Cannabidiol Post-Treatment Alleviates Rat Epileptic-Related Behaviors and Activates Hippocampal Cell Autophagy Pathway Along with Antioxidant Defense in Chronic Phase of Pilocarpine-Induced Seizure

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 432-440

  Hosseinzadeh, Mahshid ^a   Nikseresht, Sara ^a   Khodagholi, Fariba ^a   Naderi, Nima ^a   Maghsoudi, Nader ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidant status; Autophagy; Cannabidiol; Pilocarpine induced seizure

Indexed keywords

CANNABIDIOL; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; AUTOPHAGY RELATED PROTEIN; LC3 PROTEIN, RAT; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BRAIN CELL; CELL ACTIVATION; CLONUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HIPPOCAMPAL TISSUE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REFLEX EPILEPSY; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; EPILEPSY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AUTOPHAGY; AUTOPHAGY-RELATED PROTEINS; CANNABIDIOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84953211579     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: 15591166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-015-0703-6     Document Type: Article

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