Abstract
Gliosis and dendritic loss is reported to be secondary to the amyloid beta (Aß) and hyperphosphorylated tau (hp‐tau) production in Alzheimer’s disease(AD) brain. STZ administration is reported to induce sporadic AD. Previous clinical or preclinical studies on effect of rTMS treatment in AD patients or APP23 mice showed cognitive improvement alone or as adjuvant therapy along‐with amelioration of the glial aggravation in the hippocampus. However, studies on the effect of magnetic field stimulation on the gliosis related dendritic trimming in animal models of sporadic AD is elusive. Therefore, in the present study we have looked in to the effect of extremely low frequency magnetic field stimulation (ELF‐MF; 17.96µT, 50Hz, 2hr/day) for one month post‐injection of STZ (bilateral, 3mg/kg). Total 45 animals were (ethical no. 937/IAEC/2016) randomly divided into five groups: Control, Sham, AD, Sham+MF and AD+MF. After assessing retention of spatial and avoidance memory using Morris water maze and passive avoidance step down test on 30th day, animals were sacrificed and tissues processed for oxidative stress and immunofluorescence, Golgi‐Cox staining. Behavioural analysis revealed spatial memory improvement with no effect on the avoidance memory loss in AD+MF group as compared to AD group. We also found significant decrease in superoxide dismutase, catalase, GSH and increase in malon‐di‐aldehyde (MDA) in AD group. ELF‐MF treatment only reduced MDA level in hippocampus and frontal cortex. GFAP, IBA‐1 and hp‐tau (ser356) positive cells were found to be reduced in AD+MF group, as compared to all groups except Control. Sholl analysis revealed partial improvement of reduction in the number of intersection, bifurcation and length in basal and apical dendrite in the AD group after ELF‐MF treatment in CA3 layer. These findings suggests dual role of ELF‐MF exposure on STZ model of AD showing improvement of spatial memory by reducing the gliosis induced dendritic loss. However, inability to manage oxidative stress due to STZ, which may lead to avoidance memory deficit even after exposure period of one month.
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