Avaliação do potencial neuroprotetor da Spirulina platensis em modelo de hemorragia intracerebral experimental

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Ano de defesa: 2016
Autor(a) principal: Almeida, Timóteo Abrantes de Lacerda lattes
Orientador(a): Bertolin, Telma Elita lattes
Banca de defesa: Não Informado pela instituição
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
Idioma: por
Instituição de defesa: Universidade de Passo Fundo
Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Envelhecimento Humano
Departamento: Faculdade de Educação Física e Fisioterapia – FEFF
País: Brasil
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Área do conhecimento CNPq:
Link de acesso: http://tede.upf.br/jspui/handle/tede/1440
Resumo: Intracerebral hemorrhage cases illustrate one of the diseases with high incidence, high mortality, and the ability to result in loss of human dignity, with a large number of survivors living with severe disabilities. The elderly population is especially susceptible to suffering by the loss of autonomy after an acute illness since the acute event aggregates to other biological and cultural factors of aging. With aging of the population, it is likely that the number of patients with noninfectious chronic diseases, including spontaneous cerebral hemorrhage, will rise. This is a complex public health problem, not only by its high incidence but due to the high associated mortality and the high incidence of severe disability among survivors. We have evaluated the effect of the pretreatment with Spirulina platensis for a period of 30 days in a rat model of cerebral hemorrhage. We hypothesized that Spirulina platensis and its major protein component, phycocyanin C, could mitigate the secondary cellular injury in the perilesional zone, through its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and iron chelator activity, by interacting with cellular mechanisms of neuronal death. Experimental studies are required to prove its potential neuroprotective effect, as well as to determine the optimum period of treatment and appropriate dose