Brain Cortex Morphology in Rats After Cold Exposures

Authors

  • Viktoria V. Lomako Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2068-3158
  • Oleksandr V. Shylo Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7494-8070
  • Liudmyla M. Pirozhenko MNO ‘Liubotyn Town Hospital’ of Liubotyn Town Council of Kharkiv Region, Liubotyn

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15407/cryo33.03.193

Keywords:

cold, brain cortex morphology, fractal dimension, short-term intermittent cold exposures, long-term continuous cold exposure

Abstract

Morphological changes of the brain cortex sensorimotor area in 6-month-old rats were studied after short-term intermittent and long-term continuous cold exposures (STICE and LTCCE, respectively). Under these conditions, perivascular and pericellular edema, small solitary foci of necrosis with gliosis phenomena, "porous" neuropil (signs under STICE at –12°С and formation during LTCCE), dystrophically changed neurons, neurons with nuclei at different stages of necrobiosis were noted in the brain tissue against the background of native cyto- and myeloarchitectonics, Some of the microvessels had signs of inflammation and thrombi. A moderate constriction (after STICE at –12°С) and a dilatation (after STICE at 10°С) of microvessels were observed. According to the fractal analysis, a decrease in the fractal dimension of the brain cortex sections was found under both STICE at –12°С and LTCCE.

 

Probl Cryobiol Cryomed 2023; 33(3):193–200

Author Biographies

Viktoria V. Lomako, Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv

Department of Cryophysiology

Oleksandr V. Shylo , Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv

Department of Cryophysiology

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Published

2023-09-30

How to Cite

Lomako, V., Shylo , O., & Pirozhenko, L. (2023). Brain Cortex Morphology in Rats After Cold Exposures. Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine, 33(3), 193–200. https://doi.org/10.15407/cryo33.03.193

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Theoretical and Experimental Cryobiology