Baicalin improves chronic corticosterone-induced learning and memory deficits via the enhancement of impaired hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor and cAMP response element-binding protein expression in the rat

Journal of Natural Medicines

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 132-143

  Lee, Bombi ^a   Sur, Bongjun ^a   Shim, Insop ^a   Lee, Hyejung ^a   Hahm, Dae Hyun ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Baicalin; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; CAMP response element binding protein; Corticosterone; Hypothalamus pituitary adrenal axis; Memory

Indexed keywords

BAICALIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; CYCLIC AMP; MESSENGER RNA; CREBBP PROTEIN, RAT; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; FLAVONOID; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NOOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE TEST; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COGNITION; CORTICOSTERONE; CREB-BINDING PROTEIN; FLAVONOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84893784268     PISSN: 13403443     EISSN: 18610293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11418-013-0782-z     Document Type: Article

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