Theanine prevents memory impairment induced by repeated cerebral ischemia in rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-68

  Egashira, Nobuaki ^a,b   Ishigami, Noriko ^b   Pu, Fengling ^b   Mishima, Kenichi ^b   Iwasaki, Katsunori ^b   Orito, Kensuke ^b   Oishi, Ryozo ^a   Fujiwara, Michihiro ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

glutamylethylamide; Ischemia; Neuroprotection; Spatial memory; Theanine

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLETHYLAMIDE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; THEANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPERFUSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEA; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DEATH; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTAMATES; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; RATTUS;

EID: 38549170007     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2261     Document Type: Article

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