A time course analysis of systemic administration of aqueous licorice extract on spatial memory retention in rats

Planta Medica

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 485-490

  Sharifzadeh, Mohammad ^a,b   Shamsa, Fazel ^b   Shiran, Somayeh ^a   Karimfar, Mohammad H ^c   Miri, Abdol H ^c   Jalalizadeh, Hassan ^b   Gholizadeh, Shervin ^a   Salar, Fatemeh ^a   Tabrizian, Kaveh ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c ZABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Glycyrrhetinic acid; Glycyrrhiza glabra; Glycyrrhizin; Leguminosae; Memory retention; Morris water maze; Protein kinase A

Indexed keywords

GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA EXTRACT; NICOTINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FLUID INTAKE; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZA; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; FABACEAE; GLYCYRRHIZA; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; RATTUS;

EID: 43249113648     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1074494     Document Type: Article

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