caa a22 4500 606162844 CHVBK 20210128100641.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11062-015-9521-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11062-015-9521-2 Effects of Injection of Carbon Nanotubes on EEG and Results of a Behavioral Test in Rats [Elektronische Daten] [V. Azimirad, M. Hosseinpour, P. Shahabi, M. Alimohammadi, M. Sadighi, H. Hatami] We examined the biocompatibility of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) injected i.p. into rats (1 mg/kg body mass) by recording EEG from the frontal and occipital cortex and performing the water maze router test before and after such injection. For EEG, the energy and average power spectral density of wavelet coefficients in the β, α, and θ bands were considered the features. In the water maze router experiment, the distance, time, and speed of rats were investigated as behavioral factors. Comparison of EEG signals before and after injection showed that introduction of CNTs exerted no significant effect on electrophysiological brain indices. A comparison of behavioral factors before and after injection, however, showed that injections of CNTs increased the pacing distance and time to find the desired platform and decreased somewhat the speed in the water maze router experiment. A possible reason of this phenomenon is the possible influence of CNTs on ion fluxes in brain neurons. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015 carbon nanotubes nationallicence EEG nationallicence wavelet nationallicence water maze router nationallicence spatial memory nationallicence Azimirad V. Department of Mechatronics, School of Engineering Emerging Technologies, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran aut Hosseinpour M. Department of Mechatronics, School of Engineering Emerging Technologies, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran aut Shahabi P. Neuroscience Research Centre, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran aut Alimohammadi M. Department of Mechatronics, School of Engineering Emerging Technologies, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran aut Sadighi M. Neuroscience Research Centre, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran aut Hatami H. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran aut Neurophysiology Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 47/3(2015-06-01), 198-204 0090-2977 47:3<198 2015 47 11062 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11062-015-9521-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11062-015-9521-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Azimirad V. Department of Mechatronics, School of Engineering Emerging Technologies, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hosseinpour M. Department of Mechatronics, School of Engineering Emerging Technologies, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shahabi P. Neuroscience Research Centre, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Alimohammadi M. Department of Mechatronics, School of Engineering Emerging Technologies, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sadighi M. Neuroscience Research Centre, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hatami H. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Neurophysiology Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 47/3(2015-06-01), 198-204 0090-2977 47:3<198 2015 47 11062