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ArticleFrontiers in neuroanatomy2026

Stereological evaluation of the neuroprotective effects of curcumin on the spinal cord in a streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat model.

Burcu Delibaş, Ayşe İkinci Keleş, Arife Ahsen Kaplan, Berk Kocaman, Gamze Altun, Kıymet Kübra Tüfekci, Abit Aktaş, Süleyman Kaplan

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Article in Frontiers in neuroanatomy, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Burcu DelibaşFaculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize, Türkiye.
Ayşe İkinci KeleşFaculty of Medicine, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Türkiye.
Arife Ahsen KaplanFaculty of Medicine, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Türkiye.
Berk KocamanFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Istanbul Universitesi-Cerrahpasa, Avcılar, Türkiye.
Gamze AltunFaculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Türkiye.
Kıymet Kübra TüfekciDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, Türkiye.
Abit AktaşFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Istanbul Universitesi-Cerrahpasa, Avcılar, Türkiye.
Süleyman KaplanFaculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Türkiye.

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Abstract

Introduction: This study examined how curcumin influences spinal cord morphological parameters in rats with STZ-induced diabetes using unbiased stereological methods. Methods: Fifty-six female Wistar albino rats were randomly divided into seven experimental groups ( Results: The diabetic (DM) group showed a significant reduction in motor neuron number compared with the Control group ( Discussion: Curcumin administration partially mitigated spinal motor neuron loss induced by experimental diabetes. The timing of curcumin treatment influenced its efficacy. These findings suggest that curcumin may have therapeutic potential for preventing diabetes-induced spinal cord neurodegeneration.

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cervical segmentcurcumindiabetes mellitusdisectorspinal cord

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