Effects of ginsenosides on BDNF in nucleus basalis of Meynert and cerebral cortex of aged rats

Acta Anatomica Sinica

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 223-225

  Zhao, Hai Hua ^a   Lai, Hong ^a   Zeng, Liang ^a   Lü, Yong Li ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aged rats; Brain derived neutrophic factor (BDNF); Cerebral cortex; Ginsenosides(GS); Immunohistochemistry; Nucleus basalis of Meynert (NBM)

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GINSENOSIDE;

AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEYNERT BASAL NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33744473306     PISSN: 05291356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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