IMR Press / FBL / Volume 26 / Issue 3 / DOI: 10.2741/4906

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Article
Corylus avellana L. modulates neurobehaviour and brain chemistry following high-fat diet
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1 Department of Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Toxicology, Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, Lagos State University, Ikeja, Lagos State
2 Behavioural Neuroscience/Neurobiology Unit, Department of Anatomy, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, Nigeria
3 Behavioural Neuroscience/Neuropharmacology Unit, Department of Pharmacology, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria
4 Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria
5 Department of Pharmacy, University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy
6 Department of Biology, Science Faculty, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
Send correspondence to: Olakunle J. Onaolaopo, Behavioral Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Unit, Department of Pharmacology, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria, Tel: 2347031986101, E-mail: olakunleonaolapo@yahoo.co.uk
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2021, 26(3), 537–551; https://doi.org/10.2741/4906
Published: 1 October 2020
Abstract

Consumption of a high-fat diet has adverse impacts on metabolism, neurobehavioral, and neurochemical homeostasis in both humans and experimental animals. Here, we examined the effects of two different cultivars of Corylus avellana L. in a mouse model of metabolic syndrome. Corylus avellana L. reduced weight gain in mice that were treated with a high-fat diet, improved their behavioral parameters as exemplified by locomotion and rearing, working-memory, and reduced grooming and anxiety indices. Both Corylus avellana L. varieties reduced blood glucose levels and lipid peroxidation, improved lipid profile, and antioxidant status in mice placed on a high fat diet. Finally, brain acetylcholinesterase activity was also reduced, dopamine level was increased, while caspase-3 level was reduced. Thus, the Corylus avellana L. cultivars improve metabolic, behavioral, and neurochemical homeostasis in a diet with a high-fat content.

Keywords
Antioxidant
Brain
Corylus avellana
Functional food
Nutraceutical
Neurobehaviour
Metabolic
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