Huperzia saururus, activity on synaptic transmission in the hippocampus

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 374-378

  Ortega, M G ^a   Vallejo, M G ^a   Cabrera, J L ^a   Perez M F ^b   Almiron R S ^b   Ramirez O A ^b   Agnese, A M ^a  

^a Centro de Investigaciones En Quimica Biologica de Cordoba   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Electrophysiological assays; Huperzia saururus; Lycopodium alkaloids; Memory and learning

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; HUPERZIA SAURURUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SEPHADEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUPERZIA; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; MEYNERT BASAL NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; COLA; HUPERZIA; LYCOPODIACEAE; LYCOPODIUM; SAURURUS;

EID: 33644818461     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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