Ferulic acid exhibits antiepileptogenic effect and prevents oxidative stress and cognitive impairment in the kindling model of epilepsy

Life Sciences

Volumn 179, Issue , 2017, Pages 9-14

  Hassanzadeh, Parichehr ^a,b   Arbabi, Elham ^c   Atyabi, Fatemeh ^a   Dinarvand, Rassoul ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Ferulic acid; Oxidative stress; PTZ kindling; Rat

Indexed keywords

FERULIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; PENTETRAZOLE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; COUMARIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIEPILEPTOGENIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; EPILEPSY; KINDLING; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE TEST; RAT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; ANIMAL; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEIZURES; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; COUMARIC ACIDS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPILEPSY; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES;

EID: 85018265397     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: 18790631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2016.08.011     Document Type: Article

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