Effects of donepezil, an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, on neurogenesis in a rat model of vascular dementia

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 347, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 66-77

  Kwon, Kyoung Ja ^a   Kim, Min Kyeong ^a   Lee, Eun Joo ^a   Kim, Jung Nam ^a   Choi, Bo Ryoung ^a   Kim, Soo Young ^a   Cho, Kyu Suk ^a   Han, Jung Soo ^a   Kim, Hahn Young ^a,b   Shin, Chan Young ^a   Han, Seol Heui ^a,b  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Cognitive function; Glia; MAPK; Neurogenesis; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BROXURIDINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DONEPEZIL; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; INDAN DERIVATIVE; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL LEARNING; TREATMENT DURATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; MEMORY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; COGNITION; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DENTATE GYRUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INDANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NEUROGENESIS; PIPERIDINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84920194127     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.09.021     Document Type: Article

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