Preventive action of Ginkgo biloba in stress- and corticosterone-induced impairment of spatial memory in rats

Phytomedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-46

  Walesiuk, Anna ^a   Braszko, Jan J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Eight arm radial maze; Ginkgo biloba; Memory; Morris water maze; Restraint stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GINKGO BILOBA; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; GINKGO BILOBA; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

GINKGO BILOBA; RATTUS;

EID: 58149326838     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2007.04.012     Document Type: Article

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