Neuroprotective effects of kangen-karyu on spatial memory impairment in an 8-arm radial maze and neuronal death in the hippocampal ca1 region induced by repeated cerebral ischemia in rats

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 424-430

  Pu, Fengling ^a   Motohashi, Kyoko ^a   Kaneko, Tomohiro ^a   Tanaka, Yurika ^a   Manome, Naomi ^a   Irie, Keiichi ^a   Takata, Jirou ^a   Egashira, Nobuaki ^b   Oishi, Ryozo ^b   Okamoto, Takuya ^c   Sei, Yasuo ^c   Yokozawa, Takako ^d   Mishima, Kenichi ^a   Iwasaki, Katsunori ^a   Fujiwara, Michihiro ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Iskra Industry Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Kangen karyu; Neuronal death; Repeated cerebral ischemia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; KANGEN KARYU; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ASPIRIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DEATH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 67249106879     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: 13478648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.08245FP     Document Type: Article

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