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Evaluation of long-term functional deficits following transient cerebral ischemia in two mouse strains
Fassotte, Ludivine; Linden, Jérôme; Ferrara, André et al.
201118th Benelux Congress of Zoology, Evolution- Brain- Cognition
 

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Keywords :
cerebral ischemia; mouse strain; behavioral tests
Abstract :
[en] Nowadays, no suitable animal model exists to assess long-term disabilities after cerebral ischemia. The aim of this study was to compare long-term behavioral and histological differences between two common mouse strains (129S2/SvPasCrl and C57BL6H) after 30 minutes of middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAo). Sensorimotor assessments were conducted at one and at three weeks post-surgery using accelerated Rotarod and open-field locomotion. Long-term behavioral testing began four weeks after MCAo using operant conditioning in a progressive fixed-ratio (FR) schedule. Experiments ended with volumetric determination of the infarcted area using NeuN immunostaining. Although no effect of ischemia was detected in 129S2 mice using these tests, in C57 mice, results showed obvious short-term motor and locomotor deficits. Furthermore, subtle but persistent disturbances of endurance and executive functioning were recorded by the progressive schedule tests but not highlighted by sensorimotor tests. Ischemic lesion extended to the dorsolateral part of the striatum in both strains and recurrent cortical damages were also observed in C57 mice. All those results are in accordance with inherent morphological and behavioral features of each strain. Since the motor cortex is spared by 30 minutes MCAo, functional disabilities could be related to striatal damages. In conclusion, C57BL/6H mouse strain, by offering an acceptable survival rate and enough sensitivity to MCAo, seems to be a mouse strain suitable to evaluate long-term deficits and possible functional recovery after cerebral ischemia.
Disciplines :
Neurosciences & behavior
Author, co-author :
Fassotte, Ludivine ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Doct. sc. (biol. orga. & écol. - Bologne)
Linden, Jérôme ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Psychologie de l'apprentissage et cognition animale
Ferrara, André ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Psychologie de l'apprentissage et cognition animale
Plumier, Jean-Christophe ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement > Ecophysiologie et physiologie animale
Language :
English
Title :
Evaluation of long-term functional deficits following transient cerebral ischemia in two mouse strains
Publication date :
03 November 2011
Number of pages :
A4
Event name :
18th Benelux Congress of Zoology, Evolution- Brain- Cognition
Event organizer :
Utrecht university
Event place :
Utrecht, Netherlands
Event date :
du 2 novembre 2011 au 4 novembre 2011
Audience :
International
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