Potential protection of curcumin against amyloid β-induced toxicity on cultured rat prefrontal cortical neurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 463, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-161

  Qin, Xiao Yan ^a   Cheng, Yong ^b   Cui, Jia ^b   Zhang, Yan ^b   Yu, Long Chuan ^b  

^a State Key Laboratory of Chinese Ethnic Minority Traditional Medicine   (China)

^b Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Amyloid (A ); Bcl2; Caspase 3; Curcumin; Prefrontal Cortical neuron

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[25-35]; CASPASE 3; CURCUMIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN P53;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL DEATH; CELL PROTECTION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CELLS, CULTURED; CURCUMIN; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 68349148206     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.07.047     Document Type: Article

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