Neuroprotective effect of dauricine after transient middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats: Involvement of Bcl-2 family proteins

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 307-318

  Yang, Xiao Yan ^a   Liu, Qiang Ni ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Jiang, Shi Qin ^a   Gong, Pei Li ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Bcl 2; Dauricine; Menispermum dauricum DC; Transient Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion

Indexed keywords

DAURICINE; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; GENE EXPRESSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; RAT; REPERFUSION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BENZYLISOQUINOLINES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINES;

EID: 77951691068     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X10007865     Document Type: Article

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