In alcoholic rats, cerebrolysin normalized increased hippocampal MDA levels.
In plain wordsIn rats exposed to ethanol, cerebrolysin normalized increased levels of a marker of oxidative damage.
- Peptide
- Cerebrolysin
- Outcome
- DecreaseHippocampal MDA levels
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Chronic ethanol administration- Outcome group
- Neuroprotection · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- 1, 2.5, 5 mL/kgAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
The results showed that CBL treatment not only normalized the increased MDA levels in the alcoholic rats and enhanced antioxidant defense, but also reduced the Bax/Bcl-2 ratio and cleaved caspase-9 and -3 in the hippocampus.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
The present study investigates the potential neuroprotective effect of cerebrolysin (CBL), a combination of neurotrophic factors, on the cognitive and biochemical alterations induced by chronic ethanol administration in rats.