Zingiber officinale alters 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine-induced neurotoxicity in rat brain

Cell Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 177-184

  Mehdizadeh, Mehdi ^a   Dabaghian, Fataneh ^a   Nezhadi, Akram ^b   Fallah huseini, Hassan ^c   Choopani, Samira ^d   Shekarriz, Nima ^a   Molavi, Nima ^a   Basirat, Arghavan ^a   Kazorgah, Farzaneh Mohammadzadeh ^a   Samzadeh Kermani, Alireza ^e   Asl, Sara Soleimani ^f,g  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b AJA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^d PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZABOL   (Iran)

^f HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2 family; Ginger; Hippocampus; MDMA; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; GINGER EXTRACT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MICROSCOPY; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84872112177     PISSN: 22285806     EISSN: 22285814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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