Polysaccharides from wolfberry prevents corticosterone-induced inhibition of sexual behavior and increases neurogenesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Lau, Benson Wui Man ^a,b   Lee, Jada Chia Di ^a,b   Li, Yue ^a,c   Fung, Sophia Man Yuk ^a   Sang, Yan Hua ^a   Shen, Jiangang ^a,c   Chang, Raymond Chuen Chung ^a,b   So, Kwok Fai ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; LYCIUM EXTRACT; POLYSACCHARIDE; CYTARABINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LYCIUM BARBARUM POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EJACULATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; LYCIUM; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; TREATMENT DURATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

LYCIUM BARBARUM; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; CYTARABINE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; LYCIUM; MALE; NEUROGENESIS; POLYSACCHARIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84859807658     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033374     Document Type: Article

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