(-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate decreases the impairment in learning and memory in spontaneous hypertension rats

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 771-780

  Wang, Mao Hsien ^a   Chang, Wei Jen ^b   Soung, Hung Sheng ^d   Chang, Kuo Chi ^c  

^a Department of Anesthesia   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

( ) epigallocatechin 3 gallate; hypertension; locomotor activity; Morris water maze; open field test; oxidative stress; rat

Indexed keywords

EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; LIPID PEROXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATECHIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERTENSION; LEARNING DISORDERS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TEA;

EID: 84870059168     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: 14735849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FBP.0b013e32835a3bc8     Document Type: Article

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