Quercetin protects against chronic aluminum-induced oxidative stress and ensuing biochemical, cholinergic, and neurobehavioral impairments in rats

Neurotoxicity Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 336-357

  Sharma, Deep Raj ^a   Wani, Willayat Yousuf ^a   Sunkaria, Aditya ^a   Kandimalla, Ramesh J L ^a   Verma, Deepika ^a   Cameotra, Swaranjit Singh ^b   Gill, Kiran Dip ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cholinergic; Cognitive; Neurobehavioral; Oxidative stress; Quercetin; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM LACTATE; CHOLINESTERASE; EOSIN; GLUTATHIONE; HEMATOXYLIN; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; METHYLCELLULOSE; QUERCETIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHOLINERGIC DYSFUNCTION; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAINING; TREATMENT DURATION; WISTAR RAT;

ALUMINUM; ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; COGNITION DISORDERS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; QUERCETIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84876297040     PISSN: 10298428     EISSN: 14763524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12640-012-9351-6     Document Type: Article

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