Pycnogenol protects CA3-CA1 synaptic function in a rat model of traumatic brain injury

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 276, Issue , 2016, Pages 5-12

  Norris, Christopher M ^a,b   Sompol, Pradoldej ^a,b   Roberts, Kelly N ^a,b   Ansari, Mubeen ^a,b   Scheff, Stephen W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Oxidative stress; Pycnogenol ; Synaptic transmission; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

PYCNOGENOL; FLAVONOID; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PYCNOGENOLS;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL SYNAPTIC STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ANIMAL; BRAIN INJURIES; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FLAVONOIDS; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84949208124     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2015.11.006     Document Type: Article

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