Melatonin ameliorates Alzheimer-like pathological changes and spatial memory retention impairment induced by calyculin A

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1118-1125

  Yang, Xifei ^a   Yang, Ying ^a   Fu, Zhengqi ^a   Li, Yin ^a   Feng, Jing ^a   Luo, Jinzhuo ^a   Zhang, Qiuyue ^a   Wang, Qun ^a   Tian, Qing ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Melatonin; neurofilament; oxidative stress; protein phosphatase 2A; spatial memory retention; tau

Indexed keywords

CALYCULIN A; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TAU PROTEIN; TYROSINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REGULATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; MEMORY DISORDERS; OXAZOLES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 80052015761     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881110367723     Document Type: Article

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