Alleviation by Hypericum perforatum of the stress-induced impairment of spatial working memory in rats

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 376, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 463-471

  Trofimiuk, Emil ^a   Braszko, Jan J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Barnes maze; Corticosterone; Hypericum perforatum; Morris water maze; Spatial working memory; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; WISTAR RAT; WORKING MEMORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; HYPERICUM; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; POWDERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SPACE PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 38349118563     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00210-007-0236-9     Document Type: Article

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