Amelioration of cognitive, motor and endogenous defense functions with silymarin, piracetam and protocatechuic acid in the cerebral global ischemic rat model

Life Sciences

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-57

  Muley, Milind M ^a   Thakare, Vishnu N ^b   Patil, Rajesh R ^b   Bafna, Pallavi A ^a   Naik, Suresh R ^b  

^a DR D Y PATIL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Sinhgad Technical Education Society   (India)

Author keywords

Cognitive and motor functions; Global ischemic rat model; Oxidative stress; PCA; Piracetam Silymarin

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; PIRACETAM; PROTOCATECHUIC ACID; SILYMARIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BILATERAL COMMON CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COGNITION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INCISION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; WATER CONTENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CATALASE; COGNITION; GLUTATHIONE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HYDROXYBENZOATES; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PIRACETAM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; REPERFUSION INJURY; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; SILYMARIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

RATTUS;

EID: 84879505273     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: 18790631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2013.05.020     Document Type: Article

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