Icariin improves cognitive deficits and activates quiescent neural stem cells in aging rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 746-753

  Wu, Bin ^a,b   Chen, Yang ^a   Huang, Jianhua ^a   Ning, You ^a   Bian, Qin ^a   Shan, Yimin ^c   Cai, Waijiao ^a   Zhang, Xinming ^a   Shen, Ziyin ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (China)

^c Jing Brand Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Icariin; Morris water maze; Quiescent neural stem cells

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; ICARIIN;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; RAT;

ADULT STEM CELLS; AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FLAVONOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NEURAL STEM CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 84863985277     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.05.056     Document Type: Article

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