Melatonin ameliorates cognitive impairment induced by sleep deprivation in rats: Role of oxidative stress, BDNF and CaMKII

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 256, Issue , 2013, Pages 72-81

  Zhang, Lei ^a,b,c   Zhang, Hu Qin ^d   Liang, Xiang Yan ^a   Zhang, Hai Feng ^a   Zhang, Ting ^a   Liu, Fang E ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of General Surgery   (China)

^c FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BDNF; CaMKII; Cognitive impairment; Melatonin; Oxidative stress; Sleep deprivation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ANTIOXIDANT; NOOTROPIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE TYPE 2; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MAZE LEARNING; MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 84883019811     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.07.051     Document Type: Article

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