Azadirachta indica mitigates behavioral impairments, oxidative damage, histological alterations and apoptosis in focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion model of rats

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1321-1330

  Vaibhav, Kumar ^a   Shrivastava, Pallavi ^a,d   Khan, Andleeb ^a   Javed, Hayate ^a   Tabassum, Rizwana ^a   Ahmed, Md Ejaz ^a   Khan, M Badruzzaman ^a,e   Islam, Fakhrul ^a,c   Moshahid Khan, Mohd ^a,f   Islam, Farah ^b   Ahmad, Sayeed ^b   Siddiqui, M Saeed ^a   Safhi, Mohammed M ^c  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c JAZAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Azadirachta indica; Behavioral deficit; Caspase 3; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; GLUTATHIONE; NITRITE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIAPOTOTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AZADIRACHTA; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPERFUSION INJURY;

EID: 84883182101     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-012-1238-z     Document Type: Article

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