The protective effect of black ginseng against transient focal ischemia-induced neuronal damage in rats

Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 333-338

  Park, Hyun Jung ^a,b   Shim, Hyun Soo ^a   Kim, Kyung Soo ^b   Shim, Insop ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Black ginseng (BG); Choline Acetyltransferase (ChAT); Morris water maze; Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase (NADPH d)

Indexed keywords

GINSENG EXTRACT; NITRIC OXIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; GINSENG; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 84862922875     PISSN: 12264512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4196/kjpp.2011.15.6.333     Document Type: Article

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