Curcumin improves spatial memory and decreases oxidative damage in aged female rats

Biogerontology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 187-196

  Belviranli, Muaz ^a   Okudan, Nilsel ^a   Atalik, Kismet Esra Nurullahoǧlu ^b   Öz, Mehmet ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NECMETTIN ERBAKAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aging; Curcumin; Memory; Oxidative stress; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN; GLUTATHIONE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN TISSUE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAZE TEST; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; COGNITION; CURCUMIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84878564756     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: 15736768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10522-013-9422-y     Document Type: Article

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