Traditional Chinese herb Dihuang Yinzi (DY) plays neuroprotective and anti-dementia role in rats of ischemic brain injury

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 444-450

  Hu, Rong ^a   Yin, Chang lin ^a   Wu, Nan ^a   Cui, Gao yu ^a   Meng, Hui ^a   Wu, Xi gui ^a   Hai shui, Luo ^a   Gang, Tian ^a   Hu, Shengli ^a   Shi, Jiantao ^a   Lin, Jiang kai ^a   Feng, Hua ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Dihuang Yinzi; Extracellular regulated kinase; Ischemic brain injury; Lactate dehydrogenase; Learning and memory; Synaptophysin

Indexed keywords

DIHUANG YINZI; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NOOTROPIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHINESE HERB; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME RELEASE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING DISORDER; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SYNAPTOGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEARNING; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

RATTUS;

EID: 58149251926     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.09.035     Document Type: Article

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