Sustained neuroprotection and facilitation of behavioral recovery by the Ginkgo biloba extract, EGb 761, after transient forebrain ischemia in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-77

  Paganelli, Ricardo Alexandre ^a   Benetoli, Arcelio ^a   Milani, Humberto ^a  

^a Universidade Estadual de Maringa Centro de Ciencias da Saude Faculdade de Medicina   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aversive radial maze; Behavioral recovery; Cerebral ischemia; Cognitive impairments; EGb 761; Hippocampus; Neurodegeneration; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FACILITATION; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORKING MEMORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GINKGO BILOBA; HIPPOCAMPUS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 33748697193     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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