[ effect of hydro-alcoholic extract of Melissa officinalis on learning and spatial memory in Balb/c mice]

ABSTRACT

Background and aims: Melissa officinalis is one of the most consumed plants in the world which has many different therapeutic effects such as sedative, antioxidative and antispasmodic effects. Nowadays, it is mostly used for its calmness effect and for improvement of quality of sleep. In this study we tried to evaluate the eventual effect of hydro-alcoholic extract of Melissa officinalis on learning and spatial memory in mice using Morris watermaze task