Research Article

Passiflora cincinnata Extract Delays the Development of Motor Signs and Prevents Dopaminergic Loss in a Mice Model of Parkinson’s Disease

Table 1

Effects of repeated administration of Passiflora cincinnata (25 mg/kg) and reserpine (0.1 mg/kg) on total distance travelled (training and test sessions) and anxiety-like parameters (training session) in plus-maze discriminative avoidance task.

TreatmentTotal distance travelled (meters)Anxiety-like parameters (frequency)
TrainingTest% TOASAPPHDUHD

CTR/CTR
CTR/PAS
RES/CTR
RES/PAS

Data expressed as . compared to CTR/CTR (one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc test). % TOA: percentage of time spent on open arms, SAP: stretched attend postures, PHD: protected head dipping, UHD: unprotect head dipping.