Comparison of the Effects of Citicoline and Piracetam on Hypoxic-ischemic Brain Damage in Neonatal Rabbits

Perinatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injuries have been a major cause of mortality and neurodevelopmental morbidities in newborns. Citicoline and Piracetam have been used as nootropic agents in a number of studies. In this investigation, we aimed to determine the effects of these agents solely and in co...

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Published in:Iranian journal of child neurology 2022, Vol.16 (1), p.77-84
Main Authors: Ebrahimi, Sedigheh, Ashkani Esfahani, Soheil, Ebrahimi, Alireza
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arteries
Brain damage
Brain injury
Cerebral blood flow
Citicoline
Clinical trials
Edema
Hypoxia
Ischemia
Leukocytes (eosinophilic)
Neonates
Neurodegeneration
Neuroprotection
Neuroprotective agents
Nootropic agents
Original
Piracetam
Population studies
Traumatic brain injury
Uterus
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Summary:Perinatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injuries have been a major cause of mortality and neurodevelopmental morbidities in newborns. Citicoline and Piracetam have been used as nootropic agents in a number of studies. In this investigation, we aimed to determine the effects of these agents solely and in combination in hypoxic-ischemic brain damage in rabbit neonates. Hypoxic-ischemic brain damage was induced by the occlusion of both uterine arteries of dams for eight minutes. The subjects were randomly divided into five groups as follows (n=6 per group): control group without hypoxia (C1), control group with hypoxic-ischemic damage (C2), the third group (P) received Piracetam (100 mg/kg), the fourth group (T) administered with Citicoline (250 mg/kg), and the fifth (PT) received both. The preventive effects of the two drugs on hypoxic-ischemic brain damage were microscopically investigated by the rates of damage to the hippocampus. Neuronal destruction rates in C1, C2, P, T, and PT were 4%, 45%, 37.5%, 12.5% (P=0.01 vs. C2), and 20% (P=0.03 vs. C2), respectively. The total means of hypoxic-ischemic damage, cell edema, neuronal degeneration, and eosinophilic degeneration were lower in the T group compared to C2 (P
ISSN:1735-4668
2008-0700
DOI:10.22037/ijcn.v15i4.29816