Gut and brain effects of american ginseng root on brainstem neuronal activities in rats

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-55

  Yuan, Chun Su ^a,c   Wu, Ji An ^b   Lowell, Tasha ^a   Gu, Maojian ^b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GINSENG; MEDICINAL PLANT; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STOMACH;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURONS; PANAX; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STOMACH;

EID: 0031638281     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X98000075     Document Type: Article

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