Neuromodulatory property of standardized extract Ginkgo biloba L. (EGb 761) on memory: Behavioral and molecular evidence

Brain Research

Volumn 1269, Issue , 2009, Pages 68-89

  Oliveira, Daniela R ^a,b,c   Sanada, Priscila F ^a   Saragossa, Filho A C ^a   Innocenti, L R ^b   Oler, Gisele ^c   Cerutti, Janete M ^c   Cerutti, Suzete M ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE SÃO FRANCISCO   (Brazil)

^c Division of Genetics   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CREB 1; Fear conditioning; GAP 43; GFAP; Ginkgo biloba; Learning and memory

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; NEUROMODULIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; FEAR; GAP-43 PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GINKGO BILOBA; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

GINKGO BILOBA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 67349206489     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.11.105     Document Type: Article

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