Effects of vitexin on scopolamine-induced memory impairment in rats

Chinese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Abbasi, Esmail ^a   Nassiri Asl, Marjan ^a   Sheikhi, Mehdi ^b   Shafiee, Mahsa ^a  

^a QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Flavonoid; Memory retrieval; Passive avoidance; Scopolamine; Vitexin

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; SCOPOLAMINE; VITEXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; RAT;

EID: 84875965679     PISSN: 03044920     EISSN: 26660059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4077/CJP.2013.BAB123     Document Type: Article

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