Effects of combined treatment with vitamins C and E on passive avoidance learning and memory in diabetic rats

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 472-478

  Hasanein, Parisa ^a   Shahidi, Siamak ^b  

^a BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Passive avoidance learning; Rats; Vitamin C; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; GLUCOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RAT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 77952550377     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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