Silymarin protects neurons from oxidative stress associated damages in focal cerebral ischemia: A behavioral, biochemical and immunohistological study in Wistar rats

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 309, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 45-54

  Raza, Syed Shadab ^a   Khan, Mohd Moshahid ^a,c   Ashafaq, Mohammad ^a   Ahmad, Ajmal ^a,d   Khuwaja, Gulrana ^a,b   Khan, Andleeb ^a   Siddiqui, Mohammad Saeed ^a   Safhi, Mohammed M ^b   Islam, Fakhrul ^a,b  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JAZAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Neurobehavioral; Neuroprotection; Oxidative stress; Silymarin

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CASPASE 9; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; PROTEIN P53; SILYMARIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FOCAL CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA; GRASPING; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MILK; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION; ROTA ROD; SILYBUM MARIANUM; SPONTANEOUS MOTOR ACTIVITY; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SILYMARIN;

EID: 80052382226     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.07.035     Document Type: Article

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