Cornel iridoid glycoside improves memory ability and promotes neuronal survival in fimbria-fornix transected rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 647, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 68-74

  Zhao, Li hong ^a,b   Ding, Yue xia ^a,c   Zhang, Lan ^a   Li, Lin ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c YANTAI YUHUANGDING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Apoptosis; Brain injury; Cornus officinalis; Fimbria fornix transection; Hippocampus; Iridoid glycoside; Learning and memory; Neurotrophin; Synapses

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CORNUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; CYTOCHROME C; IRIDOID; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROMODULIN; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; SYNAPSE RECEPTOR; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; CELL SURVIVAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPAL FIMBRIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORNUS; FORNIX, BRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; IRIDOID GLYCOSIDES; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MEMORY; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, TRKA;

EID: 77957312850     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.08.016     Document Type: Article

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