Candidates for cognitive enhancer extracted from medicinal plants: Paeniflorin and tetramethylpyrazine

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 135-141

  Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

cognitive enhancer; Paeoniflorin; rat; tetramethylpyrazine; working memory

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; PAEONIFLORIN; TETRAMETHYLPYRAZINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031080950     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)86057-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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