Melatonin improves learning and memory performances impaired by hyperhomocysteinemia in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1046, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 187-194

  Baydas, Giyasettin ^a   Özer, Mehmet ^a   Yasar, Abdullah ^a   Tuzcu, Mehmet ^a   Koz, Sema T ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Homocysteine; Learning; Lipid peroxidation; Melatonin; Memory; NCAM

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; HOMOCYSTEINE; MELATONIN; METHIONINE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LEARNING DISORDER; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLUTATHIONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LEARNING DISORDERS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MELATONIN; MEMORY DISORDERS; METHIONINE; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 20144372783     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.04.011     Document Type: Article

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