Induction of cell proliferation and neuroblasts in the subgranular zone of the dentate gyrus by aqueous extract from Platycodon grandiflorum in middle-aged mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 444, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-101

  Yoo, Ki Yeon ^a   Park, Ok Kyu ^a   Hwang, In Koo ^b   Li, Hua ^a   Ryu, Shi Yong ^c   Kang, Il Jun ^d   Yi, Jae Seon ^e   Bae, Young Soo ^e   Park, Jinseu ^d   Kim, Young Sup ^c   Won, Moo Ho ^b  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

^d Hallym University   (South Korea)

^e Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aging; Dentate gyrus; Doublecortin; Mouse; Neurogenesis; Platycodon grandiflorum

Indexed keywords

DOUBLECORTIN; GUANOSINE DERIVATIVE; PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORUM EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENTATE GYRUS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLATYCODON; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 50849102631     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.07.057     Document Type: Article

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