Combination of Spirulina with glycyrrhizin prevents cognitive dysfunction in aged obese rats

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-44

  Madhavadas, Sowmya ^a   Subramanian, Sarada ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acetyl cholinesterase; Cognition; Glycyrrhizin; Leptin; Memory; Obesity; Spirulina

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE SODIUM; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; LEPTIN; SPIRULINA EXTRACT; ACHE PROTEIN, RAT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL ANCHORED PROTEIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LIPID BRAIN LEVEL; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEASUREMENT; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; RAT; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPIRULINA; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; LONG TERM MEMORY; METABOLISM; PSYCHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME FACTOR;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHOLESTEROL; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; GPI-LINKED PROTEINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEPTIN; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; OBESITY; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM GLUTAMATE; SPIRULINA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84923013031     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: 19983751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.150327     Document Type: Article

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