A Special Extract of Bacopa monnieri (CDRI-08) Restores Learning and Memory by Upregulating Expression of the NMDA Receptor Subunit GluN2B in the Brain of Scopolamine-Induced Amnesic Mice
Table 1
Schedule for the vehicle/drug treatment and training on Radial Arm Maze paradigm.
Experimental Set
Group ()
Treatment Schedule
Day 1–7
Day 8–15
Day 16–21
Control
I
0.5% Tween 80 (150 min before) + NS (120 min before)
B. monnieri extract (CDRI-08)
II
0.5% Tween 80 (150 min before) + NS (120 min before)
B. monnieri extract (200 mg/Kg) in 0.5% Tween 80 (150 min before) + NS (120 min before)
Scopolamine
III
0.5% Tween 80 (150 min before) + NS (120 min before)
Scopolamine (2 mg/Kg) in NS (120 min before) + 0.5% Tween 80 (150 min before)
Scopolamine + B. monnieri extract (CDRI-08)
IV
0.5% Tween 80 (150 min before) + Scopolamine (2 mg/Kg) in NS (120 min before)
B. monnieri extract (200 mg/Kg) in 0.5% Tween 80 (150 min before) + NS (120 min before)
Note: NS-Normal saline; before-duration of time before behavioral recording.