Effects of agmatine on the proliferation of neural progenitor cells from hippocampus in vitro

Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 583-587

  Chen, Hong Xia ^a   Zhang, You Zhi ^a   Yuan, Li ^a   Li, Jin ^a   Li, Yun Feng ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Agmatine; Depression; Neural progenitor cells; Signaling pathways

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; AGMATINE; CHOLECYSTOKININ OCTAPEPTIDE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; THYMIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; UPREGULATION;

EID: 47649132679     PISSN: 10011978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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