Hamed Ghazvini, Fatemeh Tirgar, Mehdi Khodamoradi, Seyedeh Masoumeh Seyedhosseini Tamijani, Saba Niknamfar, Esmaeil Akbari, Mohammad Nekahi, Nabiollah Tarjani, Hossein Ghalehnoei, Motahareh Rouhi Ardeshiri
INTRODUCTION: It has long been known that Methamphetamine (MA), as a psychostimulant, leads to long-lasting cognitive deficits. Previous studies have shown that lithium, a mood stabilizer, could facilitate cognitive ability in most of brain diseases. In current study the effects of lithium on spatial memory, hippocampal apoptosis and brain edema in METH-exposed rats are investigated. METHODS: The present study 32 Wistar rats were used to examine the effects of lithium on spatial memory by the Morris water maze, hippocampal apoptosis using the TUNEL assay, and brain edema following MA administrations...
2023: Basic and Clinical Neuroscience