Bacopa monnieri ameliorates memory deficits in olfactory bulbectomized mice: Possible involvement of glutamatergic and cholinergic systems

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2201-2215

  Le, Xoan Thi ^a,b   Pham, Hang Thi Nguyet ^a,b   Do, Phuong Thi ^a,b   Fujiwara, Hironori ^a   Tanaka, Ken ^a   Li, Feng ^a   Van Nguyen, Tai ^b   Nguyen, Khoi Minh ^b   Matsumoto, Kinzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b National Institute of Medicinal Materials   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst; Cholinergic system; Cognitive behavior; Olfactory bulbectomy; Synaptic plasticity related signaling

Indexed keywords

BACOPA MONNIERI EXTRACT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; SCOPOLAMINE; TACRINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EX VIVO STUDY; GLUTAMATERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALIA; BACOPA MONNIERI; MUS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BACOPA; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FEAR; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OLFACTORY BULB; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SCOPOLAMINE HYDROBROMIDE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84884902581     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-013-1129-6     Document Type: Article

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