Panax Notoginseng Burk attenuates impairment of learning and memory functions and increases ED1, BDNF and β-secretase immunoreactive cells in chronic stage ischemia-reperfusion injured rats

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 685-693

  Chuang, Chin Min ^a   Hsieh, Ching Liang ^a,c   Lin, Hui Yi ^b   Lin, Jaung Geng ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cerebral Infarct; Chronic Stage; Eight Arm Radial Maze Test; Panax Notoginseng Burk

Indexed keywords

BETA SECRETASE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ENDOTHELIN 1; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PANAX NOTOGINSENG EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL ACTIVATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MICROGLIA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; WORKING MEMORY;

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN SECRETASES; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ECTODYSPLASINS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; NF-KAPPA B; PANAX NOTOGINSENG; PHYTOTHERAPY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPERFUSION INJURY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 52049086239     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X08006156     Document Type: Article

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