Neural regeneration: Role of traditional Chinese medicine in neurological diseases treatment

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 139-145

  Ren, Zhi Li ^a   Zuo, Ping Ping ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Neural regeneration; Neural stem cell; Neurological disease; Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BAICALIN; BILOBALIDE; BU YANG HUAN WU; CATALPOL; CORNEL IRIDOID GLYCOSIDE; CURCUMIN; DONEPEZIL; DRACOCEPHALUM TANGUTICUM EXTRACT; FUZHISAN; FUZI POLYSACCHARIDE 1; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG SAPONIN; GINSENOSIDE RG 1; GOSSYPIUM HERBACEAM EXTRACT; HARPAGOSIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IRIDOID; NATURAL PRODUCT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYSACCHARIDE; QUERCETIN; TETRAMETHYLPYRAZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINESE MEDICINE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DRACOCEPHALUM TANGUTICUM; DRUG STRUCTURE; GOSSYPIUM; GOSSYPIUM HERBACEAM; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; REVIEW;

EID: 84869435983     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: 13478648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.12R06CP     Document Type: Review

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