Project description:Analysis of the dentate gyrus of amygdala electrical stimulation model of temporal lobe epilepsy. Results provide insight into the molecular mechanism underlying epileptogenesis.
Project description:Analysis of the dentate gyrus of amygdala electrical stimulation model of temporal lobe epilepsy. Results provide insight into the molecular mechanism underlying epileptogenesis.
Project description:The aim of this study was to investigate whether the differences in memory decline associated with aging are a result of differences in gene expression. We first categorized age-unimpaired and age-impaired rats based on their performance in the Morris water maze, when compared to young rats. Then we isolated messenger RNA from the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus of each animal to interrogate Affymetrix RAE 230A rat genome microarrays. Supervised statistical analysis of the different groups of aged animals recognized 85 genes (p<0.005) that were significantly different in the dentate gyrus of aged rats that had learned the Morris water maze (MWM) paradigm when compared to learning impaired and a number of controls for stress, exercise and non-spatial learning. In addition, statistical analysis of the microarray data that included young and aged rats identified 1129 genes (p<0.005) that were differentially expressed between aged and young rats independent of behavior, but due to aging alone. Keywords: behavior comparison, age comparison
Project description:The aim of this study was to investigate whether the differences in memory decline associated with aging are a result of differences in gene expression. We first categorized age-unimpaired and age-impaired rats based on their performance in the Morris water maze, when compared to young rats. Then we isolated messenger RNA from the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus of each animal to interrogate Affymetrix RAE 230A rat genome microarrays. Supervised statistical analysis of the different groups of aged animals recognized 85 genes (p<0.005) that were significantly different in the dentate gyrus of aged rats that had learned the Morris water maze (MWM) paradigm when compared to learning impaired and a number of controls for stress, exercise and non-spatial learning. In addition, statistical analysis of the microarray data that included young and aged rats identified 1129 genes (p<0.005) that were differentially expressed between aged and young rats independent of behavior, but due to aging alone. Experiment Overall Design: a total of 80 samples were analyzed including aged and young rats for aged versus young comparisons. One chip was interrogated per animal. Supervised analysis of aged rat data (aged unimpaired (HID U) versus controls : HID I, VIS, YOKE, SIT includes 39 samples (intermediate learners were not included in the analysis). Controls include cage controls, yoke controls (no platform), visible platform controls.
Project description:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major source of disability worldwide with cognitive and memory deficits being pervasive after injury. The hippocampus, a major structure involved in learning and memory, is particularly vulnerable to TBI, and cellular dysfunction within the hippocampal dentate gyrus is believed to be a major contributor to cognitive deficits after TBI. However, there is a little known about the transcriptomic changes occurring directly within the dentate gyrus at subacute-to-chronic timepoints after TBI. To address this, we performed bulk RNA sequencing and single nuclei RNA sequencing of the isolated dentate gyrus three weeks after lateral fluid percussion injury in male rats. We report here that there is evidence of an ongoing neuroinflammatory response marked by increased neuroinflammatory genes that implicate various neuroinflammatory pathways that are associated with a subset of microglia and astrocyte populations. R-code available at "https://github.com/NgwenyaLab/DeSana_and_Alfawares_2025"
Project description:Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is an endogenous modulator of neuronal activity by regulating GABA and glutamate release. Previously, we found that estradiol modulates NPY expression in the hippocampal dentate gyrus. Here we investigated which estrogen receptor type activation is required for the NPY expression. Further, we determined effects of estrogen receptor activation on NPY release. Finally, we determined the contribution of estrogen-mediated remodeling of the GABAergic and glutamatergic network in relation to changes in coupling with NPY in ovariectomized rats. We found that activation of either estrogen receptor type increases NPY expression as well as NPY release in the dentate gyrus. We also found that compared to OVX rats, estrogen replacement increases the likeness of synergistic/antagonistic coupling between the NPY and GABAergic synapse genes while the glutamatergic synapse genes are less likely coupled with NPY. The data together suggest that estrogen plays a critical role in regulation of activity of the NPY system and its coupling to GABAergic and glutamatergic synapses in female rat dentate gyrus. Two-conditions (E = beta-estradiol replacement vs O = oil) experiment. Biological replicates: 4E, 4O.