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ArticleNeuromolecular medicine2023

Potential of Quercetin to Protect Cadmium Induced Cognitive Deficits in Rats by Modulating NMDA-R Mediated Downstream Signaling and PI3K/AKT-Nrf2/ARE Signaling Pathways in Hippocampus.

Anugya Srivastava, Anima Kumari, Pankaj Jagdale, Anjaneya Ayanur, Aditya Bhushan Pant, Vinay Kumar Khanna

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Article in Neuromolecular medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 13 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Anugya SrivastavaDevelopmental Toxicology Laboratory, Systems Toxicology & Health Risk Assessment Area, CSIR- Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Vishvigyan Bhavan, 31 Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226001, India.
Anima KumariDevelopmental Toxicology Laboratory, Systems Toxicology & Health Risk Assessment Area, CSIR- Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Vishvigyan Bhavan, 31 Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226001, India.
Pankaj JagdaleCentral Pathology Laboratory, Regulatory Toxicology Area, CSIR- Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Vishvigyan Bhavan, 31 Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226001, India.
Anjaneya AyanurCentral Pathology Laboratory, Regulatory Toxicology Area, CSIR- Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Vishvigyan Bhavan, 31 Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226001, India.
Aditya Bhushan PantDevelopmental Toxicology Laboratory, Systems Toxicology & Health Risk Assessment Area, CSIR- Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Vishvigyan Bhavan, 31 Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226001, India.
Vinay Kumar KhannaDevelopmental Toxicology Laboratory, Systems Toxicology & Health Risk Assessment Area, CSIR- Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Vishvigyan Bhavan, 31 Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226001, India. vkkhanna1@iitr.res.in.
Indian Institute of Toxicology Research · INAcademy of Scientific and Innovative Research · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exposure to cadmium, a heavy metal distributed in the environment is a cause of concern due to associated health effects in population around the world. Continuing with the leads demonstrating alterations in brain cholinergic signalling in cadmium induced cognitive deficits by us; the study is focussed to understand involvement of N-Methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDA-R) and its postsynaptic signalling and Nrf2-ARE pathways in hippocampus. Also, the protective potential of quercetin, a polyphenolic bioflavonoid, was assessed in cadmium induced alterations. Cadmium treatment (5 mg/kg, body weight, p.o., 28 days) decreased mRNA expression and protein levels of NMDA receptor subunits (NR1, NR2A) in rat hippocampus, compared to controls. Cadmium treated rats also exhibited decrease in levels of NMDA-R associated downstream signalling proteins (CaMKIIα, PSD-95, TrkB, BDNF, PI3K, AKT, Erk

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Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktQuercetinAnimalsCadmiumCognitionHippocampusKelch-Like ECH-Associated Protein 1NF-E2-Related Factor 2N-MethylaspartatePhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesRatsReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateSignal TransductionCadmiumKelch-Like ECH-Associated Protein 1NF-E2-Related Factor 2N-MethylaspartatePhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktQuercetinReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateCadmiumCognitive deficitsHippocampusNMDA receptorNrf2/ARE signalingQuercetin

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