Treatment with Centalla asiatica (Linn) fresh leaf extract enhances learning ability and memory retention power in rats

Neurosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 236-241

  Rao, Mohandas K G ^a   Rao, Muddanna S ^b   Rao, Gurumadhva S ^a  

^a MELAKA MANIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CENTALLA ASIATICA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CENTALLA ASIATICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REWARD;

EID: 34548548393     PISSN: 13196138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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