Tenuigenin treatment improves behavioral Y-maze learning by enhancing synaptic plasticity in mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 246, Issue , 2013, Pages 111-115

  Huang, Jun Ni ^a   Wang, Chun Yang ^b   Wang, Xiu Li ^a   Wu, Bo Zhi ^a   Gu, Xing Yang ^a   Liu, Wen Xiao ^a   Gong, Liang Wei ^c   Xiao, Peng ^a   Li, Chu Hua ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

AChE activity; Antioxidation; Synaptic plasticity; Tenuigenin; Y maze learning task

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANTIOXIDANT; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TENUIGENIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; UPREGULATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875681148     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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