Effect of Toki-Shakuyaku-San on acetylcholine level and blood flow in dorsal hippocampus of intact and twice-repeated ischemic rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 291-294

  Hatip Al Khatib, Izzettin ^a,b   Hatip, Funda Bölukbaşi ^a   Yoshimitsu, Yoshitaka ^b   Iwasaki, Katsunori ^b   Egashira, Nobuaki ^b   Liu, An Xin ^b   Mishima, Kenichi ^b   Fujiwara, Michihiro ^b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Alzheimer's disease; Blood flow; Hippocampus; Memory; Toki Shakuyaku San

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; TOKI SHAKUYAKU SAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CHINESE MEDICINE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; ISCHEMIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PULSATILE FLOW; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS;

EID: 33947596095     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2050     Document Type: Article

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