Osthole and imperatorin, the active constituents of Cnidium monnieri (L.) Cusson, facilitate glutamate release from rat hippocampal nerve terminals

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 53, Issue 6-8, 2008, Pages 416-423

  Wang, Su Jane ^a   Lin, Tzu Yu ^b   Lu, Cheng Wei ^b   Huang, Wei Jan ^c  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Erectile function; Glutamate exocytosis; Hippocampal synaptosomes; Imperatorin; Osthole; PKC; Voltage dependent calcium channels

Indexed keywords

BAFILOMYCIN A1; CNIDIUM MONNIERI EXTRACT; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; OMEGA CONOTOXIN; OSTHOLE; PENTOSALEN; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CNIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOCYTOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTOSOME;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CNIDIUM; COUMARINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXOCYTOSIS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANT EXTRACTS; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROTEIN KINASE C; PSORALENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; SYNAPTOSOMES;

CNIDIUM MONNIERI; RATTUS;

EID: 56349122028     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2008.09.013     Document Type: Article

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