Anticonvulsant, neuroprotective and behavioral effects of organic and conventional yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil.) on pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures in Wistar rats

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 92, Issue , 2013, Pages 60-68

  Branco, Cátia dos Santos ^a   Scola, Gustavo ^a   Rodrigues, Adriana Dalpicolli ^a   Cesio, Verónica ^b   Laprovitera, Mariajosé ^b   Heinzen, Horacio ^b   dos Santos, Maitê Telles ^c   Fank, Bruna ^c   de Freitas, Suzana Cesa Vieira ^c   Coitinho, Adriana Simon ^d   Salvador, Mirian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c Centro Universitario Metodista IPA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant; Epilepsy; Neuroprotection; Yerba mate

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CATALASE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; POLYPHENOL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CATALASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CONVULSANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NITRIC OXIDE; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 84875232906     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: 18732747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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