Pretreatment with vitamins E and C prevent the impairment of memory caused by homocysteine administration in rats

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 211-217

  Reis, Eleonora A ^a   Zugno, Alexandra I ^a   Franzon, Renata ^a   Tagliari, Bárbara ^a   Matté, Cristiane ^a   Lammers, Marcelo L ^a   Netto, Carlos A ^a   Wyse, Angela T S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Homocysteine; Inhibitory avoidance; Memory; Rat; Retrieval; Vitamins E and C

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HABITUATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; HOMOCYSTEINE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VITAMIN E;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0036734730     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019982223034     Document Type: Article

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