ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2021
Dual Profile of Environmental Enrichment and Autistic-Like Behaviors in the Maternal Separated Model in Rats.
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- Transcriptome profile analysis of genes by RNA-sequencing in neonatal maternal separation rats with autistic-like behaviors.Translational pediatrics · 2026Article
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- Reversing valproic acid-induced autism-like behaviors through a combination of low-frequency repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation and superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Promising therapeutic effects of high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (HF-rTMS) in addressing autism spectrum disorder induced by valproic acid.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
- An enriched maternal environment and stereotypies of sows differentially affect the neuro-epigenome of brain regions related to emotionality in their piglets.Epigenetics · 2023Article
- Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms in Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Brain Tumors.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Umbelliprenin via increase in theFrontiers in pharmacology · 2023Article
- Sex-dependent influence of postweaning environmental enrichment in Angelman syndrome model mice.Brain and behavior · 2022Article
- Sex-Dependent Gliovascular Interface Abnormality in the Hippocampus following Postnatal Immune Activation in Mice.Developmental neuroscience · 2022Article
- Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation Mitigates Depressive-Like behavior in Rats Subjected to Maternal Separation.Basic and clinical neuroscienceArticle
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Abstract
backgroundEnvironmental Enrichment (EE) has been suggested as a possible therapeutic intervention for neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism. Although the benefits of this therapeutic method have been reported in some animal models and human studies, the unknown pathophysiology of autism as well as number of conflicting results, urge for further examination of the therapeutic potential of EE in autism. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the effects of environmental enrichment on autism-related behaviors which were induced in the maternal separation (MS) animal model. MATERIAL AND
methodsMaternally separated (post-natal day (PND) 1-14, 3h/day) and control male rats were at weaning (PND21) age equally divided into rats housed in enriched environment and normal environment. At adolescence (PND42-50), the four groups were behaviorally tested for direct social interaction, sociability, repetitive behaviors, anxiety behavior, and locomotion. Following completion of the behavioral tests, the blood and brain tissue samples were harvested in order to assess plasma level of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and structural plasticity of brain using ELISA and stereological methods respectively.
resultsWe found that environmental enrichment reduced repetitive behaviors but failed to improve the impaired sociability and anxiety behaviors which were induced by maternal separation. Indeed, EE exacerbated anxiety and social behaviors deficits in association with increased plasma BDNF level, larger volume of the hippocampus and infra-limbic region and higher number of neurons in the infra-limbic area (
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