Cognitive enhancement in aged rats after chronic administration of Equisetum arvense L. with demonstrated antioxidant properties in vitro

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 593-600

  Dos Santos Junior, Jair Guilherme ^a   Do Monte, Fabrício Hoffmann Martins ^b   Blanco, Miriam Marcela ^a   Do Nascimento Bispo Lanziotti, Vanusa Maria ^b   Maia, Flávio Damasseno ^c   De Almeida Leal, Luzia Kalyne ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SANTA CATARINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Equisetum arvense; Learning; Memory; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; EQUISETUM ARVENSE EXTRACT; NITRITE; PLANT EXTRACT; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EQUISETUM; EQUISETUM ARVENSE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTOXICATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WORKING MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CATALASE; COGNITION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EQUISETUM; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NITRITES; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

ANIMALIA; EQUISETUM ARVENSE;

EID: 22044453510     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2005.04.012     Document Type: Article

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