Protective effect of L-Arginine against oxidative damage as a possible mechanism of its beneficial properties on spatial learning in ovariectomized rats

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 36-44

  Hosseini, Mahmoud ^a   Pourganji, Masoume ^a   Khodabandehloo, Fatimeh ^b   Soukhtanloo, Mohammad ^a   Zabihi, Hoda ^c  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b AJA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

L Arginine; Learning; Morris water maze; Ovariectomy; Oxidative stress; Rat

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; THIOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; SPATIAL LEARNING; SWIMMING;

EID: 84873453859     PISSN: 2008126X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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