background and objective: temporal lobe epilepsy (tle) usually leads to memory deficit. in this study, we tried to assess the effect of withania somnifera extract on the impaired learning and memory in the intrahippocampal kainate model of tle in the rat. materials & methods: male rats (n=32) were divided into sham, extract+sham, kainite, and kainite+extract. for induction of epilepsy, uni...

background: the rosemary extract (re) possesses various antioxidant, cytoprotective and cognition-improving bioactivities. in this study, we postulated which doses of re have a more effect on the hippocampus of middle-aged rats.   methods : in this experimental study, thirty-two middle-aged male wistar rats were fed by different doses (50,100 and 200 mg/kg/day) of re (containing 40% carnosic ac...

Effects of bromocriptine and sulpiride were observed on encoding and retrieval of spatial memory in Wistar rats using Hebb-Williams complex maze. Rat was placed in entry chamber and allowed to reach reward chamber. Ten trials were given each day per rat for 3 consecutive days. Within-day encoding score indicative of learning and between-day retrieval score indicative of memory were calculated. ...

Remembering complex, multidimensional information typically requires strategic memory retrieval, during which information is structured, for instance by spatial- or temporal associations. Although brain regions involved in strategic memory retrieval in general have been identified, differences in retrieval operations related to distinct retrieval strategies are not well-understood. Thus, our ai...

objective : in this study, the effects of estradiol valerate and raloxifenea selective estrogen receptor modulator; (serm) on morphine induced sensitization were examined in mice memory, according to the step-down passive avoidance task. method: the mice received morphine or estradiol and raloxifene for three days alone or in combination with morphine. after a drug free period of 5 days, the su...

11Beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11β-HSD1) locally amplifies active glucocorticoids within specific tissues including in brain. In the hippocampus, 11β-HSD1 messenger RNA increases with aging. Here, we report significantly greater increases in intrahippocampal corticosterone (CORT) levels in aged wild-type (WT) mice during the acquisition and retrieval trials in a Y-maze than age-mat...

  Background: The Rosemary extract (RE) possesses various antioxidant, cytoprotective and cognition-improving bioactivities. In this study, we postulated which doses of RE have a more effect on the hippocampus of middle-aged rats.   Methods : In this experimental study, thirty-two middle-aged male Wistar rats were fed by different doses (50,100 and 200 mg/kg/day) of RE (containing 40% carnosic ...