Pretreatment with curcumin attenuates anxiety while strengthens memory performance after one short stress experience in male rats

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 115, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-8

  Haider, Saida ^a   Naqvi, Fizza ^a   Batool, Zehra ^a,b   Tabassum, Saiqa ^a,d   Sadir, Sadia ^a   Liaquat, Laraib ^a   Naqvi, Faizan ^a   Zuberi, Nudrat Anwer ^c   Shakeel, Hina ^a   Perveen, Tahira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b JINNAH UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN   (Pakistan)

^c JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^d Darul Sehat Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Acute immobilization stress; Curcumin; Memory; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CURCUMIN; NOOTROPIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANXIETY; BRAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; EXERCISE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY; BRAIN; CURCUMIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84928266915     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: 18732747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2015.04.001     Document Type: Article

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