Hydroalcoholic extract of Zizyphus jujuba ameliorates seizures, oxidative stress, and cognitive impairment in experimental models of epilepsy in rats

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 356-363

  Pahuja, Monika ^a   Mehla, Jogender ^a   Reeta, K H ^a   Joshi, Sujata ^a   Gupta, Yogendra Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cholinesterase activity; Cognitive impairment; Experimental seizure models; Oxidative stress; Zizyphus jujuba

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLINESTERASE; HYDROALCOHOLIC EXTRACT OF ZIZYPHUS JUJUBA; PENTETRAZOLE; PHENYTOIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPILEPSY; FRUIT; HINDLIMB; JUJUBE; LEARNING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MAXIMAL ELECTROSHOCK; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOLINESTERASES; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEIZURES; ZIZIPHUS;

EID: 80051472790     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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