PB-2, a polysaccharide fraction from lichen Flavoparmelia baltimorensis, peripherally promotes the induction of long-term potentiation in the rat dentate gyrus in vivo

Brain Research

Volumn 963, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 307-311

  Hirano, Eiko ^a   Saito, Hiroshi ^a,d   Ito, Yoshihisa ^a   Ishige, Kumiko ^a   Edagawa, Yoshikuni ^a   Shimizu, Noriko ^b   Takeda, Tadahiro ^b   Narui, Takao ^c   Shibara, Shoji ^d   Abe, Kazuho ^e  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d c/o Minophagen Pharmaceutical C L ^*  (Japan)

^e HOSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glucan; Flavoparmelia baltimorensis; Hippocampus; Lichen; Long term potentiation

Indexed keywords

CHLORALOSE; FLAVOPARMELIA BALTIMORENSIS EXTRACT; PB 2; PC 2; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URETHAN;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFECT; EVOKED RESPONSE; FLAVOPARMELIA BALTIMORENSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LICHENS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; POLYSACCHARIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TISSUE EXTRACTS;

EID: 0037435976     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)04054-4     Document Type: Article

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