Improved effect of Pycnogenol® on impaired spatial memory function in partial androgen deficiency rat model

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 840-843

  Hasegawa, Noboru ^a   Mochizuki, Miyako ^a  

^a GIFU WOMEN S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Partial androgen deficiency of the aging male; Pycnogenol ; Radial arm maze; Reference memory; Testosterone; Working memory

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PYCNOGENOL; TESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; FLAVONOID; PYCNOGENOLS;

ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REFERENCE MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; MEMORY; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORCHIECTOMY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

RATTUS;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; FLAVONOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 67149112227     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2702     Document Type: Article

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