Publication: Impaired memory by hippocampal oxidative stress in rats exposed to 900 MHz electromagnetic fields is ameliorated by thymoquinone
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2022-03-01T00:00:00Z
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ÜSTÜNOVA, SAVAŞ
KILIÇ, AYSU
Bulut, Huri
Gurel-Gurevin, Ebru
ERİŞ, ALİ HİKMET
MERAL, İSMAİL
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The protective effects of thymoquinone on learning and memory abilities and on hippocampal oxidative stress in rats exposed to 900 MHz electromagnetic field radiation at s strength of 6.0 +/- 0.5 V/m for 1 h on each of 15 days was studied. Thymoquinone-treatment (10 mg/kg/day) of radiation-exposed rats resulted in better performance than that of radiation-exposed rats not receiving thymoquinone. Electromagnetic field-exposure led to increased hippocampal superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, and malondialdehyde levels and to lowered brain-derived neurotrophic factor level; thymoquinone treatment ameliorated all four parameters. Also, in the electromagnetic field-exposed group, N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor expression decreased, and gamma-aminobutyric-acid alpha receptor expression increased, which was reversed by thymoquinone treatment. In conclusion, treatment with the thymoquinone ameliorated the impact of the exposure to EMF and provided a hint on the mechanism involving oxidative stress.
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ÜSTÜNOVA S., KILIÇ A., Bulut H., Gurel-Gurevin E., ERİŞ A. H. , MERAL İ., -Impaired memory by hippocampal oxidative stress in rats exposed to 900 MHz electromagnetic fields is ameliorated by thymoquinone-, TOXICOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY, 2022