The flavonoid baicalein promotes NMDA receptor-dependent long-term potentiation and enhances memory

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1364-1379

  Wang, Wei ^a   Wang, Fang ^a,b,c   Yang, Yuan Jian ^a   Hu, Zhuang Li ^a   Long, Li Hong ^a,b,c   Fu, Hui ^a,b,c   Xie, Na ^a,b,c   Chen, Jian Guo ^a,b,c  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

12 lipoxygenase; baicalein; fear conditioning; hippocampus; long term potentiation; NMDA receptor; phosphoinositide 3 kinase

Indexed keywords

BAICALEIN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; LIPOXYGENASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; SERINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COGNITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FACILITATION; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; FLAVANONES; LEARNING; LIPOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 79951971885     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.01143.x     Document Type: Article

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