Overall our findings suggest that PQ possess antipsychotic like properties, which may leads to future studies with its specific constituents which may particularly be beneficial in predominant negative and cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia.
**Further PQ reduced DA and 5-HT content after chronic treatment, but not after acute administration. In addition, PQ extract reduced acetylcholinesterase activity and nitrate levels, however increased glutamate levels in hippocampus. **
I wonder if it is safe to take ginseng long term, every day.
Panax Ginseng; this ■■■■ is in some green teas and energy drinks, which I drink before exercising. I can second these findings in Mouse the Human. I have done high level, very advanced workouts on ginseng.
I can also pinpoint this to ginseng alone. For a while, about two months this summer, I did not take preworkout or energy drinks; I only drank espresso in the mornings and Arizona green tea with ginseng before working out. It was and is on the label as the only other drug besides caffeine in the tea, and the coffee had cleared out of my system. I performed very well physically on it and was mentally acute on it, studying biology and preparing for labs on it if it was my rest day from the gym.
Everyone go buy Arizona green tea with ginseng lol
Its effects on nervous system are similar to caffeine and it doesn’t cause the side effects of caffeine (mainly palpitations, irritability, anxiety…). I’m interested in its effects on negative symptoms of sz.
Have you ever taken ginkgo biloba? Would like to hear your (and other’s) experiences with it too.
“Ginseng has been suggested to be effective in schizopherinic patients. In a 4 wk double-blind, placebo-controlled study using HT1001, a proprietary North American ginseng extract, improved working memory in schizophrenic patients [157]. In addition to the verbal and visual working memory improvement, HT101 reduced extrapyramidal symptoms after 4 wk treatment suggesting HT1001 might be effective in treating schizophrenia as well as to reduce the side effects of currently available medications [157]. Similarly, P. quinquefolius showed various range of neurological effects in ketamine-induced experimental psychosis model in mice without severe extra-pyramidal side effects and catalepsy [158]. Increased glutamate contents and decreased DA and 5-HT contents are evident along with increased acetylcholine esterase and nitrate level, which may impose the need for further study.”