Tetramethylpyrazine protects against scopolamine-induced memory impairments in rats by reversing the cAMP/PKA/CREB pathway

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 253, Issue , 2013, Pages 212-216

  Wu, Wei ^a   Yu, Xiao ^a   Luo, Xiao Ping ^a   Yang, Shu Hua ^a   Zheng, Dong ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Memory; Scopolamine; Synapse; Tetramethylpyrazine

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; RNA; SCOPOLAMINE; TETRAMETHYLPYRAZINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; RNA ISOLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE;

MEMORY; SCOPOLAMINE; SYNAPSE; TETRAMETHYLPYRAZINE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYRAZINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA; SCOPOLAMINE HYDROBROMIDE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84882643062     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.07.052     Document Type: Article

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