Post-Seizure α-Tocopherol Treatment Decreases Neuroinflammation and Neuronal Degeneration Induced by Status Epilepticus in Rat Hippocampus

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 246-256

  Ambrogini, Patrizia ^a   Minelli, Andrea ^a   Galati, Claudia ^a   Betti, Michele ^a   Lattanzi, Davide ^a   Ciffolilli, Silvia ^b   Piroddi, Marta ^b   Galli, Francesco ^b   Cuppini, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Neurodegeneration; Neuroglia; Neuroinflammation; Oxidative stress; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT INFLAMMATORY FACTOR 1; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; KAINIC ACID; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL LOSS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC SPINE; EPILEPTIC STATE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SECONDARY PREVENTION; ANIMAL; CELL DEATH; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENCEPHALITIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; ENCEPHALITIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; KAINIC ACID; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 84911003020     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: 15591182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-014-8648-2     Document Type: Article

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