Neuroprotective effects of rhynchophylline against ischemic brain injury via regulation of the Akt/mTOR and TLRs signaling pathways

Molecules

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 11196-11210

  Huang, Houcai ^a   Zhong, Rongling ^a   Xia, Zhi ^a   Song, Jie ^a   Feng, Liang ^a  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF NEW DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

Akt mTOR; BDNF; Ischemic stroke; PMCAO; Rhynchophylline

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASPASE 3; CLAUDIN 5; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDOLE ALKALOID; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN KINASE B; RHYNCOPHYLLINE; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BCL-ASSOCIATED DEATH PROTEIN; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASPASE 3; CLAUDIN-5; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION; INDOLE ALKALOIDS; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NF-KAPPA B; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 84906711860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules190811196     Document Type: Article

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