Effects of puerarin on scopolamine-, mecamylamine-, p-chloroamphetamine- and dizocilpine-induced inhibitory avoidance performance impairment in rats

Planta Medica

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 901-905

  Hsieh, Ming Tsuen ^a   Kuo, Li Hsuan ^a   Tsai, Fan Hsiu ^a   Wang, Wen Hsin ^a   Wu, Chi Rei ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dizocilpine; Inhibitory avoidance task; Leguminosae; Mecamylamine; Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi; Puerarin; Scopolamine

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHETAMINE; DIZOCILPINE; MECAMYLAMINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PIRACETAM; PUERARIN; SCOPOLAMINE; TACRINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; LEGUME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PUERARIA LOBATA; RAT;

AMNESIA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ISOFLAVONES; MALE; MECAMYLAMINE; P-CHLOROAMPHETAMINE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PUERARIA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMALIA; FABACEAE; LOBATA; PUERARIA; PUERARIA MONTANA VAR. LOBATA;

EID: 0036775839     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-34917     Document Type: Article

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