An investigation of the neuroprotective effects of Curcumin in a model of Homocysteine - induced oxidative stress in the rat's brain

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Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 128-136

  Ataie, A ^a,b   Sabetkasaei, M ^a,b   Haghparast, A ^a   Hajizadeh Moghaddam, A ^c   Ataie, R ^d   Nasiraei Moghaddam, S ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Curcumin; Homocysteine; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING TEST; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; RAT;

EID: 77954830372     PISSN: 15608115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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