Liuwei Dihuang decoction facilitates the induction of long-term potentiation (LTP) in senescence accelerated mouse/prone 8 (SAMP8) hippocampal slices by inhibiting voltage-dependent calcium channels (VDCCs) and promoting N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDA) receptors

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 384-390

  Huang, Yan ^a   Zhang, Heping ^a   Yang, Sheng ^a   Qiao, Haifa ^a   Zhou, Wenxia ^a   Zhang, Yongxiang ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Liuwei Dihuang Decotion (LW); Long term potentiation (LTP); N methyl D aspartate receptor (NMDA) receptor; Senescence accelerated mouse prone 8 (SAMP8); Voltage dependent calcium channel (VDCC)

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; LIUWEIDIHUANG TANG; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACILITATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SENESCENCE ACCELERATED MOUSE; WHOLE CELL;

AGING, PREMATURE; ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; COGNITION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; KIDNEY; LEARNING; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHYTOTHERAPY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; YIN DEFICIENCY;

ALISMA ORIENTALE; ALISMATACEAE; CORNACEAE; CORNUS OFFICINALIS; DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREACEAE; PAEONIA SUFFRUTICOSA; PAEONIACEAE; POLYPORACEAE; PORIA COCOS; REHMANNIA GLUTINOSA; SCROPHULARIACEAE;

EID: 84862822321     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.01.030     Document Type: Article

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