Enhancement of basolateral amygdaloid neuronal dendritic arborization following Bacopa monniera extract treatment in adult rats

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Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 663-671

  Vollala, Venkata Ramana ^a   Upadhya, Subramanya ^b   Nayak, Satheesha ^c  

^a Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences RIMS   (India)

^b ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Grenada)

^c MELAKA MANIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Amygdaloid neurons; Bacopa monniera; Dendritic arborization; Memory; Passive avoidance; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BACOPA; CHEMISTRY; DENDRITE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BACOPA; DENDRITES; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79958757076     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322011000400023     Document Type: Article

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