The effect of PN-1, a traditional chinese prescription, on the learning and memory in a transgenic mouse model of alzheimer's disease

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yao, Zhi Gang ^a   Zhang, Ling ^a   Liang, Liang ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   Yang, Ya Jun ^a   Huang, Lan ^a   Zhu, Hua ^a   Ma, Chun Mei ^a   Qin, Chuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CHINESE DRUG; DONEPEZIL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84874903477     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/518421     Document Type: Article

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