Protective effects of gastrodia elata on aluminium-chloride-induced learning impairments and alterations of amino acid neurotransmitter release in adult rats

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 467-473

  Shuchang, He ^a,b   Qiao, Niu ^a,b   Piye, Niu ^b,c   Mingwei, He ^d   Xiaoshu, Sun ^a   Feng, Shao ^a   Sheng, Wang ^e   Opler, Mark ^f  

^a SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; amino acid neurotransmitter; gastrodia elata; learning and memory

Indexed keywords

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; CHLORIDE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GASTRODIA; LEARNING DISORDER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEOCORTEX; PHYTOTHERAPY; RAT; REACTION TIME; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHLORIDES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GASTRODIA; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 64049117227     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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