Neuroprotective effect of (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate in rats when administered pre- or post-traumatic brain injury

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 767-783

  Itoh, Tatsuki ^a   Tabuchi, Masaki ^a   Mizuguchi, Nobuyuki ^b   Imano, Motohiro ^a   Tsubaki, Masahiro ^a   Nishida, Shozo ^a   Hashimoto, Shigeo ^c   Matsuo, Kazuhiko ^a   Nakayama, Takashi ^a   Ito, Akihiko ^a   Munakata, Hiroshi ^a   Satou, Takao ^a,d  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c PL Hospital   (Japan)

^d KINDAI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

( ) Epigallocatechin gallate; Apoptosis; Cerebral function; Green tea treatment; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYNONENAL; 8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; MALONALDEHYDE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL COUNT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURIES; CATECHIN; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878020698     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-012-0918-4     Document Type: Article

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