Tetramethylpyrazine promotes proliferation and differentiation of neural stem cells from rat brain in hypoxic condition via mitogen-activated protein kinases pathway in vitro

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 474, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-31

  Tian, Yumei ^a   Liu, Yong ^a   Chen, Xinlin ^a   Zhang, Haixia ^a   Shi, Qindong ^a   Zhang, Junfeng ^a   Yang, Pengbo ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Mitogen activated protein kinases; Neural stem cell; Proliferation; Tetramethylpyrazine

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TETRAMETHYLPYRAZINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FETUS; HYPOXIA; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BUTADIENES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NITRILES; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PYRAZINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEM CELLS;

EID: 77950942623     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.02.066     Document Type: Article

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