Reactivity of astrocytes in hippocampal CA1 area in rats after administration of habanero peppers.

Jadwiga Jaworska-Adamu Aleksandra Krawczyk Karol Rycerz Marcin Gołyński

Published in: Folia histochemica et cytobiologica (2021)

Habanero peppers administrated to rats, especially for a longer time, caused reactive changes in the astrocytes in hippocampal CA1 area, and thus these glial cells may protect neurons against excitotoxic damage.

Keyphrases

induced apoptosis
oxidative stress
cell cycle arrest
cerebral ischemia
spinal cord
signaling pathway