Facilitative effects of EGb 761 on olfactory recognition in young and aged rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 321-326

  Wirth, Sylvia ^a   Stemmelin, Jeanne ^a   Will, Bruno ^a   Christen, Yves ^b   Di Scala, Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b IPSEN   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; EGb 761; Gingko biloba; Memory; Olfactory learning; Recognition

Indexed keywords

GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FACILITATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; GINKGO BILOBA; MALE; MEMORY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SMELL;

EID: 0033953659     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(99)00188-4     Document Type: Article

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