Ginkgo biloba extract (EGb 761) independently improves changes in passive avoidance learning and brain membrane fluidity in the aging mouse

Pharmacopsychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 144-149

  Stoll, Siegfried ^a   Scheuer, K ^a   Pohl, O ^a   Muller W E ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LEARNING; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

EID: 0030039729     PISSN: 01763679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-979561     Document Type: Article

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