Effects of experimental cerebral malaria in memory, brain-derived neurotrophic factor and acetylcholinesterase acitivity in the hippocampus of survivor mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 523, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 104-107

  Comim, Clarissa M ^a   Reis, Patrícia A ^b   Frutuoso, Valber S ^b   Fries, Gabriel R ^c   Fraga, Daiane B ^a   Kapczinski, Flávio ^c   Zugno, Alexandra I ^a   Barichello, Tatiana ^a   Quevedo, João ^a   Castro Faria Neto, Hugo C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AChE; BDNF; Brain; Cerebral malaria; Memory; Mice

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN PROTEIN; CHLOROQUINE; FARMANGUINHOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHLOROQUINE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 84864320303     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.06.051     Document Type: Article

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