Propofol prevents electroconvulsive-shock-induced memory impairment through regulation of hippocampal synaptic plasticity in a rat model of depression

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages 1847-1859

  Luo, Jie ^a   Min, Su ^a   Wei, Ke ^a   Cao, Jun ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Li, Ping ^a   Dong, Jun ^a   Liu, Yuanyuan ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CREB; Electroconvulsive therapy; Long term potentiation; PSD 95

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; PROPOFOL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC SHOCK; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SUCROSE PREFERENCE TEST; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84908204680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/NDT.S67108     Document Type: Article

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