Metformin eased cognitive impairment induced by chronic L-methionine administration: Potential role of oxidative stress

Current Neuropharmacology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 186-192

  Alzoubi, Karem H ^a   Khabour, Omar F ^a   Al Azzam, Sayer I ^a   Tashtoush, Murad H ^a   Mhaidat, Nizar M ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; L methionine; Learning; Maze; Memory; Metformin; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METFORMIN; METHIONINE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 84896363955     PISSN: 1570159X     EISSN: 18756190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1570159X11666131120223201     Document Type: Article

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