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Candesartan (Cands) is an angiotensin receptor blocker that has the potential to prevent cognitive deficits. The present study aims to investigate the potential neuroprotective efficacy of Safr or Cands in 3-NP-induced rat model of HD. The experiments continued for nine consecutive days. Rats were randomly assigned into seven groups. The first group (Safr-control) was daily intraperitoneally injected with paraffin oil. The second group (Cands- and 3-NP-control) daily received an oral dose of 0.5% carboxymethylcellulose followed by an intraperitoneal injection of 0.9% saline. The third and fourth groups received a single daily dose of 50 mg\/kg Safr (intraperitoneal) and 1 mg\/kg Cands (oral), respectively. The sixth group was daily treated with 50 mg Safr kg\/day (intraperitoneal) and was intraperitoneally injected with 20 mg 3-NP\/ kg, from the 3<jats:sup>rd<\/jats:sup> till the 9<jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup> day. The seventh group was daily treated with 1 mg Cands \/kg\/day (oral) and was intraperitoneally injected with 20 mg 3-NP\/ kg, from the 3<jats:sup>rd<\/jats:sup> till the 9<jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup> day. The present results revealed that 3-NP injection induced a considerable body weight loss, impaired memory and locomotor activity, reduced striatal monoamine levels. Furthermore, 3-NP administration remarkably increased striatal malondialdehyde and nitric oxide levels, whereas markedly decreased the total antioxidant capacity. Moreover, 3-NP significantly upregulated the activities of inducible nitric oxide synthase and caspase-3 as well as the Fas ligand, in striatum. On the contrary, Safr and Cands remarkably alleviated the above-mentioned 3-NP-induced alterations. 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