Red ginseng ameliorated place navigation deficits in young rats with hippocampal lesions and aged rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 69, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 511-525

  Zhong, Yong Mei ^a   Nishijo, Hisao ^a   Uwano, Teruko ^a   Tamura, Ryoi ^a   Kawanishi, Kazuko ^b   Ono, Taketoshi ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Japan)

^b KOBE PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged rats; CA1 subfield; Delayed neuronal death; Intracranial self stimulation; Place learning; Red ginseng

Indexed keywords

GINSENG EXTRACT;

AGED; AMNESIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GINSENG; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 0034210123     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(00)00206-7     Document Type: Article

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