Neuroprotective effects of berry fruits on neurodegenerative diseases

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 9, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 1557-1566

  Subash, Selvaraju ^a   Essa, Musthafa Mohamed ^a   Al Adawi, Samir ^a,b   Memon, Mushtaq A ^c   Manivasagam, Thamilarasan ^d   Akbar, Mohammed ^e  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b Sultan Qaboos University College of Medicine and Health Sciences   (Oman)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; Berry fruit; Nerve regeneration; Neural regeneration; Neurodegenerative disease; Neuroprotection; Parkinson s disease; Review

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; ANTHOCYANIN; ASCORBIC ACID; BLACK CURRANT EXTRACT; CAFFEIC ACID; CAROTENOID; CATECHIN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DOPAMINE; ELLAGIC ACID; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYACID; HYDROXYCINNAMATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; KAEMPFEROL; LIPID PEROXIDE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; QUERCETIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SALICYLIC ACID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TANNIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS EXTRACT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BERRY; BLACK CURRANT; BLACKBERRY; BLUEBERRY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL SURVIVAL; COGNITION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULBERRY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; STRAWBERRY; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84907140979     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: 18767958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.139483     Document Type: Article

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