Open AccessLong–term spatial memory and morphological changes in hippocampus of Wistar rats exposed to smoke from Carica papaya leaves
Author(s) -
Aboyeji Lukuman Oyewole,
Bamidele Victor Owoyele
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of tropical biomedicine/asian pacific journal of tropical biomedicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 2588-9222
pISSN - 2221-1691
DOI - 10.1016/s2221-1691(14)60234-3
Subject(s) - carica , hippocampus , smoke , term (time) , biology , neuroscience , horticulture , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
To investigate the effects of smoking of dried leaves of Carica papaya (pawpaw) based on ethnopharmacological information which indicated that smoking of papaya leaves could influence motor performance and learning.