Effects of Ginkgo biloba administered after spatial learning on water maze and radial arm maze performance in young adult rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-25

  Shif, Olga ^a   Gillette, Katie ^a   Damkaoutis, Christa M ^a   Carrano, Courtney ^a   Robbins, Steven J ^a   Hoffman, John R ^a  

^a ARCADIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; HERBAL PLUS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GINKGO BILOBA; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; GINKGO BILOBA;

EID: 33745673176     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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