Effect of Urtica dioica on memory dysfunction and hypoalgesia in an experimental model of diabetic neuropathy

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 552, Issue , 2013, Pages 114-119

  Patel, Sita Sharan ^a,b   Udayabanu, M ^a  

^a JAYPEE UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Lakshmi Narain College of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Diabetic neuropathy; Hypoalgesia; Memory; Morris water maze; Rosiglitazone

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; ROSIGLITAZONE; STREPTOZOCIN; URTICA DIOICA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FLUID INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERALGESIA; HYPOALGESIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; POLYDIPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; URTICA DIOICA;

5-HT; 5-HYDROXY TRYPTAMINE; COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; HYPOALGESIA; MEMORY; MORRIS WATER MAZE; N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; NMDA; ROSIGLITAZONE; STEP THROUGH LATENCY; STL; UD; URTICA DIOICA;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; INSULIN; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; POLYDIPSIA; STREPTOZOCIN; THIAZOLIDINEDIONES; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 84884299783     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.07.029     Document Type: Article

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