Crocus sativus L. extracts antagonize memory impairments in different behavioural tasks in the rat

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 112-115

  Pitsikas, Nikolaos ^a   Sakellaridis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Crocus sativus L.; Memory; Object recognition; Passive avoidance; Rat; Scopolamine

Indexed keywords

CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROCUS; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECALL; RECOGNITION; REINFORCEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CROCUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FLOWERS; MALE; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33750024445     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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