Quercetin reverses hypobaric hypoxia-induced hippocampal neurodegeneration and improves memory function in the rat

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 383-394

  Prasad, Jyotsna ^a   Baitharu, Iswar ^b   Sharma, Alpesh Kumar ^a   Dutta, Ruma ^a   Prasad, Dipti ^a   Singh, Shashi Bala ^a  

^a DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^b JAYPEE UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

hippocampus; memory impairment; Morris Water Maze; neuroprotection; oxidative stress; quercetin

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CASPASE 3; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; LIPID; QUERCETIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; ADULT ANIMAL; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; FEEDING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; LD 50; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET; MEMORY DISORDER; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; SPATIAL MEMORY; WESTERN BLOTTING; WORKING MEMORY;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ANTIOXIDANTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CASPASE 3; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; QUERCETIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84891609803     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: 15578682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2013.1014     Document Type: Article

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