Project description:Sardinian alcohol-preferring (sP) and Sardinina alcohol-non preferring (sNP) rats have been selectively bred for opposite alcohol preference and consumption. The project proposed to identify salivary markers distinguishing the two rat lines possibly correlated to alcohol preference, by a proteomic approach.
Project description:Study the effect of fetal alcohol exposure (FAE) on hippocampal development; Compare the pattern of gene expression in the hippocampus of FAE and control rats fed either an isocaloric diet or a normal diet, at post-natal day 5 of development. FAE will delay the maturation of the hippocampus; Rats were fed one of three diet, a liquid diet with 5% ethanol (FAE group), an isocaloric liquid diet (Isocalorc group) or nomal lab chao (normal group)
Project description:Curcumin has been demonstrated to have many neuroprotective properties, including improvement of cognition in humans and neurogenesis in animals, yet the mechanism of such effects remains unclear. Here, we assessed behavioural performance and hippocampal cell proliferation in aged rats after 6- and 12-week curcumin-fortified diets. Curcumin enhanced non-spatial and spatial memory, as well as dentate gyrate cell proliferation as compared to control diet rats. We also investigated underlying mechanistic pathways that might link curcumin treatment to increased cognition and neurogenesis via microarray analysis of cortical and hippocampal mRNA transcription. We used microarrays to investigate the effects of short-term (6-week) and long-term (12-week) curcumin-supplemented diet on gene expression of hippocampus and cortex in aged rats. The hippocampus and cortex of every three rats from one group were pooled together, respectively and used for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays. To ensure the reliability of the data, we conducted hybridization experiments in duplicate microarrays from each RNA sample. The tissues examined by microarray are as follows: the hippocampus and cortex of 6-week curcumin-treated 15-month-old rats, the hippocampus and cortex of 6-week no curcumin-treated 15-month-old rats (control rats), the hippocampus and cortex of 12-week curcumin-treated 15-month-old rats, the hippocampus and cortex of 12-week no curcumin-treated 15-month-old rats (control rats).
Project description:The present study was conducted to identify relevant genes that could be involved in the action of androgens in rat hippocampus. We compared hippocampal gene expression between controls and orchidectomized male rats.
Project description:SAGE profile of rat hippocampus mRNA from Wistar rats This GEO Series was created by the GEO staff as part of a cleanup effort to ensure that all GEO Samples are included within a Series entry.
