Chronic cold-water-induced hypothermia impairs memory retrieval and Nepeta menthoides as a traditional "hot" herb reverses the impairment

Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL, 2014, Pages 185-193

  Ahmadian Attar, Mohammad Mahdi ^a   Ahmadiani, Abolhassan ^b,c   Kamalinejad, Mohammad ^d   Dargahi, Leila ^b   Mosaddegh, Mahmoud ^d  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Brain cold intemperament; Learning and memory; Nepeta menthoides; Tau hyperphosphorylation

Indexed keywords

NEPETA MENTHOIDES EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TAU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; FORCED SWIM TEST; HYPOTHERMIA; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MEMORY RETRIEVAL; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84894587687     PISSN: 17350328     EISSN: 17266890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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