The beneficial effects of nettle supplementation and exercise on brain lesion and memory in rat

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 974-981

  Toldy, Anna ^a   Atalay, Mustafa ^b   Stadler, Krisztián ^c   Sasvári, Mária ^a   Jakus, Judit ^c   Jung, Kyung J ^d   Chung, Hae Y ^d   Nyakas, Csaba ^a   Radák, Zsolt ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain; Neurodegeneration; Neurotrophins; NMDA lesion; Oxidative stress; Stinging nettle; Swimming exercise; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EXERCISE; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RAT; SWIMMING; URTICA DIOICA;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; FREE RADICALS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MEMORY; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SWIMMING; URTICA DIOICA;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; URTICA; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 71649097741     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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