Fatin Atrooz

Dr. Fatin Atrooz

Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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Academic Career Length

14Years (2013-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 November 2013 in Brain Research
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GPGaurav Patki
Gaurav Patki
NSNaimesh Solanki
Naimesh Solanki
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Fatin Atrooz
FAFarida Allam
Farida Allam
SSSamina Salim
Samina Salim

1 January 2020
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SSSamina Salim
Samina Salim

1 January 2015 in Nutrition Research
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NSNaimesh Solanki
Naimesh Solanki
IAIsam Alkadhi
Isam Alkadhi
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GPGaurav Patki
Gaurav Patki
SSSamina Salim
Samina Salim

9 September 2013 in PLOS ONE
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GPGaurav Patki
Gaurav Patki
FAFarida H. Allam
Farida H. Allam
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ADAn T. Dao
An T. Dao
NSNaimesh Solanki
Naimesh Solanki
SSSamina Salim
Samina Salim
Diminished estrogen influence at menopause is reported to be associated with cognitive decline, heightened anxiety and hypertension. While estrogen therapy is often prescribed to overcome these behavioral and physiological deficits, antioxidants which have been shown beneficial are gaining nutritional intervention and popularity. Therefore, in the present study, utilizing the antioxidant properties of grapes, we have examined effect of 3 weeks of grape powder (GP; 15 g/L dissolved in tap water) treatment on anxiety-like behavior, learning-memory impairment and high blood pressure in ovariectomized (OVX) rats. Four groups of female Wistar rats were used; sham control, sham-GP treated, OVX and OVX+GP treated. We observed a significant increase in systolic and diastolic blood pressure in OVX rats as compared to sham-controls. Furthermore, ovariectomy increased anxiety-like behavior and caused learning and memory impairment in rats as compared to sham-controls. Interestingly, providing grape powder treated water to OVX rats restored both systolic and diastolic blood pressure, decreased anxiety-like behavior and improved memory function. Moreover, OVX rats exhibited an impaired long term potentiation which was restored with grape powder treatment. Furthermore, ovariectomy increased oxidative stress in the brain, serum and urine, selectively decreasing antioxidant enzyme, glyoxalase-1 protein expression in the hippocampus but not in the cortex and amygdala of OVX rats, while grape powder treatment reversed these effects. Other antioxidant enzyme levels, including manganese superoxide dismutase (SOD) and Cu/Zn SOD remained unchanged. We suggest that grape powder by regulating oxidative stress mechanisms exerts its protective effect on blood pressure, learning-memory and anxiety-like behavior. Our study is the first to examine behavioral, biochemical, physiological and electrophysiological outcome of estrogen depletion in rats and to test protective role of grape powder, all in the same study.

1 May 2014 in Physiology & Behavior
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GPGaurav Patki
Gaurav Patki
NSNaimesh Solanki
Naimesh Solanki
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Fatin Atrooz
AAAmber Ansari
Amber Ansari
FAFarida Allam
Farida Allam
SSSamina Salim
Samina Salim

1 January 2015 in Neuroscience Letters
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GPGaurav Patki
Gaurav Patki
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Fatin Atrooz
IAIsam Alkadhi
Isam Alkadhi
NSNaimesh Solanki
Naimesh Solanki
SSSamina Salim
Samina Salim