Curcumin as a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease: A study of the effects of curcumin on hippocampal expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-70

  Wang, Yunliang ^a,b   Yin, Honglei ^a   Wang, Lin ^d   Shuboy, Adam ^c   Lou, Jiyu ^b   Han, Bing ^a   Zhang, Xiaoxi ^a   Li, Jinfeng ^a  

^a PLA 148th Hospital   (China)

^b ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Medical College of Shangqiu   (China)

Author keywords

Amyloid B; Astrocyte; Curcumin; Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CURCUMIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID PLAQUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CURCUMIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84872956586     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X13500055     Document Type: Article

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