Bacopa monniera alleviates Nω-nitro-l-arginine-induced but not MK-801-induced amnesia: A mouse Morris water maze study

Neuroscience

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 149-155

  Saraf, M K ^a   Prabhakar, S ^a   Anand, A ^a  

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

Author keywords

amnesia; Bacopa monniera; l NNA; MK 801; Morris water maze

Indexed keywords

BACOPA MONNIERI EXTRACT; DIZOCILPINE; N(G) NITROARGININE; POLYSORBATE 80;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACOPA MONNIERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

AMNESIA; AMNESIA, ANTEROGRADE; AMNESIA, RETROGRADE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BACOPA; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; EXCIPIENTS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NITROARGININE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; POLYSORBATES;

EID: 63649109902     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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