Effect of progesterone on phosphamidon-induced impairment of memory and oxidative stress in rats

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1626-1634

  Sharma, Amit K ^a   Bhattacharya, Swapan K ^a   Khanna, Naresh ^a   Tripathi, Ashok K ^a   Arora, Tarun ^a   Mehta, Ashish K ^a   Mehta, Kapil D ^a   Joshi, Vikas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

neurosteroids; phosphamidon; progesterone; step down latency; transfer latency

Indexed keywords

NONPROTEIN THIOL; PHOSPHAMIDON; PROGESTERONE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BRAIN LEVEL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEP DOWN LATENCY; TRANSFER LATENCY;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHAMIDON; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

RATTUS;

EID: 80054861898     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327110396522     Document Type: Article

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