Protective effects of a catechin-rich extract on the hippocampal formation and spatial memory in aging rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 246, Issue , 2013, Pages 94-102

  Rodrigues, Jorge ^a   Assunção, Marco ^a   Lukoyanov, Nikolay ^a   Cardoso, Armando ^a   Carvalho, Félix ^b   Andrade, José Paulo ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b Campus Universitário de Santiago   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aging; Catechins; Green tea; Hippocampal formation; Lipofuscin; Rat

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CATECHIN; LIPOFUSCIN; MALONALDEHYDE;

AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYSOSOME; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CATECHIN; DENDRITES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LYSOSOMES; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOCHONDRIA; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SILVER STAINING; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84875652679     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.02.040     Document Type: Article

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