The therapeutic effects of the herbal medicine, Juzen-taiho-to, on amyloid-β burden in a mouse model of alzheimer's disease

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 427-439

  Hara, Hideo ^a   Kataoka, Seiko ^b   Anan, Mayumi ^a   Ueda, Akihiro ^c   Mutoh, Tatsuro ^c   Tabira, Takeshi ^b,d  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; herbal medicine; Juzen taiho to; macrophage; microglia

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CD11B ANTIGEN; SHI QUAN DA BU TANG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; HERBAL MEDICINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 77954491919     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2010-1381     Document Type: Article

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