Folic acid prevented cognitive impairment in experimental pneumococcal meningitis

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 643-651

  Barichello, Tatiana ^a,d   Generoso, Jaqueline S ^a   Simões, Lutiana R ^a   Steckert, Amanda V ^a   Moreira, Ana Paula ^a   Dominguini, Diogo ^a   Ferrari, Pâmela ^b   Gubert, Carolina ^b   Kapczinski, Flávio ^b,d   Jornada, Luciano K ^a   Danielski, Lucineia G ^c   Petronilho, Fabricia ^c,d   Budni, Josiane ^a   Quevedo, João ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO EXTREMO SUL CATARINENSE   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; Folic acid; Memory; Meningitis; Oxidative stress; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CATALASE; FOLIC ACID; MALONALDEHYDE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NITRATE; NITRITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NOOTROPIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FOOTSHOCK; FRONTAL CORTEX; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; ANIMAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; FRONTAL LOBE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FOLIC ACID; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84928664859     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-014-1302-3     Document Type: Article

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