N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist activity in traditional chinese stroke medicines

NeuroSignals

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-38

  Sun, Xiaoru ^a,b   Chan, Ling Nga ^a   Gong, Xiandi ^a   Sucher, Nikolaus J ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Chinese medicine; N Methyl D aspartate receptor; Neurotoxicity; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

ACHYRANTES BIDENTATA EXTRACT; ANGELICA PUBESCENS EXTRACT; ASARUM HETEROTROPOIDES EXTRACT; BOMBYX MORI EXTRACT; BUTHUS MARTENSII EXTRACT; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS EXTRACT; CRYTOTYMPANA PUSTULATA EXTRACT; GASTRODIA ELATA EXTRACT; GENTIANA MACROPHYLLA EXTRACT; LIGUSTICUM CHUANXIONG EXTRACT; MAGNESIUM ION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NOTOPTERYGIUM INCISIUM EXTRACT; PAEONIA LACTIFLORA EXTRACT; PHERETIMA ASPERGILLUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PORIA COCOS EXTRACT; REHMANNIA GLUTINOSA EXTRACT; SAIGA TATARICA EXTRACT; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA EXTRACT; SAPOSHNIKOVIA DIVARICATA EXTRACT; SCOLOPENDRA SUBSPINIPES MUTILANS EXTRACT; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS EXTRACT; STEPHANIA TETRANDRA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNICARIA RHYNCHOPHYLLA EXTRACT; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ACHYRANTES BIDENTATA; ANGELICA PUBESCENS; ARTICLE; ASARUM HETEROTROPOIDES; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BRAIN CELL; BUTHUS MARTENSII; CELL CULTURE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONDUCTANCE; CRYTOTYMPANA PUSTULATA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EMBRYO; GASTRODIA ELATA; GENTIANA MACROPHYLLA; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIGUSTICUM CHUANXIONG; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NOTOPTERYGIUM INCISIUM; PAEONIA LACTIFLORA; PATCH CLAMP; PHERETIMA ASPERGILLUM; PORIA COCOS; REHMANNIA GLUTINOSA; SAFFLOWER; SAIGA TATARICA; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; SAPOSHNIKOVIA DIVARICATA; SCOLOPENDRA SUBSPINIPES MUTILANS; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS; SILKWORM; STEPHANIA TETRANDRA; STROKE; UNCARIA RHYNCHOPHYLLA; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EMBRYO; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; MICE; PLANT COMPONENTS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0038576216     PISSN: 1424862X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068913     Document Type: Article

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