Three Chinese herbal medicines promote neuroproliferation in vitro, and reverse the effects of chronic mild stress on behavior, the HPA axis, and proliferation of hippocampal precursor cell in vivo

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 261-269

  Pao, Li Heng ^a   Lu, Shao Wei ^b   Sun, Gao Ge ^a   Chiou, Shih Hwa ^c   Ma, Kuo Hsing ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Hippocampus; Neural stem cell; Radix phellodendri; Radix scutellaria; Rhizome chuanxiong

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CORTICOSTERONE; DULOXETINE; FLUOXETINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; RADIX PHELLODENDRI; RADIX SCUTELLARIA; RHIZOME CHUANXIONG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC MILD STRESS; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; DRUG MECHANISM; EVENING DOSAGE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; STEM CELL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORTICOSTERONE; DEPRESSION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

MUS; SCUTELLARIA;

EID: 84868196845     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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