The multi-herbal medicine Gongjin-dan enhances memory and learning tasks via NGF regulation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 466, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 114-119

  Moon, Eunjung ^a   Her, Youngjin ^b   Lee, Jung Bok ^c   Park, Ji Ho ^a   Lee, Eunjoo H ^a   Kim, Sung Hoon ^a   Oh, Myung Sook ^a   Jang, Choon Gon ^c   Kim, Sun Yeou ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b The Purme Foundation   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gongjin dan; Long term potentiation; Multiple function of neuroprotection; Nerve growth factor

Indexed keywords

GONGJIN DAN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MUSK; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGELICA; ANGELICA GIGAS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNUS; CORNUS OFFICINALIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; GINSENG; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; REHMANNIA; REHMANNIA GLUTINOSA;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL SURVIVAL; DEXAMETHASONE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILIZATION; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MICE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURITES; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PC12 CELLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70350396592     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.09.033     Document Type: Article

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