Withania somnifera root extract ameliorates hypobaric hypoxia induced memory impairment in rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 431-441

  Baitharu, Iswar ^a   Jain, Vishal ^a   Deep, Satya Narayan ^a   Hota, Kalpana Barhwal ^b   Hota, Sunil Kumar ^b   Prasad, Dipti ^a   Ilavazhagan, Govindasamy ^a,c  

^a DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^b Leh Ladakh C o 56APO   (India)

^c HINDUSTAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Hippocampus; Hypobaric hypoxia; Memory impairment; Neurodegeneration; Nitric oxide; Withania somnifera

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CORTICOSTERONE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT ROOT; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUTATHIONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; WITHANIA;

RATTUS; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 84872152942     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.10.063     Document Type: Article

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