Abstract:
Remote ischemic post conditioning (RIPOC) has shown to be neuroprotective against cerebral ischemic reperfusion (I/R) injury. However, the RIPOC protection against I/R injury induced cognitive abnormalities still remains elusive. Abundant evidence from earlier studies highlighted the role of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) in neuronal survival in various neurodegenerative disorders. Thus, in the present study, we investigated the possible contribution of HO-1 in RIPOC mediated neuroprotection against cerebral I/R injury and associated cognitive deficits.