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Effect of selected thallophytic glucans on learning behaviour and short‐term potentiation
Author(s) -
Smriga Miro,
Saito Hiroshi
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
phytotherapy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.019
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1573
pISSN - 0951-418X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1573(200005)14:3<153::aid-ptr666>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - long term potentiation , hippocampal formation , synaptic plasticity , neuroscience , biology , biochemistry , receptor
This paper reviews the effects of thallophytic glucans on rodent cognitive performance modelled by a combination of behavioural and electrophysiological approaches. Glucans were isolated from thallophytic plants, based on prescriptions used in traditional Chinese and Japanese medicine. In parallel with the already described enhancement of hippocampal synaptic plasticity by disaccharides, polysaccharides isolated from lichens Flavoparmelia caperata and Cetrariella islandica , enhanced hippocampal plasticity and behavioural performance in rats. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.