Liraglutide Promotes Cortical Neurite Outgrowth via the MEK–ERK Pathway

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 987-993

  Li, Meng ^a,b   Li, Shilun ^b   Li, Yukun ^a,b  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Key Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory of Hebei Province   (China)

Author keywords

Cortical neuron; ERK; Liraglutide; Neurite outgrowth; p CREB

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; LIRAGLUTIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CELL CULTURE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEURITE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; NEURITE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LIRAGLUTIDE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURITES;

EID: 84942193062     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: 15736830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-015-0193-7     Document Type: Article

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