Nootropic agents stimulate neurogenesis

Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 727-730

  Taupin, Philippe ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

AMPA receptor; Differentiation; Neural stem cells; Neuron; Piracetam; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

2 [2,6 DIFLUORO 4 [[2 [(PHENYLSULFONYL)AMINO]ETHYL]THIO]PHENOXY]ACETAMIDE; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; N (4 ACETYL 1 PIPERAZINYL) 4 FLUOROBENZAMIDE; NOOTROPIC AGENT; PIRACETAM; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; SGS 111; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PATENTS AS TOPIC; STEM CELLS;

EID: 67649371506     PISSN: 13543776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/13543770902721303     Document Type: Review

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