The multi-herbal formula Guibi-tang enhances memory and increases cell proliferation in the rat hippocampus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 379, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 205-208

  Oh, Myung Sook ^a   Huh, Youngbuhm ^b   Bae, Hyunsu ^a   Ahn, Duk Kyun ^c   Park, Seong Kyu ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Jaseng Res Inst Bio Technol B   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Dentate gyrus; Guibi tang; Learning and memory; Passive avoidance test

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ANGELICA SINENSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; ATRACTYLODES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EUPHORIA LONGAN; GINSENG; GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; JUJUBE; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; POLYGALA TENUIFOLIA; POLYGALACEAE; PORIA COCOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SAUSSUREA; SHOCK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 17444425783     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.12.077     Document Type: Article

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