Garlic active constituent s-allyl cysteine protects against lipopolysaccharide-induced cognitive deficits in the rat: Possible involved mechanisms

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 795, Issue , 2017, Pages 13-21

  Zarezadeh, Mahboubeh ^a   Baluchnejadmojarad, Tourandokht ^b   Kiasalari, Zahra ^a   Afshin Majd, Siamak ^a   Roghani, Mehrdad ^a  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cognition; Learning and memory; Lipopolysaccharide; Neuroinflammation; S allyl cysteine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CATALASE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; S ALLYLCYSTEINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; AIF1 PROTEIN, RAT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACID PROTEIN, RAT; NFE2L2 PROTEIN, RAT; S-ALLYLCYSTEINE; TLR4 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GARLIC; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEARNING DISORDER; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NOVEL OBJECT RECOGNITION TEST; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECALL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TREATMENT DURATION; WISTAR RAT; Y-MAZE TEST; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; COGNITION DISORDERS; DRUG EFFECTS; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BIOMARKERS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CYSTEINE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); GARLIC; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; NF-KAPPA B; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

EID: 85007256863     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: 18790712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2016.11.051     Document Type: Article

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