Effect of vitamin E administration on learning of the young male rats

Journal of Experimental Neuroscience

Volumn 2015, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 81-85

  Dolu, Nazan ^a   Khan, Azizuddin ^b   Dokutan, Şule ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Learning; Memory; Morris water maze; Open field; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; OLIVE OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; RAT; SPATIAL LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84974802603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11790695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/JEN.S29843     Document Type: Article

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