The beneficial effect of the flavonoid quercetin on behavioral changes in hemi-Parkinsonian rats

  Abstract   Introduction: A large body of experimental evidence supports a role for oxidative stress as a mediator of nerve cell death in Parkinson's disease (PD). Flavonoids like quercetin have been reported to prevent neuronal degeneration caused by increased oxidative burden, therefore, thi...

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Main Authors: Mehdi Mehdizadeh, Mohammad Taghi Joghataei, Maliheh Nobakht, Roya Aryanpour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iran University of Medical Sciences 2010-01-01
Series:Basic and Clinical Neuroscience
Subjects:
Rat
Online Access:http://bcn.tums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-23&slc_lang=en&sid=1