Effects of active constituents of crocus sativus L, crocin on streptozocin-induced model of sporadic Alzheimer's disease in male rats

Iranian Biomedical Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 59-65

  Khalili, Mohsen ^a   Hamzeh, Faezeh ^b  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Learning; Memory; Streptozocin

Indexed keywords

CROCIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROCUS; CROCUS SATIVUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RAT; RECOGNITION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BODY WEIGHT; CAROTENOIDS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROCUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMALIA; CROCUS SATIVUS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 79851501686     PISSN: 1028852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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