Long-term treatment with the antioxidant drug EGb 761 at senescence restored some neurobehavioral effects of chronic ultramild stress exposure seen in young mice

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1067-1083

  Pardon, M C ^a,e   Hanoun, N ^b   Perez Diaz, F ^a   Joubert, C ^a   Launay, J M ^c   Christen, Y ^d   Hamon, M ^b   Cohen Salmon, C ^a  

^a CNRS UMR 7593 Vulnerabilite Adaptation et Psychopathologie   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^d IPSEN   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Antioxidant; Decision making; Dopamine; Ginkgo biloba; Serotonin; Stress

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; DOPAMINE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; SEROTONIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DECISION MAKING; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; STRESS;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; DOPAMINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEROTONIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942733325     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2003.10.013     Document Type: Article

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