The effect of omega-3 on cognition in hypothyroid adult male rats

Acta Physiologica Hungarica

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 362-376

  Abd Allah, Eman ^a   Gomaa, Asmaa ^a   Sayed, Manal ^a  

^a Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cav1.2; cognition; GABA and serotonin; hypothyroidism; omega 3

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTITHYROID AGENT; CARBIMAZOLE; LIOTHYRONINE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SEROTONIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; CACNA1C PROTEIN, RAT; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOVEL OBJECT RECOGNITION TEST; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE TEST; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RADIAL ARM MAZE TEST; RAT; REFERENCE MEMORY; SPATIAL LEARNING; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; WORKING MEMORY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CAV1.2; CELL PROTECTION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE MODEL; GABA AND SEROTONIN; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; METABOLISM; OMEGA-3; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

CAV1.2; COGNITION; GABA AND SEROTONIN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; OMEGA-3;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CARBIMAZOLE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CYTOPROTECTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84907009216     PISSN: 0231424X     EISSN: 15882683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/APhysiol.101.2014.3.11     Document Type: Article

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