Prepulse inhibition (PPI) disrupting effects of Glycyrrhiza glabra extract in mice: A possible role of monoamines

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 544, Issue , 2013, Pages 110-114

  Michel, Haidy E ^a   Tadros, Mariane G ^a   Abdel Naim, Ashraf B ^a   Khalifa, Amani E ^a  

^a African Union Organization St Abbassia   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Glycyrrhiza glabra; Memory; Prepulse inhibition

Indexed keywords

GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA EXTRACT; MONOAMINE; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOUSE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY GATING; STARTLE REFLEX; STRIATE CORTEX;

AMNESIA; ANIMALS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BRAIN; GLYCYRRHIZA; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878378655     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.03.055     Document Type: Article

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