Effects of ligustrazine, tanshinone II A, ubiquinone, and idebenone on mouse water maze performance

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 987-990

  Liu, Xiao Jun ^a,b   Wu, Wu Tong ^a  

^a CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Benzoquinones; Idebenone; Ligustrazine; Maze learning; Pyrazines; Scopolamine; Tanshinone II A; Ubiquinone

Indexed keywords

IDEBENONE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SCOPOLAMINE; TANSHINONE; TETRAMETHYLPYRAZINE; UBIQUINONE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG STRUCTURE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032786202     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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