Long-term treatment with standardized Ginkgo biloba Extract (EGb 761) attenuates cognitive deficits and hippocampal neuron loss in a gerbil model of vascular dementia

Fitoterapia

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1075-1080

  Rocher, Marie Noelle ^a   Carré, Denis ^a   Spinnewyn, Brigitte ^a   Schulz, Jocelyne ^a   Delaflotte, Sylvie ^a   Pignol, Bernadette ^a   Chabrier, Pierre Etienne ^a   Auguet, Michel ^a  

^a IPSEN   (France)

Author keywords

EGb 761; Histology; Memory; Neuroprotection; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERBIL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GERBILLINAE; GINKGO BILOBA; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

GERBILLINAE; GINKGO BILOBA;

EID: 80052178650     PISSN: 0367326X     EISSN: 18736971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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