Protective role of an Indian herb, Moringa oleifera in memory impairment by high altitude hypoxic exposure: Possible role of monoamines

Biogenic Amines

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 121-133

  Ganguly, Ranita ^a   Guha, Debjani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Hypobaric hypoxia; Moringa oleifera; Norepinephrine; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; MONOAMINE; MORINGA OLEIFERA EXTRACT; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HYPOBARISM; INDIA; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEMORY DISORDER; MESENCEPHALON; MORINGA OLEIFERA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MORINGA OLEIFERA; RATTUS;

EID: 33847702509     PISSN: 01688561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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