Huperzine A ameliorates cognitive deficits and oxidative stress in the hippocampus of rats exposed to acute hypobaric hypoxia

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2042-2052

  Shi, Qinghai ^a   Fu, Jianfeng ^a   Ge, Di ^a   He, Yan ^a   Ran, Jihua ^a   Liu, Zhengxiang ^a   Wei, Jing ^a   Diao, Tong ^a   Lu, Youfang ^a  

^a Urumqi General Hospital of PLA   (China)

Author keywords

Acute hypobaric hypoxia; Apoptosis; Cognitive functions; Hippocampus; Huperzine A; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; GLUTATHIONE; HUPERZINE A; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ACUTE HYPOBARIC HYPOXIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOXIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

AIR PRESSURE; ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; GLUTATHIONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SESQUITERPENES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84866734428     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-012-0826-x     Document Type: Article

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