Camellia sinensis neuroprotective role in experimentally induced hydrocephalus in Wistar rats

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 591-597

  Catalão, Carlos Henrique Rocha ^a   Correa, Diego Augusto Leme ^a   Saito, Samuel Takashi ^b   Lopes, Luiza Da Silva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Camellia sinensis; Hydrocephalus; Immunohistochemistry; Polyphenol

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA SINENSIS EXTRACT; CATECHIN; KAOLIN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BEHAVIOR; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EXTERNAL CAPSULE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETHARGY; MALE; MYELINATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T-MAZE TEST; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DISEASE MODEL; PATHOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84897549945     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-013-2262-x     Document Type: Article

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