Experimental evidence of Ginkgo biloba extract EGB as a neuroprotective agent in ischemia stroke rats

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 87, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 193-198

  Zhang, Zhanjun ^a   Peng, Dantao ^b   Zhu, Haiyan ^c   Wang, Xiaomin ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Akt CREB BDNF pathway; Diffuse weighing imaging; EGb761; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PROTEIN KINASE B;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN NECROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG EFFECT; GINKGO BILOBA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CREB-BINDING PROTEIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GINKGO BILOBA; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; ONCOGENE PROTEIN V-AKT; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STRUCTURES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPERFUSION INJURY; STROKE;

EID: 84856609251     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: 18732747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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