Tanshinone i enhances learning and memory, and ameliorates memory impairment in mice via the extracellular signal-regulated kinase signalling pathway

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1131-1142

  Kim, Dong Hyun ^a   Kim, Sunho ^a   Jeon, Su Jin ^a   Son, Kun Ho ^a   Lee, Seungjoo ^a   Yoon, Byung Hoon ^a   Cheong, Jae Hoon ^b   Ko, Kwang Ho ^c   Ryu, Jong Hoon ^a,d  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Andong National University   (South Korea)

^c Sahmyook University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diazepam; ERK pathway; MK 801; Tanshinone I

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; 15,16 DIHYDROTANSHINONE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CRYPTOTANSHINONE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; DIAZEPAM; DIZOCILPINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TANSHINONE I; TANSHINONE IIA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHENANTHRENES; PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 70350130991     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00378.x     Document Type: Article

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