ArticleJournal of biosciences2020
Effects of nicorandil on neurobehavioral function, BBB integrity, edema and stereological parameters of the brain in the sub-acute phase of stroke in a rat model.
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- Nicorandil attenuates cognitive impairment after traumatic brain injury via inhibiting oxidative stress and inflammation: Involvement of BDNF and NGF.Brain and behavior · 2024Article
- The KATP channel opener, nicorandil, ameliorates brain damage by modulating synaptogenesis after ischemic stroke.PloS one · 2021Article
- Melatonin Plays a Protective Role by Regulating miR-26a-5p-NRSF and JAK2-STAT3 Pathway to Improve Autophagy, Inflammation and Oxidative Stress of Cerebral Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury.Drug design, development and therapy · 2020Article
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Abstract
Blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption, inflammation, and cell death are the pathogenic mechanisms of cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Nicorandil protects ischemic injury via some of these mechanisms. The aim of this study was to investigate the therapeutic effects of this drug on the brain ischemia after transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) and clarify the NF-jB and Nrf2-dependent mechanisms modulated by this drug. Sixty-six rats were randomized into sham, MCAO and MCAO + nicorandil groups with oral gavage for 3 days. Cerebral I/R injury were induced by a transient MCAO for 1 h and neurobehavioral scores were performed for 3 days. In addition to measurement of BBB disruption and brain water content, the total and infarct volume, density, and total number of neurons, non-neurons and dead neurons in the right cortex were estimated by unbiased stereological methods. RT-PCR was performed to analyze the expression levels of NFjB and Nrf2. Although nicorandil treatment in the sub-acute brain ischemia did not have a prominent effect on neurobehavioral function and number of neurons, non-neurons and dead neurons probably through up-regulation of NF-jB, it, however, improved ischemia-induced BBB disruption and brain edema and showed a significant reduction in the infarction volume probably through up-regulation of Nrf2.
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