Prevention of inflammation-mediated neurotoxicity by butylidenephthalide and its role in microglial activation

Cell Biochemistry and Function

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 707-712

  Nam, Kyong Nyon ^a   Kim, Kyoo Pil ^b   Cho, Ki Ho ^b   Jung, Woo Sang ^b   Park, Jung Mi ^b   Cho, Seung Yeon ^b   Park, Su Kyung ^b   Park, Tae Hoon ^b   Kim, Young Suk ^b   Lee, Eunjoo H ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain inflammation; Butylidenephthalide; IL 1 ; Microglia; Neurotoxicity; Nitric oxide; Organotypic hippocampal slice culture; TNF

Indexed keywords

BUTYLIDENEPHTHALIDE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHTHALIDE DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICROGLIA; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY;

LIGUSTICUM CHUANXIONG; LIGUSTICUM WALLICHII; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROGLIA; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE; PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDES; RATS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84897050375     PISSN: 02636484     EISSN: 10990844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbf.2959     Document Type: Article

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