Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA
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Centella asiatica (CeA) is a creeper, growing in moist places in India and other Asian countries. Leaves of CeA are used for memory enhancement in the Ayurvedic system of medicine, an alternate system of medicine in India. In the present study, we investigated the role of CeA fresh leaf extract treatment on the dendritic morphology of hippocampal CA3 neurons, one of the regions concerned with learning and memory, in adult rats. ⋯ We conclude that constituents present in Centella asiatica fresh leaf extract has neuronal dendritic growth-stimulating properties.