European Neuropsychopharmacology
Volume 19, Issue 9 , Pages 636-647 , September 2009

Amelioration of cognitive deficits and neurodegeneration by curcumin in rat model of sporadic dementia of Alzheimer's type (SDAT)

  • Tauheed Ishrat

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Brain Research Laboratory, Emory University, Atlanta, GA-30322, USA
    • ,
  • Md Nasrul Hoda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, Neurotoxicology Laboratory, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), New Delhi–110062, India
    • ,
  • M. Badruzzaman Khan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, Neurotoxicology Laboratory, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), New Delhi–110062, India
    • ,
  • Seema Yousuf

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, Neurotoxicology Laboratory, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), New Delhi–110062, India
    • ,
  • Muzamil Ahmad

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • ,
  • Mohd. Moshahid Khan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, Neurotoxicology Laboratory, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), New Delhi–110062, India
    • ,
  • Ajmal Ahmad

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, Neurotoxicology Laboratory, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), New Delhi–110062, India
    • ,
  • Fakhrul Islam

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, Neurotoxicology Laboratory, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), New Delhi–110062, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91 11 2605 9688x5567; fax: +91 11 2605 9663, Mobile: +91 9818684535.

Received 20 October 2008 ,Revised 28 January 2009 ,Accepted 10 February 2009.

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☆ This research was supported by AYUSH grant, ministry of health and family Welfare, Goverment of India, New Delhi.

PII: S0924-977X(09)00049-2

doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2009.02.002

European Neuropsychopharmacology
Volume 19, Issue 9 , Pages 636-647 , September 2009

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