A synthetic analog of verbenachalcone potentiates NGF-induced neurite outgrowth and enhances cell survival in neuronal cell models

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 459, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 157-161

  Clement, Ceiléssia M ^a   Dandepally, Srinivasa R ^a   Williams, Alfred L ^a   Ibeanu, Gordon C ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurite elongation; Neurite outgrowth; NeuroScreen 1; Potentiate; Synthetic analog; Verbenachalcone

Indexed keywords

C 22; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CHALCONE DERIVATIVE; DSRB 20 022; FLUORINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERBENACHALCONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BUTADIENES; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CHALCONES; COUMARINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; MICE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURITES; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NITRILES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; RATS;

EID: 66049104207     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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