Effects of Rosmarinus officinalis L. aerial parts essential oil on intact memory and scopolamine-induced learning deficits in rats performing the Morris water maze task

Journal of Medicinal Plants

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 51-57

  Hosseinzadeh, H ^a   Karimi, Gh ^b   Nobakht, ^c  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Learning; Memory; Morris water maze; Rosmarinus officinalis

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; SCOPOLAMINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; LEARNING DISORDER; LOCOMOTION; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; RAT; ROSEMARY;

EID: 12744273049     PISSN: 2717204X     EISSN: 27172058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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