Changes in the brain cortex of rabbits on a cholesterol-rich diet following supplementation with a herbal extract of tribulus terrestris

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 683-692

  Berkman, Zafer ^a   Tanriover, Gamze ^b   Acar, Goksemin ^c   Sati, Leyla ^b   Altug, Tuncay ^d   Demir, Ramazan ^b  

^a NAMIK KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ISTANBUL BILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Rabbit; Saponin; Tribulus terrestris; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS;

CHOLESTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; RABBIT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOLESTEROL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MYELIN SHEATH; NEURONS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RABBITS; TRIBULUS;

EID: 67650254930     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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