Learning and memory deficits in rats induced by chronic thinner exposure are reversed by melatonin

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-56

  Baydas, Giyasettin ^a   Ozveren, Faik ^a   Akdemir, Ismail ^a   Tuzcu, Mehmet ^a   Yasar, Abdullah ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Learning; Lipid peroxidation; Melatonin; Neural cell adhesion molecules; Thinner

Indexed keywords

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; THINNER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDER; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; RAT;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MELATONIN; MEMORY DISORDERS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOLVENTS;

EID: 22044438835     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2005.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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