Vitamin E improves learning performance and changes the expression of nitric oxide-producing neurons in the brains of diabetic rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-45

  Comin, Débora ^a   Gazarini, Lucas ^a   Zanoni, Jaqueline Nielisis ^b   Milani, Humberto ^a   de Oliveira, Rúbia Maria Weffort ^a  

^a Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology ^*  (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Elevated plus maze; NADPH diaphorase; Streptozotocin; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; GLUCOSE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENTATE GYRUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG MECHANISM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NADP; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VITAMIN E;

EID: 77949567130     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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