Quercetin protects the impairment of memory and anxiogenic-like behavior in rats exposed to cadmium: Possible involvement of the acetylcholinesterase and Na+,K+-ATPase activities

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 135, Issue , 2014, Pages 152-167

  Abdalla, Fátima H ^a   Schmatz, Roberta ^a   Cardoso, Andréia M ^a   Carvalho, Fabiano B ^a   Baldissarelli, Jucimara ^a   de Oliveira, Juliane Sorraila ^a   Rosa, Michelle M ^a   Gonçalves Nunes, Matheus Augusto ^a   Rubin, Maribel A ^a   da Cruz, Ivana B M ^a   Barbisan, Fernanda ^a   Dressler, Valderi L ^a   Pereira, Luciane B ^a   Schetinger, Maria Rosa C ^a   Morsch, Vera M ^a   Gonçalves, Jamile F ^a   Mazzanti, Cinthia M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AChE; Anxiety; Cd; Memory; Oxidative stress; Quercetin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM); ALCOHOL; CADMIUM; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; QUERCETIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; ANIMAL; ANXIETY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; METABOLISM; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; WISTAR RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CADMIUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; QUERCETIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SODIUM-POTASSIUM-EXCHANGING ATPASE;

EID: 84903593910     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.06.008     Document Type: Article

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