Melatonin alleviates memory deficits and neuronal degeneration induced by intracerebroventricular administration of streptozotocin in rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 397-403

  Saxena, Gunjan ^a   Bharti, Sachi ^a   Kamat, Pradeep Kumar ^a   Sharma, Sharad ^a   Nath, Chandishwar ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Free radical scavenger; Melatonin; Memory; Neurodegeneration; Streptozotocin

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; EOSIN; GLUTATHIONE; HEMATOXYLIN; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; SCAVENGER; STREPTOZOCIN; WATER;

ADULT ANIMAL; AMNESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN; GLUTATHIONE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MELATONIN; MEMORY; NEURONS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STREPTOZOCIN;

RATTUS;

EID: 71849106334     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2009.09.022     Document Type: Article

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