Protective effect of melatonin against head trauma-induced hippocampal damage and spatial memory deficits in immature rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 385, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 234-239

  Ozdemir, Durgul ^a   Tugyan, Kazim ^a   Uysal, Nazan ^a   Sonmez, Ulker ^a   Sonmez, Atac ^a   Acikgoz, Osman ^a   Ozdemir, Nail ^b   Duman, Murat ^a   Ozkan, Hasan ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hippocampal neuron death; Immature rat; Melatonin; Spatial memory deficits; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

CRESYL VIOLET; DYE; MELATONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CONTUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; HEAD INJURY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMATURITY; MAZE TEST; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; STAINING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN INJURIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MAZE LEARNING; MELATONIN; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 22144451818     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.05.055     Document Type: Article

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