Protective effects of astragalus extract against intermittent hypoxia-induced hippocampal neurons impairment in rats

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1551-1554

  Zhang, Qiang ^a,b   Gao, Wen Yuan ^a   Zhang, Yun ^b   Chen, Bao Yun ^b   Chen, Zhe ^b   Zhang, Wei San ^b   Man, Shu Li ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Astragalus; Hippocampus neurons apoptosis; Hypoxia induced factor 1a; Intermittent hypoxia

Indexed keywords

ASTRAGALUS EXTRACT; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1A; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; APOPTOSIS; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84876394407     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20122722     Document Type: Article

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