Neuroprotective effect of allicin against traumatic brain injury via Akt/endothelial nitric oxide synthase pathway-mediated anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative activities

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 28-37

  Chen, Wei ^a   Qi, Jun ^b   Feng, Feng ^c   Wang, Mao De ^a   Bao, Gang ^a   Wang, Tuo ^a   Xiang, Mu ^c   Xie, Wan Fu ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shannxi Blood Center   (China)

^c FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Akt; Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Inflammatory cytokines; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; ALLICIN; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CASPASE 3; CATALASE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; 2-(4-MORPHOLINYL)-8-PHENYL-4H-1-BENZOPYRAN-4-ONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CHROMONE DERIVATIVE; MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVE; N(G)-IMINOETHYLORNITHINE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NOS3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ORNITHINE; SULFINIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN WATER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BRAIN INJURIES; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN INJURIES; CHROMONES; MORPHOLINES; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; ORNITHINE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SULFINIC ACIDS;

EID: 84895545377     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: 18729754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2014.01.015     Document Type: Article

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