The granule cell density of the dentate gyrus following administration of Urtica dioica extract to young diabetic rats

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 196-204

  Fazeli, S A ^a   Gharravi, A M ^a   Ghafari, S ^a   Jahanshahi, M ^a   Golalipour, M J ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Diabetes; Granule cell density; Rat; Urtica dioica

Indexed keywords

STREPTOZOCIN; URTICA DIOICA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRESYL VIOLET STAINING; DENTATE GYRUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STAINING; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CELL COUNT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DENTATE GYRUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STREPTOZOCIN; URTICA DIOICA;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; URTICA; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 53549117459     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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