Hippocampal-dependent spatial memory and histoarchitectural integrities of the CA regions of Wistar rats following administration of Rauwolfia vomitoria and chlorpromazine

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dc.contributor.authorAdana, M. Y.
dc.contributor.authorImam, A.
dc.contributor.authorAjibola, M. I.
dc.contributor.authorAbdulmumin, I.
dc.contributor.authorAmin, A. B.
dc.contributor.authorIbrahim, A.
dc.contributor.authorOlawepo, A.
dc.contributor.authorImam, A. W.
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-16T15:36:13Z
dc.date.available2025-05-16T15:36:13Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractPsychotic patients demonstrate poor spatial memory, ascribed to impaired hippocampal functions, and bodies of evidences have attributed cognitive impairments to the poor functional outcomes in psychosis management. The efficacy of chlorpromazine and Rauwolfia vomitoria on spatial memory performance and differential histoarchitecture of the hippocampi of adult Wistar rats was examined in this study. Twenty five adult male Wistar rats weighing between 200 - 230 g were randomly grouped to five (Nor mal, low and high dose chlorpromazine and low and high dose R. vomitoria) of five animals each. 2 ml of normal saline was given to Control animals daily, 5mg/kg of chlorpromazine was given as low dose, 10 mg/kg of chlorpromazine was given as moderate dose, 150 mg/kg of R. vomitoria was given as low dose and 300 mg/kg of R. vomitoria was given as high dose orally. All the medications were given daily for 21 days. A Y-maze apparatus was used to assess the spatial memory performance in the rats at days 14 and 21 of the experiment. All the animals were euthanized using 20 mg/kg of intramuscular ketamine, cardially perfused with 4% paraformaldehyde, the brains and the hippocampus removed for histological analysis. Results from this study show that Rauwolfia at 150 and 300 mg/kg improved the correct decision (right triplet alternation) and reduced wrong decision (wrong triplet alternation) in the treated rats at days 14 and 21 respectively with an unaltered hippocampal histoarchitecture. While chlorpromazine at 5 and 10 mg/kg induced an increased wrong decision (wrong triplet alternation) and reduced correct decision (right triplet alternation) across treatment periods and caused an apparent dis tortion in the hippocampus. In conclusion, R. vomitoria could be a better alternative agent with more therapeutic potential in the treatment of psychosis and could possibly remediate cognitive impairments in psychosis.
dc.identifier.citationAjao, M. S., Imam, A., Ajibola, M. I., Abdulmumin, I., Amin, A., Adana, M. Y., Olawepo, A. & Imam, A. W. (2015). Hippocampal-dependent spatial memory and histoarchitectural integrities of the CA regions of Wistar rats following administration of Rauwolfia vomitoria and chlorpromazine. Nigerian Journal of Neuroscience, 7(1), 8-15. Published by the Neuroscience Society of Nigeria. Available online at https://njn.neurosociety.org.ng/publication/index.php
dc.identifier.issn1116-4182
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/16764
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherNeuroscience Society of Nigeria
dc.subjectRauwolfia vomitoria
dc.subjectchlorpromazine
dc.subjectpsychosis
dc.subjectHippocampal based spatial memory
dc.subjectcaudate ammonis
dc.titleHippocampal-dependent spatial memory and histoarchitectural integrities of the CA regions of Wistar rats following administration of Rauwolfia vomitoria and chlorpromazine
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