The effects on motor behaviour and short-term memory tasks in mice following an acute administration of mitragyna speciosa alkaloid extract and mitragynine

Journal of Medicinal Plant Research

Volumn 5, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 5810-5817

  Hazim, Ammar Imad ^a   Mustapha, Muzaimi ^b   Mansor, Sharif Mahsufi ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Mitragyna speciosa; Mitragynine; Motor behaviour; Rota rod; Short term memory; Y maze

Indexed keywords

MITRAGYNA SPECIOSA EXTRACT; MITRAGYNINE; OPIATE AGONIST; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; IMMOBILIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MITRAGYNA SPECIOSA; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; ROTAROD TEST; RUBIACEAE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 82055166209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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