Hydroxysafflor yellow A improves learning and memory in a rat model of vascular dementia by increasing VEGF and NR1 in the hippocampus

Neuroscience Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 417-424

  Zhang, Nan ^a,b   Xing, Mengya ^a,b   Wang, Yiyi ^c   Liang, Hao ^b   Yang, Zhuo ^d   Shi, Fudong ^a,b   Cheng, Yan ^a,b  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c TIANJIN HAIHE HOSPITAL   (China)

^d NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

hydroxysafflor yellow A; long term potentiation; NMDA receptor; vascular dementia; vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS MODULATOR; HYDROXYSAFFLOR YELLOW A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; WATER; CHALCONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NR1 NMDA RECEPTOR; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COMPLICATION; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LEARNING DISORDERS; MEMORY DISORDERS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REACTION TIME; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

ANIMALS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHALCONE; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDERS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; QUINONES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84902382785     PISSN: 16737067     EISSN: 19958218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12264-013-1375-2     Document Type: Article

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