Abstract:
:The present study was designed to assess whether treatment with the monoamine oxidase-B (MAO-B) inhibitor L-deprenyl, which has been documented to increase both mean and maximum survival in aged rats as well as sexual performance and cognitive function, has any effect on the age-related microanatomical changes occurring in the rat brain. Male Sprague-Dawley rats received a subcutaneous injection of 0.25 mg/kg L-deprenyl every other day from the 19th to the 24th month of age. Age-matched control rats were injected with saline, whereas 11-month-old untreated rats were used as an adult reference group. Both body and brain weight were increased as a function of age, and they were unaffected by treatment with L-deprenyl. The density of nerve cell profiles in the frontal cortex, in the CA-1 and CA-3 subfields of the hippocampus, in the dentate gyrus and in the cerebellar cortex were decreased in aged rats in comparison with adult rats. The density of nerve cell profiles in the above brain areas of L-deprenyl-treated rats was not significantly higher in comparison with age-matched control animals with the exception of Purkinje neuron profiles. The intensity of Nissl's staining, which may be related to the protein synthetic capabilities of nerve cells, is reduced within pyramidal neurons of the hippocampus and Purkinje neurons of the cerebellar cortex of aged rats. The intensity of Nissl's staining in L-deprenyl-treated rats was not different from adult rats. Lipofuscin deposition was significantly increased within the cytoplasm of pyramidal neurons of the frontal cortex, of the CA-3 subfield of the hippocampus and of Purkinje neurons of the cerebellar cortex. L-Deprenyl administration decreased lipofuscin accumulation within the cytoplasm of the above mentioned nerve cell types. The density of sulphide-silver staining in the intrahippocampal pathway of mossy fibres, which participate in the elaboration of passive avoidance responses, is decreased in aged rats. Treatment with L-deprenyl counters this age-related reduction. The above results suggest that long-term treatment with L-deprenyl is able to counter the expression of some microanatomical changes typical of aging brain.
journal_name
Mech Ageing Devjournal_title
Mechanisms of ageing and developmentauthors
Zeng YC,Bongrani S,Bronzetti E,Cadel S,Ricci A,Valsecchi B,Amenta Fdoi
10.1016/0047-6374(94)90060-4subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1994-02-01 00:00:00pages
113-26issue
2eissn
0047-6374issn
1872-6216pii
0047-6374(94)90060-4journal_volume
73pub_type
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0047-6374(00)00207-4
更新日期:2000-12-20 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(91)90123-h
更新日期:1991-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
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更新日期:1980-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(87)90001-7
更新日期:1987-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1978-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(84)90179-9
更新日期:1984-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1998-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(80)90082-2
更新日期:1980-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1992-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(92)90069-p
更新日期:1992-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mad.2013.08.006
更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2019-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1984-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mad.2013.03.002
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1993-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(80)90130-x
更新日期:1980-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(87)90007-8
更新日期:1987-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0047-6374(81)90063-4
更新日期:1981-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mad.2003.11.002
更新日期:2004-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of ageing and development
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更新日期:1981-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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