Gingkoselect alleviates chronic corticosterone-induced spatial memory deficits in rats

Fitoterapia

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-29

  Walesiuk, Anna ^a   Braszko, Jan J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Barnes maze; Corticosterone; Gingko biloba; Gingkoselect; Restraint stress; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINKOSELECT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORTICOSTERONE; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; GINKGO BILOBA; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

GINKGO BILOBA; RATTUS;

EID: 70449524441     PISSN: 0367326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2009.06.020     Document Type: Article

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