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Silymarin improved 6-OHDA-induced motor impairment in hemi-parkisonian rats: behavioral and molecular study.

Daru · 2014-04-11

DOI: 10.1186/2008-2231-22-38PMID: 24726284

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BackgroundNeuroinflammation and oxidative stress has been shown to be associated with the development of Parkinson disease (PD). In the present study, we investigated the effect of intraperitoneal (i.p.) administration of silymarin, on 6-OHDA-induced motor-impairment, brain lipid per-oxidation and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of inflammatory cytokine in the rats.ResultsThe results showed that silymarin is able to improve motor coordination significantly (p ConclusionWe found that pre-treatment with silymarin could improve 6-OHDA-induced motor imbalance by attenuating brain lipid per-oxidation as well as CSF level of IL-1β as a pro-inflammatory cytokine. We suggest a potential prophylactic effect for silymarin in PD. However, further clinical trial studies should be carried out to prove this hypothesis.

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