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Osseointegration of Hydroxyapatite Implants in Rat Tibial Defects with Sciatic Nerve Injury

Jacomo,A. L; Martinez,C. A. R; Saleh,S. O; Andrade,M; Akamatsu,F. E.

Piriformis muscle syndrome has been increasingly recognized as a cause of leg pain. Overuse, strain, or anatomical variations of the relationship between the nerve and the piriformis muscle are thought to be the underlying causes of the entrapment of the sciatic nerve. We report a variation not previously described which was found during a routine dissection. During routine dissection of the left gluteal region of an adult male cadaver we observed a high division of the sciatic nerve and the presence of an accessory piriformis muscle. The sciatic nerve divided beneath the piriformis muscle and the common fibular nerve passed over the accessory piriformis muscle, whereas the tibial nerve reflected anteriorly to pass between the accessory piriformis and the...

Tipo: Journal article

Palavras-chave: Inferior gluteal nerve; Sciatic nerve; Piriformis muscle.

Ano: 2014

URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022014000200008

da Cunha,Marcelo Rodrigues; Laraia,Isabela Ortiz; Franco,Guacira R; Miguel,Natalia N; Maciel,Ana A; dos Santos,Geovane Ribeiro; Isayama,Ricardo Noboro.

Bone metabolism is influenced by different factors and muscle activity acts as a stimulator of bone plasticity. Conditions such as nerve injuries can compromise bone physiology due to muscle inactivity. Preview studies have shown that nerve damage reduces P substance and calcitonin gene-related peptides, also known as neuropeptides that may have a key role on bone healing. Therefore, this study evaluated the osseointegration of hydroxyapatite implants in tibial defects of rats submitted to unilateral sciatic nerve section. Twelve Wistar rats were divided into two groups (G1 and G2). In G1, the sciatic nerve was left intact and in G2 the left sciatic nerve was completely sectioned. An experimental tibial bone defect was then created in both groups and...

Tipo: Journal article

Palavras-chave: Hydroxyapatite; Sciatic nerve; Bone healing.

Ano: 2015

URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022015000200033

The Effect of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus on Sciatic Nerve in Adult Offspring Rats

The Effects of Valproic Acid on Sciatic Nerve of Fetal Rats and Protective Effects of Folic Acid and Vitamin E

Ameri,Mehdi; Ghafari,Soraya; Nazari,Zahra; Mehdizadeh,Mehdi; Shekari,Majid Asadi; Golalipour,Mohammadjafar.

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is one form of diabetes affect approximately 7 % of pregnancies. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is a common complication of diabetes that is associated with loss of nerve fibers, myelin abnormalities and significant decrease in the expression of myelin basic protein (MBP) in peripheral nerves. This study was done to determine the effect of induced diabetes during pregnancy on sciatic nerve in adult rat offspring. In this study, wistar rats' dams were allocated to control and diabetic groups. Diabetic rats were received 40 mg/kg/body weight of streptozotocin (STZ) on the first day of gestation. Six offspring of each group were randomly selected on 12 weeks postnatal and histopathological changes in their nerve...

Tipo: Journal article

Palavras-chave: Gestational diabetes mellitus; Sciatic nerve; Myelin basic protein; Schwannocytus (Schwann cell).

Ano: 2017

URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022017000100026

Combination of heterologous fibrin sealant and bioengineered human embryonic stem cells to improve regeneration following autogenous sciatic nerve grafting repair

Aluclu,Mehmet Ufuk; Tuncer,Mehmet Cudi; Guzel,Aslan; Aluclu,Mustafa Arif; Akkus,Murat.

We aimed to investigate the potential harmful effects of maternal valproic acid (VPA) on fetal sciatic nerve, and the protective effects of vitamin E (Vit E) and folic acid (FA) on fetal rats. Valproic acid (400mg/kg), folic acid (400mg/kg) and vitamin E (250 mg/kg) were administered to rats on each of gestation days 8-10. All fetuses were collected on gestation day 20. With thin sections of biopsies, sciatic nerve of fetuses were stained with uranyl acetat and were examined under transmission electron microscope. The fetuses (n:36) were divided into five groups: control, vpa, vpa+fa, vpa+vit e and vpa+fa+vit e groups. In each group; drug procedure, surgical procedure and histological methods were performed. Later, weights and lengths of fetuses in each...

Tipo: Journal article

Palavras-chave: Valproic acid; Sciatic nerve; Folic acid; Vitamin E; Rat.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022009000200001

J. Venom. Anim. Toxins incl. Trop. Dis.

Mozafari,Roghayeh; Kyrylenko,Sergiy; Castro,Mateus Vidigal; Ferreira Jr,Rui Seabra; Barraviera,Benedito; Oliveira,Alexandre Leite Rodrigues.

Abstract Background Peripheral nerve injury is a worldwide clinical problem, and the preferred surgical method for treating it is the end-to-end neurorrhaphy. When it is not possible due to a large nerve gap, autologous nerve grafting is used. However, these surgical techniques result in nerve regeneration at highly variable degrees. It is thus very important to seek complementary techniques to improve motor and sensory recovery. One promising approach could be cell therapy. Transplantation therapy with human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) is appealing because these cells are pluripotent and can differentiate into specialized cell types and have self-renewal ability. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to find conditions under which functional...

Efecto de Spirulina platensis en la neuropatía axonal inducida por acrilamida en ratones

Palavras-chave: Neurorrhaphy; Sciatic nerve; Human embryonic stem cells; Fibrin sealant; FGF2.

Ano: 2018

URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992018000100305

Plantas Medicinales

Sánchez Rodríguez,Nora; Bu Wong,Margarita; Pérez-Saad,Héctor Manuel; León Rodríquez,Niurka; García Salmán,Jorge Daniel.

INTRODUCCIÓN: Spirulina platensis es una microalga verde-azul de alto valor nutricional, la cual ha sido empleada como suplemento dietético. Varios de sus constituyentes ayudan al mantenimiento de la estructura y función de los tejidos nerviosos. OBJETIVO: determinar el efecto de esta microalga en un modelo de neuropatía axonal inducida por acrilamida, en ratones. MÉTODOS: el modelo consistió en la administración diaria de 70 mg/kg de acrilamida, por vía subcutánea, durante 3 semanas consecutivas; con la estimación del efecto neurotóxico de este compuesto mediante el registro, en los músculos de la pierna, del potencial de acción muscular compuesto, durante la estimulación supramáxima del nervio ciático. Después de finalizar las inyecciones de acrilamida,...

Tipo: Journal article

Palavras-chave: Acrilamida; Nervio ciático; Neuropatía axonal; Neuroregeneración; Spirulina platensis; Acrylamide; Sciatic nerve; Axonal neuropathy; Neuroregeneration; Spirulina platensis.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1028-47962009000100006

Effects of terpineol on the compound action potential of the rat sciatic nerve

Limb immobilization alters functional electrophysiological parameters of sciatic nerve

Moreira,M.R.; Cruz,G.M.P.; Lopes,M.S.; Albuquerque,A.A.C.; Leal-Cardoso,J.H..

Terpineol, a volatile terpenoid alcohol of low toxicity, is widely used in the perfumery industry. It is an important chemical constituent of the essential oil of many plants with widespread applications in folk medicine and in aromatherapy. The effects of terpineol on the compound action potential (CAP) of rat sciatic nerve were studied. Terpineol induced a dose-dependent blockade of the CAP. At 100 µM, terpineol had no demonstrable effect. At 300 µM terpineol, peak-to-peak amplitude and conduction velocity of CAP were significantly reduced at the end of 180-min exposure of the nerve to the drug, from 3.28 ± 0.22 mV and 33.5 ± 7.05 m/s, respectively, to 1.91 ± 0.51 mV and 26.2 ± 4.55 m/s. At 600 µM, terpineol significantly reduced peak-to-peak amplitude...

Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other

Palavras-chave: Essential oil; Alpinia speciosa; Zingiberaceae; Sciatic nerve; Compound action potential; Nerve conduction velocity.

Ano: 2001

URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2001001000015

Alves,J.S.M.; Leal-Cardoso,J.H.; Santos-Júnior,F.F.U.; Carlos,P.S.; Silva,R.C.; Lucci,C.M.; Báo,S.N.; Ceccatto,V.M.; Barbosa,R..

Immobilization, used in clinical practice to treat traumatologic problems, causes changes in muscle, but it is not known whether changes also occur in nerves. We investigated the effects of immobilization on excitability and compound action potential (CAP) and the ultrastructure of the rat sciatic nerve. Fourteen days after immobilization of the right leg of adult male Wistar rats (n=34), animals were killed and the right sciatic nerve was dissected and mounted in a moist chamber. Nerves were stimulated at a baseline frequency of 0.2 Hz and tested for 2 min at 20, 50, and 100 Hz. Immobilization altered nerve excitability. Rheobase and chronaxy changed from 3.13±0.05 V and 52.31±1.95 µs (control group, n=13) to 2.84±0.06 V and 59.71±2.79 µs (immobilized...

Effects of sciatic-conditioned medium on neonatal rat retinal cells in vitro

Palavras-chave: Immobilization; Sciatic nerve; Compound action potential; Conduction velocity; Rheobase; Chronaxy.

Ano: 2013

URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2013000800715

Essential oil of Lippia alba and its main constituent citral block the excitability of rat sciatic nerves

Torres,P.M.M.; Guilarducci,C.V.V.; Araujo,E.G..

Schwann cells produce and release trophic factors that induce the regeneration and survival of neurons following lesions in the peripheral nerves. In the present study we examined the in vitro ability of developing rat retinal cells to respond to factors released from fragments of sciatic nerve. Treatment of neonatal rat retinal cells with sciatic-conditioned medium (SCM) for 48 h induced an increase of 92.5 ± 8.8% (N = 7 for each group) in the amount of total protein. SCM increased cell adhesion, neuronal survival and glial cell proliferation as evaluated by morphological criteria. This effect was completely blocked by 2.5 µM chelerythrine chloride, an inhibitor of protein kinase C (PKC). These data indicate that PKC activation is involved in the effect...

Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other

Palavras-chave: Cytokines; Neurotrophic factors; Retina; Schwann cells; Sciatic nerve.

Ano: 1998

URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X1998001100012

Sousa,D.G.; Sousa,S.D.G.; Silva,R.E.R.; Silva-Alves,K.S.; Ferreira-da-Silva,F.W.; Kerntopf,M.R.; Menezes,I.R.A.; Leal-Cardoso,J.H.; Barbosa,R..

Lippia alba is empirically used for infusions, teas, macerates, and hydroalcoholic extracts because of its antispasmodic, analgesic, sedative, and anxiolytic effects. Citral is a mixture of trans-geranial and cis-neral and is the main constituent of L. alba essential oil and possesses analgesic, anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, and sedative effects. The present study evaluated the effects of the essential oil of L. alba (EOLa) and citral on compound action potentials (CAPs) in Wistar rat sciatic nerves. Both drugs inhibited CAP in a concentration-dependent manner. The calculated half-maximal inhibitory concentrations (IC50) of peak-to-peak amplitude were 53.2 µg/mL and 35.00 µg/mL (or 230 µM) for EOLa and citral, respectively. Peak-to-peak amplitude of the CAP...

Effects of estragole on the compound action potential of the rat sciatic nerve

Palavras-chave: Citral; Nerve excitability; Lippia alba; Sciatic nerve; Essential oil; Compound action potential.

Ano: 2015

URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2015000800697

Leal-Cardoso,J.H.; Matos-Brito,B.G.; Lopes-Junior,J.E.G.; Viana-Cardoso,K.V.; Sampaio-Freitas,A.B.; Brasil,R.O.; Coelho-de-Souza,A.N.; Albuquerque,A.A.C..

Estragole, a relatively nontoxic terpenoid ether, is an important constituent of many essential oils with widespread applications in folk medicine and aromatherapy and known to have potent local anesthetic activity. We investigated the effects of estragole on the compound action potential (CAP) of the rat sciatic nerve. The experiments were carried out on sciatic nerves dissected from Wistar rats. Nerves, mounted in a moist chamber, were stimulated at a frequency of 0.2 Hz, with electric pulses of 50-100-µs duration at 10-20 V, and evoked CAP were monitored on an oscilloscope and recorded on a computer. CAP control parameters were: peak-to-peak amplitude (PPA), 9.9 ± 0.55 mV (N = 15), conduction velocity, 92.2 ± 4.36 m/s (N = 15), chronaxy, 45.6 ± 3.74 µs...

Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other

Palavras-chave: Estragole; Essential oil; Sciatic nerve; Compound action potential; Nerve conduction velocity.

Ano: 2004

URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2004000800009

Ethidium bromide-induced demyelination of the sciatic nerve of adult Wistar rats

Riet-Correa,G.; Fernandes,C.G.; Pereira,L.A.V.; Graça,D.L..

Peripheral nerve ultrastructure was assessed after single or multiple local injections of the intercalating dye ethidium bromide. Thirty-four adult Wistar rats of both sexes were divided into five groups and maintained in a controlled environment with rat chow and water ad libitum throughout the experiment. The experimental animals were injected with 1 µl of 0.1% ethidium bromide in 0.9% saline into the central third of the left sciatic nerve 1 (group 1), 2 (group 2), 4 (group 3), 6 (group 4) or 8 (group 5) times. In groups 2 to 5 the injections were made at 28-day intervals. Control animals received the same amount of 0.9% saline. The animals were killed at different times after injection: group 1 at 7 days (2 rats) and 15 days (2 rats); for groups 2, 3,...

N-acetylcysteine downregulates phosphorylated p-38 expression but does not reverse the increased superoxide anion levels in the spinal cord of rats with neuropathic pain

Palavras-chave: Demyelination; Remyelination; Sciatic nerve; Ethidium bromide.

Ano: 2002

URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2002000100014

Horst,A.; de Souza,J.A.; Santos,M.C.Q.; Riffel,A.P.K.; Kolberg,C.; Ribeiro,M.F.M.; de Fraga,L.S.; Partata,W.A..

We determined the effect of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) on the expression of the phosphorylated p38 (p-p38) protein and superoxide anion generation (SAG), two important players in the processing of neuropathic pain, in the lumbosacral spinal cord of rats with chronic constriction injury (CCI)-induced neuropathic pain. The sciatic functional index (SFI) was also measured to assess the functional recovery post-nerve lesion. Thirty-six male Wistar rats were divided equally into the following groups: Naive (rats did not undergo surgical manipulation); Sham (rats in which all surgical procedures involved in CCI were used except the ligature), and CCI (rats in which four ligatures were tied loosely around the right common sciatic nerve), which received 2, 4, or 8...