Effects of Melissa officinalis L. (Lemon Balm) extract on neurogenesis associated with serum corticosterone and GABA in the mouse dentate gyrus

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 250-257

  Yoo, Dae Young ^a   Choi, Jung Hoon ^b   Kim, Woosuk ^a   Yoo, Ki Yeon ^c   Lee, Choong Hyun ^a,b   Yoon, Yeo Sung ^a   Won, Moo Ho ^b   Hwang, In Koo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^c Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Doublecortin; GABA; Hippocampus; Ki67; Lemon balm; Neuroblast differentiation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BROXURIDINE; CALBINDIN; CORTICOSTERONE; DOUBLECORTIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MELISSA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DENDRITE; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME MECHANISM; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

4-AMINOBUTYRATE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORTICOSTERONE; DENTATE GYRUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MELISSA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PLANT EXTRACTS;

ANIMALIA; CITRUS LIMON; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; MUS;

EID: 78751617778     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-010-0312-2     Document Type: Article

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