Abd Rashid, Norlinda and H., Hapidin and A., Abdullah and Z., Ismail and Idris, Long (2018) The use of acute nicotine treatment to ameliorate the ultrastructural changes of neuron in the hippocampus CA1 region due to REM sleep deprivation. Malaysian Journal of Microscopy, 14 (1). pp. 17-27. ISSN 1823-7010 E-ISSN 2600-7444
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Abstract
Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep deprivation is associated with learning and memory impairment accompanied by changes in the expression of the downstream regulatory antagonistic modulator (DREAM), cAMP response element-binding (CREB) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) proteins in the hippocampus. Acute nicotine treatment has been shown to attenuate this effect. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of acute nicotine treatment on changes of ultrastructural of neuron in the hippocampus CA1 region due to REM sleep deprivation. Sprague Dawley rats were subjected to a normal condition, REM sleep deprivation and control wide platform condition for 72 hours. During this procedure, saline or nicotine (1 mg/kg) was given subcutaneously twice a day. Then, the rats were sacrificed and the brain was harvested for Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) analysis. TEM analysis found that REM sleep deprivation for 72 hours significantly changes the ultrastructure of the neurons in the hippocampus CA1 region compared to the other groups. Treatment with acute nicotine significantly ameliorated these changes. This study suggests that acute nicotine treatment can prevent learning and memory impairment by ameliorating the ultrastructural changes in the neurons of the hippocampus CA1 region due to REM sleep deprivation
Item Type: | Article (Journal) |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Hippocampus, REM sleep deprivation, Nicotine, Ultrastructural changes |
Subjects: | N Fine Arts > NC Drawing Design Illustration > NC760 Special subjects > NC765 Human anatomy Q Science > QM Human anatomy R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine R Medicine > RT Nursing |
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button): | Kulliyyah of Nursing > Department of Basic Medical Sciences for Nursing |
Depositing User: | Dr Norlinda Abd Rashid |
Date Deposited: | 26 Aug 2025 16:54 |
Last Modified: | 26 Aug 2025 16:54 |
URI: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/122959 |
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