Our data suggest that resveratrol prevents memory deficits, endothelial dysfunction, increased oxidative stress, inflammation and impairment of neurotrophin expression in a VD rat model.
Pro- and anti-apoptotic biomarkers of multiple pathways including BDNF, MCP-1, and Hcy played a joint role in triggering the activation of the mitochondria-related Bax/Bcl-2 and caspase-3 apoptosis pathway in VD.
The present study generated a VD rat model, in which the effect of L‑NBP on neurological function and expression levels of brain‑derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and tyrosine kinase receptor B (TrkB) were observed.
The mRNA and protein expressions of BDNF, NMDAR1, and SYN in the low-frequency rTMS group and in the high-frequency rTMS group were higher than that in VaD model group (P < 0.05). rTMS plays an important and beneficial role in the restoration treatment of vascular dementia, which may be related to the mechanism that rTMS can increase the mRNA and protein expressions of BDNF, NMDAR1, and SYN and affect the synaptic plasticity in hippocampal CA1 area.