Rejuvenation of antioxidant and cholinergic systems contributes to the effect of procyanidins extracted from the lotus seedpod ameliorating memory impairment in cognitively impaired aged rats

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 851-860

  Xu, Jiqu ^a   Rong, Shuang ^a   Xie, Bijun ^b   Sun, Zhida ^b   Zhang, Li ^a   Wu, Hailei ^a   Yao, Ping ^a   Zhang, Xiping ^a   Zhang, Yunjian ^a   Liu, Liegang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Cholinergic activity; Memory; Morris water maze; Oxidative damage; Procyanidins

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CATALASE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID; PROCYANIDIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LOTUS; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SWIMMING; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LOTUS; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REJUVENATION; SEEDS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 70350413815     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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