Cistanches Herba enhances learning and memory by inducing nerve growth factor

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 652-658

  Choi, Jin Gyu ^a   Moon, Minho ^b   Jeong, Hyun Uk ^a   Kim, Min Cheol ^a   Kim, Sun Yeou ^a   Oh, Myung Sook ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cistanches Herba; Learning and memory; Nerve growth factor; Neurite outgrowth

Indexed keywords

ACTEOSIDE; CISTANCHES HERBA EXTRACT; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CISTANCHES HERBA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DRUG ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEMORY; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; SYNAPSE; UPREGULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CISTANCHE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MEMORY; MICE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURITES; NEURONS; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PC12 CELLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 78149497158     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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