Effects of nigella sativa (Linn.) seeds extract treatment on the hippocampal MAP2 and GFAP mRNA expressions in the experimental neurodegeneration

• Main Authors: Azzubaidi, Marwan Saad, Babar, Z.M., Saxena, Anil Kumar, Talib, Norlelawati A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2014
• Subjects: QP Physiology; RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry; RM300 Drugs and their action
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/38536/1/Stroke_jouirnal_Special_Issue_Publication_2014.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/38536/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ijs.12298/abstract

Background: Experimental neurodegeneration can be induced by two vessel occlusion intervention (2VO). Nigella sativa (Linn.) seeds extract (NSSE) has recently shown to enhance memory and learning task performances in rats with 2VO. Prevention of neuroinflammation and/or of toxic free radical formatio...