Novel effects of Nelumbo nucifera rhizome extract on memory and neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus of the rat hippocampus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 443, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 104-107

  Yang, Woong Mo ^a   Shim, Kyung Jun ^a   Choi, Moon Jung ^a   Park, Soo Yeon ^a   Choi, Bong Jae ^a   Chang, Mun Seog ^a   Park, Seong Kyu ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Learning; Memory; Nelumbo nucifera rhizome; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; NELUMBO NUCIFERA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NELUMBO; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENTATE GYRUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMORY; NELUMBO; NEURONS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RHIZOME;

EID: 49749113588     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.07.020     Document Type: Article

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