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Revista de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río

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Abstract

ARMAS-GONZALEZ, Eilín et al. Relationship of folic acid and neural tube defects in Wistar rats. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2022, vol.26, n.3  Epub May 01, 2022. ISSN 1561-3194.

Introduction:

neural tube closure defects are anomalies of the central nervous system surpassed only by cardiac defects. In Pinar del Rio province there is an increase of pregnancy interruptions due to diagnosis of this defect, and it is not known if folic acid levels in pregnant women influence its incidence.

Objective:

to corroborate the relationship between neural tube closure defects in Wistar rats’ pups and the doses of folic acid administered in pregnant Wistar rats.

Methods:

an experimental study was carried out in Wistar rats, forming five groups of two female rats; two of them received doses of folic acid of 100 and 200 micrograms (µg) before and during gestation, two that received 100 and 200 µg during gestation and a control group that did not receive any dose. The sample consisted of 212 newborn rats, sacrificed under international standards. Marrow and brain were extracted to observe the anomalies, and photomicrographs were taken of the sections made. The significance level for all statistical comparisons was α ≤ 0,05.

Results:

a total of thirteen spina bifida were observed, eleven in the control group (26,19 %) and two (4,65 %) in the 200 µg group during gestation, when comparing the control group with the treated groups, the body mass variable presented statistical significance. It was observed that the presence of bifid spina was significant in the female with respect to the male.

Conclusions:

the essential need of folic acid ingestion before and during gestation in Wistar rats and the association of spina bifida and sex were confirmed, being predominant in the female sex.

Keywords : RATS, WISTAR; FOLIC ACID; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; ABNORMALITIES; NERVOUS SYSTEM.

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