The effects of Ginkgo biloba extract on cognitive functions in aged female rats: The role of oxidative stress and brain-derived neurotrophic factor

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 278, Issue , 2015, Pages 453-461

  Belviranli, Muaz ^a   Okudan, Nilsel ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aging; BDNF; Cognitive function; Ginkgo biloba; Memory; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; PLACEBO; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; 8-OXO-7-HYDRODEOXYGUANOSINE; DEOXYGUANOSINE; PLANT EXTRACT;

AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN TISSUE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TARGETING; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MEMORY; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RAT MODEL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT DURATION; UPREGULATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GINKGO BILOBA; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COGNITION; DEOXYGUANOSINE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; GLUTATHIONE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MAZE LEARNING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84910000522     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.10.032     Document Type: Article

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