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ArticleJournal of experimental neuroscience2017

The Effect of Quercetin on Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines in a Prenatally Stressed Rat Model of Febrile Seizures.

Nombuso Valencia Pearl Mkhize, Lihle Qulu, Musa Vuyisile Mabandla

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Article in Journal of experimental neuroscience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nombuso Valencia Pearl MkhizeDiscipline of Human Physiology, School of Laboratory Medicine & Medical Science, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Lihle QuluDiscipline of Human Physiology, School of Laboratory Medicine & Medical Science, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Musa Vuyisile MabandlaDiscipline of Human Physiology, School of Laboratory Medicine & Medical Science, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
University of KwaZulu-Natal · ZA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Febrile seizures are childhood convulsions resulting from an infection that leads to an inflammatory response and subsequent convulsions. Prenatal stress has been shown to heighten the progression and intensity of febrile seizures. Current medications are costly and have adverse effects associated with prolonged use. Quercetin flavonoid exhibits anti-inflammatory, anti-convulsant, and anti-stress effects. This study was aimed to investigate the therapeutic effect of quercetin in a prenatally stressed rat model of febrile seizures. We hypothesized that quercetin will alleviate the effects of prenatal stress in a febrile seizure rat model. On gestational day 13, Sprague-Dawley rat dams were subjected to restraint stress for 1 hour/d for 7 days. Febrile seizures were induced on postnatal day 14 on rat pups by intraperitoneally injecting lipopolysaccharide followed by kainic acid and quercetin on seizure onset. Hippocampal tissue was harvested to profile cytokine concentrations. Our results show that quercetin suppresses prenatal stress-induced pro-inflammatory marker (interleukin 1 beta) levels, subsequently attenuating febrile seizures. This shows that quercetin can be therapeutic for febrile seizures in prenatally stressed individuals.

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Febrile seizureinflammationprenatal stressquercetin

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PMCPMC5439593
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