Bacopa monniera exerts antiamnesic effect on diazepam-induced anterograde amnesia in mice

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-37

  Prabhakar, Sudesh ^a   Saraf, Manish Kumar ^a   Pandhi, Promila ^a   Anand, Akshay ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Bacopa monniera; Benzodiazepine; Cholinergic; Diazepam; GABAergic; Water maze

Indexed keywords

BACOPA MONNIERI EXTRACT; DIAZEPAM; POLYSORBATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BACOPA MONNIERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTA ROD TEST;

AMNESIA, ANTEROGRADE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BACOPA; DIAZEPAM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 49749151447     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-007-1049-8     Document Type: Article

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