American ginseng extract reduces scopolamine-induced amnesia in a spatial learning task

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 442-452

  Sloley, B Duff ^a   Pang, Peter K T ^a   Huang, Bu Han ^a   Ba, Fang ^a   Li, Fong L ^a   Benishin, Christina G ^b   Greenshaw, Andrew J ^b   Shan, Jacqueline J ^a  

^a CV Technologies Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GINSENG EXTRACT;

ACETYLCHOLINE BRAIN LEVEL; ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SYNAPTOSOME;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; GINSENOSIDES; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PANAX; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SAPONINS; SCOPOLAMINE;

EID: 0033388893     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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