Effects of pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate on beta-amyloid (25-35)-induced inflammatory responses and memory deficits in the rat

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 140-151

  Cheng, Guanliang ^a   Whitehead, Shawn N ^a   Hachinski, Vladimir ^a   Cechetto, David F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Beta amyloid; Glial cell activation; Learning and spatial memory deficits; Neuroinflammation; Pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate; Rat

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[25-35]; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; PROTEIN; PROTEIN OX 6; PYRROLIDINE DITHIOCARBAMATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATION; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; BRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PYRROLIDINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THIOCARBAMATES;

EID: 33745133384     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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