Bacopa monnieri and l-deprenyl differentially enhance the activities of antioxidant enzymes and the expression of tyrosine hydroxylase and nerve growth factor via ERK 1/2 and NF-κB pathways in the spleen of female Wistar rats

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 141-152

  Priyanka, Hannah P ^a   Bala, Preetam ^a   Ankisettipalle, Sindhu ^a   Thyagarajan, Srinivasan ^a  

^a SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Brahmi; Brain; Catalase; CREB; Glutathione peroxidase; Lymphoid organs; Nitric oxide; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

BRAHMI; CATALASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; SELEGILINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACOPA MONNIERI; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEART; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDIOBASAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN; THYMUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACOPA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CATALASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NF-KAPPA B; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SELEGILINE; SPLEEN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

BACOPA MONNIERI; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84871610191     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-012-0902-2     Document Type: Article

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