Neuritic regeneration and synaptic reconstruction induced by withanolide A

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 961-971

  Kuboyama, Tomoharu ^a   Tohda, Chihiro ^a   Komatsu, Katsuko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

A (25 35); Ashwagandha; Axon; Dendrite; Morris water maze; Postsynapse; Presynapse; Withania somnifera; Withanolide

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WITHANOLIDE; WITHANOLIDE A;

ADOLESCENT; AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DENDRITE; EMBRYO; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SYNAPTOGENESIS; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURITES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; WITHANIA;

EID: 17844363245     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706122     Document Type: Article

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