Effect of bis(7)-tacrine on cognition in rats with chronic cerebral ischemia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 512, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-108

  Shu, Xi Ji ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Yang, Rong ^a   Yi, Hui Ling ^a   Li, Chang Lei ^a   Ye, Yan Jie ^a   Ai, Yong Xun ^a  

^a JIANGHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bis(7) tacrine; Chronic cerebral ischemia; Morris water maze; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

BIS(7) TACRINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TACRINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CAROTID ARTERY LIGATION; COGNITION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TACRINE;

EID: 84862828906     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.01.068     Document Type: Article

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