The effect of Urtica dioica extract on the number of astrocytes in the dentate gyrus of diabetic rats

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-97

  Jahanshahi, M ^a   Golalipour, M J ^a   Afshar, M ^b  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BIRJAND UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Dentate gyrus; Diabetes; Urtica dioica

Indexed keywords

STREPTOZOCIN; URTICA DIOICA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; SURVIVAL TIME; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DENTATE GYRUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STREPTOZOCIN; URTICA DIOICA;

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

EID: 66749165379     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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