The effects of Astragalus membranaceus on repeated restraint stress-induced biochemical and behavioral responses

Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 315-319

  Park, Hyun Jung ^a   Hyun, Young Kim ^b   Yoon, Kun Ho ^a   Kyung, Soo Kim ^a   Shim, Insop ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Astragalus membranaceus; Elevated plus maze; Morris water maze

Indexed keywords

ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS EXTRACT; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 70349394331     PISSN: 12264512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4196/kjpp.2009.13.4.315     Document Type: Article

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