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Asian J Psychiatr ; 56: 102552, 2021 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33454561

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Perinatal depression (PND) is one of the most common mental disorders occurring during the perinatal period among women. Few studies examined prevalence and risk factors of PND from rural settings in India. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of perinatal depression and identify social risk factors for it among women from rural Bihar. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross sectional study was conducted in a community setting in rural areas of Bihar. All perinatal women were screened through a door to door survey and recruited after obtaining informed consent. A semi-structured proforma was used to collect sociodemographic characteristics and family related variables. Edinburgh postnatal depression scale (EPDS) was used to screen for perinatal depression. RESULTS: A total of 564 perinatal women were recruited into the study. The estimated prevalence of PND was 23.9 % (95 % CI: 20.6,27.6). Multivariate analysis showed perinatal depression was associated with physical illness in the mother, previous history of abortion, poor financial status and ill-treatment by in-laws. CONCLUSION: Prevalence of perinatal depression among women is high in rural settings of North India. A multitude of factors ranging from physical, obstetric, economic and family related confer a high risk for PND. Comprehensive interventions are needed to address these risk factors of perinatal depression.


Subject(s)
Depression, Postpartum , Cross-Sectional Studies , Depression/epidemiology , Depression, Postpartum/epidemiology , Female , Humans , India/epidemiology , Pregnancy , Prevalence , Risk Factors
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J Alzheimers Dis ; 77(3): 1209-1221, 2020.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32831204

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BACKGROUND: The recent failure of clinical trials to treat Alzheimer's disease (AD) indicates that the current approach of modifying disease is either wrong or is too late to be efficient. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) denotes the phase between the preclinical phase and clinical overt dementia. AD mouse models that overexpress human amyloid-ß (Aß) are used to study disease pathogenesis and to conduct drug development/testing. However, there is no direct correlation between the Aß deposition, the age of onset, and the severity of cognitive dysfunction. OBJECTIVE: To detect and predict MCI when Aß plaques start to appear in the hippocampus of an AD mouse. METHODS: We trained wild-type and AD mice in a Morris water maze (WM) task with different inter-trial intervals (ITI) at 3 months of age and assessed their WM performance. Additionally, we used a classification algorithm to predict the genotype (APPtg versus wild-type) of an individual mouse from their respective WM data. RESULTS: MCI can be empirically detected using a short-ITI protocol. We show that the ITI modulates the spatial learning of AD mice without affecting the formation of spatial memory. Finally, a simple classification algorithm such as logistic regression on WM data can give an accurate prediction of the cognitive dysfunction of a specific mouse. CONCLUSION: MCI can be detected as well as predicted simultaneously with the onset of Aß deposition in the hippocampus in AD mouse model. The mild cognitive impairment prediction can be used for assessing the efficacy of a treatment.


Subject(s)
Alzheimer Disease/genetics , Alzheimer Disease/psychology , Cognitive Dysfunction/genetics , Cognitive Dysfunction/psychology , Alzheimer Disease/pathology , Animals , Cognitive Dysfunction/pathology , Female , Forecasting , Humans , Maze Learning/physiology , Mice , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Mice, Transgenic
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J Alzheimers Dis ; 75(4): 1301-1317, 2020.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32417783

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BACKGROUND: Spatial memory dysfunction has been demonstrated in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease (AD) which is consistent with the clinical finding that the early signature of AD includes difficulties in the formation and/or storage of a memory. A stored memory-a long term memory-can be modulated via process called as memory retrieval that can either lead toward memory reconsolidation or even memory extinction. OBJECTIVE: We aim to shed light on the fate of the spatial memory during memory reactivation and memory extinction using a water maze task. METHODS: In Set-up I, we trained 3-month-old mice (wild-type mice and mice with cerebral ß-amyloidosis) and assessed the fate of remote memory after four months of retention interval (RI). In Set-up II, we performed an early-extensive training at 2 months of age, retrained the same mice at 3 months of age, introduced four months of RI, and finally assessed remote spatial memory at 7 months of age. RESULTS: We find in ß-amyloidosis mice that memory reactivation problems were detectable at 7 months of age and were alleviated by cognitive overtraining. Similarly, forgetting of remote spatial memory was also minimized by cognitive overtraining. Finally, we show that the cognitive training facilitates the recovery of the reactivated spatial memory while reducing the ability to form new spatial memory in AD mice. CONCLUSION: This result may explain the rationality behind the cognitive reserve observed in AD patients and elderly with severe ß-amyloidosis not corresponding to the actual low dementia symptoms.


Subject(s)
Alzheimer Disease/psychology , Cognitive Reserve , Spatial Memory , Animals , Disease Models, Animal , Extinction, Psychological , Female , Maze Learning , Mental Recall , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Mice, Transgenic
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Acta Neuropathol ; 129(5): 695-713, 2015 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25778619

ABSTRACT

Extracellular α-Synuclein has been implicated in interneuronal propagation of disease pathology in Parkinson's Disease. How α-Synuclein is released into the extracellular space is still unclear. Here, we show that α-Synuclein is present in extracellular vesicles in the central nervous system. We find that sorting of α-Synuclein in extracellular vesicles is regulated by sumoylation and that sumoylation acts as a sorting factor for targeting of both, cytosolic and transmembrane proteins, to extracellular vesicles. We provide evidence that the SUMO-dependent sorting utilizes the endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT) by interaction with phosphoinositols. Ubiquitination of cargo proteins is so far the only known determinant for ESCRT-dependent sorting into the extracellular vesicle pathway. Our study reveals a function of SUMO protein modification as a Ubiquitin-independent ESCRT sorting signal, regulating the extracellular vesicle release of α-Synuclein. We deciphered in detail the molecular mechanism which directs α-Synuclein into extracellular vesicles which is of highest relevance for the understanding of Parkinson's disease pathogenesis and progression at the molecular level. We furthermore propose that sumo-dependent sorting constitutes a mechanism with more general implications for cell biology.


Subject(s)
Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport/metabolism , Extracellular Vesicles/metabolism , Oligodendroglia/cytology , SUMO-1 Protein/metabolism , Sumoylation/physiology , alpha-Synuclein/metabolism , Animals , Cell Culture Techniques , Cell Line, Tumor , Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport/genetics , Extracellular Vesicles/genetics , Mice , Oligodendroglia/metabolism , SUMO-1 Protein/genetics , Signal Transduction/genetics , Signal Transduction/physiology , alpha-Synuclein/genetics
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J Orthop Res ; 26(11): 1506-11, 2008 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18473384

ABSTRACT

Following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, grafts relax and warm from the temperature of the operating room to body temperature. The current study compared graft tension and stiffness between patella tendon and hamstring tendon grafts. Six quadruple strand hamstring tendon grafts and six patella tendon grafts were preconditioned and loaded to 105 N while at 20 degrees C. Graft tension and stiffness were measured after 15 min, after an additional 4 h, and after increasing the temperature to 34 degrees C. A two-way repeated-measures analysis of variance and a post hoc test were used to compare the measurements between the two types of graft and identify significant (p < 0.05) changes for each type of graft. Tension was significantly larger for the patella tendon grafts, although the stiffness values were not significantly different (p > 0.8). For both types of graft, tension and stiffness decreased significantly with time and the temperature increase. The lowest tension and stiffness measurements were 50 +/- 11 N and 129 +/- 35 N/mm, respectively, for the patella tendon grafts, compared to 18 +/- 5 N and 115 +/- 11 N/mm, respectively, for the hamstring tendon grafts. Both types of graft lose tension to relaxation and a temperature increase, but the tension loss is larger for hamstring tendon grafts.


Subject(s)
Patellar Ligament/transplantation , Plastic Surgery Procedures/methods , Tendon Transfer/methods , Aged , Cadaver , Elasticity , Humans , In Vitro Techniques , Male , Patellar Ligament/physiopathology , Tensile Strength/physiology
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