Ameliorative effect of traditional Japanese medicine yokukansan on age-related impairments of working memory and reversal learning in rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 177, Issue , 2011, Pages 127-137

  Mizoguchi, K ^a,b   Shoji, H ^a,c   Tanaka, Y ^a   Tabira, T ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TSUMURA AND CO   (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Prefrontal cortical structure; Rat; Reversal learning; Working memory; Yokukansan

Indexed keywords

8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YOKUKANSAN;

ACCURACY; AGED; AGING; ANGELICA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATRACTYLODES; ATRACTYLODIS LANCEA; BUPLEURUM; CNIDIUM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; GLYCYRRHIZA; LEARNING DISORDER; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PORIA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNCARIA; UNCARIA UNCIS CUM RAMULUS; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEDICINE, KAMPO; MEMORY DISORDERS; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; REVERSAL LEARNING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952005386     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.12.045     Document Type: Article

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