Verapamil augments the neuroprotectant action of berberine in rat model of transient global cerebral ischemia

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 720, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 98-106

  Singh, Dhirendra Pratap ^a,b   Chopra, Kanwaljit ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL AGRI FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Bilateral common carotid artery occlusion; Interleukin; Neurobehavioural; Oxidative nitrosative stress; Transient global cerebral ischemia; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BERBERINE; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CASPASE 3; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN TISSUE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG UPTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT MODEL; REPERFUSION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TRANSIENT GLOBAL CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA; WISTAR RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BILATERAL COMMON CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; INTERLEUKIN; NEUROBEHAVIOURAL; OXIDATIVE-NITROSATIVE STRESS; TRANSIENT GLOBAL CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BERBERINE; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLUTATHIONE; HAND STRENGTH; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NITRITES; POSTURAL BALANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 84890128058     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: 18790712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2013.10.043     Document Type: Article

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