Vitamins C and E reverse melamine-induced deficits in spatial cognition and hippocampal synaptic plasticity in rats

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 132-139

  An, Lei ^a,b   Zhang, Tao ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hippocampal synaptic plasticity; Melamine; Oxidative damage; Spatial cognition; Vitamin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; MELAMINE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION; WISTAR RAT; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG EFFECTS; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; SPATIAL LEARNING;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BODY WEIGHT; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSAL LEARNING; SPATIAL LEARNING; TRIAZINES; VITAMIN E;

EID: 84903840296     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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