Lycium barbarum polysaccharides prevent memory and neurogenesis impairments in scopolamine-treated rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Chen, Weiwei ^a,b   Cheng, Xiang ^a   Chen, Jinzhong ^b   Yi, Xin ^a   Nie, Dekang ^a   Sun, Xiaohui ^c   Qin, Jianbing ^a   Tian, Meiling ^a   Jin, Guohua ^a   Zhang, Xinhua ^a  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Cardiovascular Department Rehabilitation Hospital of Agings   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DOUBLECORTIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LYCIUM BARBARUM POLYSACCHARIDE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; SCOPOLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING DISORDER; LYCIUM BARBARUM; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NOVEL OBJECT RECOGNITION TEST; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LYCIUM; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCOPOLAMINE HYDROBROMIDE;

EID: 84895525520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088076     Document Type: Article

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