Standardized extract of Bacopa monniera (BESEB CDRI-08) attenuates contextual associative learning deficits in the aging rat's brain induced by D-galactose

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2053-2064

  Prisila Dulcy, Charles ^a   Singh, Hemant K ^b   Preethi, Jayakumar ^a   Emmanuvel Rajan, Koilmani ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Bacopa monniera; Contextual associative learning; D galactose; Serotonin; Synaptic proteins

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT; BACOPA MONNIERI EXTRACT; BESEB CDRI 08; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE IIALPHA; GALACTOSE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; NORADRENALIN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; SEROTONIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN I; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING DISORDER; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REWARD; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; STANDARD; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGING; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BACOPA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GALACTOSE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLYCOSYLATION END PRODUCTS, ADVANCED; LEARNING DISORDERS; MEMORY; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 84864854540     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23080     Document Type: Article

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