The effects of tramadol administration on hippocampal cell apoptosis, learning and memory in adult rats and neuroprotective effects of crocin

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 907-916

  Baghishani, Farideh ^a   Mohammadipour, Abbas ^a   Hosseinzadeh, Hossain ^b   Hosseini, Mahmoud ^c   Ebrahimzadeh bideskan, Alireza ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Crocin; Memory; Morris water maze; Passive avoidance; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

CROCIN; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; TRAMADOL; ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA2 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; LIGHT-DARK TEST; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE TEST; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUNEL ASSAY; ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CAROTENOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS, WISTAR; TRAMADOL;

EID: 85042354657     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: 15737365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-018-0194-6     Document Type: Article

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