base of Geriatric Medicine, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China.
Yongxin DaiNeurobiology Institute of Medical Research Center, International Science &Technology Cooperation Base of Geriatric Medicine, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China.
Jingyi TuNeurobiology Institute of Medical Research Center, International Science &Technology Cooperation Base of Geriatric Medicine, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China.
Fang YangNeurobiology Institute of Medical Research Center, International Science &Technology Cooperation Base of Geriatric Medicine, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China.
Darrell W BrannDepartment of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta 30912, USA.
Ruimin WangNeurobiology Institute of Medical Research Center, International Science &Technology Cooperation Base of Geriatric Medicine, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China.
North China University of Science and Technology · CNAugusta University · US

Funding

Low-level Laser Therapy in Global Cerebral IschemiaR01NS086929 · NINDS · AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY · PI ZHANG, QUANGUANG · 2014 to 2018
$1.7M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS086929
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current study examined whether the steroid hormone, 17β-estradiol (E2) can exert long-lasting beneficial effects upon axonal health, synaptic plasticity, dementia-related amyloid-beta (Aβ) protein expression, and hippocampal-dependent cognitive function in an animal model of chronic cerebral hypoperfusion and vascular dementia (VaD). Chronic cerebral hypoperfusion and VaD was induced by bilateral common carotid artery occlusion (BCCAO) in adult male Sprague Dawley rats. Low dose E2 administered for the first 3-months after BCCAO exerted long-lasting beneficial effects, including significant neuroprotection of hippocampal CA1 neurons and preservation of hippocampal-dependent cognitive function when examined at 6-months after BCCAO. E2 treatment also prevented BCCAO-induced damage to hippocampal myelin sheaths and oligodendrocytes, enhanced expression of the synaptic proteins synaptophysin and PSD95 in the hippocampus, and prevented BCCAO-induced loss of total and mushroom dendritic spines in the hippocampal CA1 region. Furthermore, E2-treatment also reduced BCCAO induction of dementia-related proteins expression such as p-tau (PHF1), total ubiquitin, and Aβ1-42, when examined at 6 m after BCCAO. Taken as a whole, the results suggest that low-dose E2 replacement might be a potentially promising therapeutic modality to attenuate or block negative neurological consequences of chronic cerebral hypoperfusion and VaD.

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AnimalsAxonsBiomarkersCA1 Region, HippocampalCell CountCell SurvivalCognitionDementia, VascularDendritic SpinesDisease Models, AnimalEstradiolMaleNeuroprotective AgentsPyramidal CellsRatsSpatial MemoryBiomarkersEstradiolNeuroprotective Agents

Identifiers

PMID28205591
PMCPMC5311994
OpenAlexW2588011604

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