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Background & aim: Diabetes is a common disease characterized by high hyperglycemia. One of the most common complications of this disease is central neuropathy. Hyperglycemia causes adverse effects on cognitive functions such as information processing speed, memory and learning. The purpose of this study was to determine and compare short-term memory function in type 1 diabetic patients and healthy controls. Methods: The present study was a descriptive causal-comparative study which was performed to compare the short-term memory function in type 1 diabetic patients and healthy individuals in Mazandaran diabetes center. The statistical population of the study was 112 people, 58 of whom were type 1 diabetes and 54 healthy people. The demographic questionnaire was used for data collection (age, sex, duration of illness, body mass index, etc) and computer memory test. Data were analyzed by SPSS 16 software. The collected data were analyzed using t-test. Results: The results of the present study revealed that type 1 diabetic patients had lower memory performance than healthy subjects, so that the difference between the healthy and type 1 diabetes groups in the component of reading alphabet at the level of p

Background and Objectives: Tooth extraction is one of the ways to treat dental diseases. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of different molar tooth extraction patterns on short-term and middle-term memory in rats. Materials and Methods: In this experimental study, 45 male Wistar rats were divided into three groups: control group (C) without pulling, pulling group 1 (E1) by pulling bilateral maxillary molars, and pulling group 2 (E2) by pulling the left maxillary and right mandibular molars. The Maurice Watermase test was performed to assess spatial memory. Tukey's test was used to analyze the data. Results: In short-term memory tests, the number of visits to the target area was significantly lower in group E1 than in group C (p=0.003). In group E2, the time spent in the target area and the distance traveled in the target area was longer than group E1. Conclusion: This study explained that the molar teeth extraction may impair the memory ability. Keywords: Molar tooth extraction, Short term memory, Middle-term memory, Rat Funding: This research was funded by Neuroscience Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences. Conflict of interest: None declared. Ethical approval: The Ethics Committee of Neuroscience Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences approved the study (IR.ATU.REC.98000078(. How to cite this article: Pourgholamali N, Shojaeepour S, Shojaeipour R, Jahanimoghadam F. Effect of Different Patterns of Molar Teeth Extraction on Memory in Rats: A Short Report. J Rafsanjan Univ Med Sci 2020; 19 (8): 899-906. [Farsi] [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]