Polychlorinated biphenyls induced oxidative stress mediated neurodegeneration in hippocampus and behavioral changes of adult rats: Anxiolytic-like effects of quercetin

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-54

  Selvakumar, K ^a   Bavithra, S ^a   Ganesh, L ^a   Krishnamoorthy, G ^b   Venkataraman, P ^c   Arunakaran, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b Asan Memorial Dental College and Hospital   (India)

^c SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

8 Arm radial maze; Antioxidants; Neurotransmitters; Open field test; Oxidative stressors; PCBs

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR 1254; CATALASE; DISODIUM HYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; QUERCETIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPAL DEGENERATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEARNING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WORKING MEMORY;

8-ARM RADIAL MAZE; ANTIOXIDANTS; NEUROTRANSMITTERS; OPEN FIELD TEST; OXIDATIVE STRESSORS; PCBS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUERCETIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 84881242107     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.06.237     Document Type: Article

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