Bacopa monniera ameliorates cognitive impairment and neurodegeneration induced by intracerebroventricular-streptozotocin in rat: behavioral, biochemical, immunohistochemical and histopathological evidences

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 115-127

  Khan, M Badruzzaman ^a,b   Ahmad, Muzamil ^a,c   Ahmad, Saif ^a,d   Ishrat, Tauheed ^a,e   Vaibhav, Kumar ^a,f   Khuwaja, Gulrana ^a,g   Islam, Fakhrul ^a,g  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g JAZAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Bacopa monniera; Cognitive impairment; Morris water maze; Oxidative damage; Streptozotocin

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; NERVE PROTEIN; PLANT EXTRACT; STREPTOZOCIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL; BACOPA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG SCREENING; ENERGY METABOLISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PHYTOTHERAPY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACOPA; CATALASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM-POTASSIUM-EXCHANGING ATPASE; STREPTOZOCIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 84939891234     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: 15737365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-014-9593-5     Document Type: Article

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