Neuroprotective and neuroproliferative activities of NeuroAid (MLC601, MLC901), a Chinese medicine, in vitro and in vivo

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 987-1001

  Heurteaux, C ^a   Gandin, C ^a   Borsotto, M ^a   Widmann, C ^a   Brau, F ^a   Lhuillier, M ^b   Onteniente, B ^b   Lazdunski, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Excitotoxicity; Focal ischemia; NeuroAid; Neurogenesis; Proliferation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; GLUTAMIC ACID; MLC 601; MLC 901; NEUROAID; NEUROAID 1; NEUROAID 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACORI TATARINOWII; ANGELICA SINENSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALI; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BUTHUS MARTENSII; CALCULUS BOVISARTIFACTUS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNU SAIGAE TATARICAE; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; EUPOLYPHAGA SEU STELEOPHAGA; EXCITOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HIRUDO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGUSTICUM CHUANXIONG; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PAEONIA; PLANT; POLYGALAE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRUNUS PERSICA; SAFFLOWER; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; STROKE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 77950919881     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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