α-lipoic acid attenuates obesity-associated hippocampal neuroinflammation and increases the levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in ovariectomized rats fed a high-fat diet

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1179-1186

  Miao, Yulian ^a   Ren, Jianmin ^a   Jiang, Ling ^a   Liu, Jinbo ^a   Jiang, Bei ^a   Zhang, Xiaoli ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

lipoic acid; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Hippocampus; Inflammation; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MESSENGER RNA; THIOCTIC ACID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID DIET; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT DURATION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DIET, HIGH-FAT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; OBESITY; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; THIOCTIC ACID;

EID: 84885036188     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2013.1482     Document Type: Article

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