Glucose administration attenuates spatial memory deficits induced by chronic low-power-density microwave exposure

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 631-637

  Lu, Yonghui ^a   Xu, Shangcheng ^a   He, Mindi ^a   Chen, Chunhai ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Liu, Chuan ^a   Chu, Fang ^a   Yu, Zhengping ^a   Zhou, Zhou ^a   Zhong, Min ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Glucose; Hippocampal glucose uptake; Microwave; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UPTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HIPPOCAMPUS; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GLUCOSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INSULIN; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICROWAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SWEETENING AGENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84860992096     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.04.019     Document Type: Article

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