Improving active and passive avoidance memories deficits due to permanent cerebral ischemia by pomegranate seed extract in female rats

Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 26-35

  Sarkaki, Alireza ^a   Rezaiei, Moslem ^b   Gharibnaseri, Mohammad Kazem ^a   Rafieirad, Maryam ^c  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Female; Memory; Pomegranate; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; FLAVONOID; POMEGRANATE EXTRACT; SAPONIN; SUGAR; TANNIN;

ACTIVE AVOIDANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LATENT PERIOD; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84874617524     PISSN: 1394195X     EISSN: 21804303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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