Neurogenesis-promoting natural product α-asarone modulates morphological dynamics of activated microglial

Neurogenesis-promoting natural product α-asarone modulates morphological dynamics of activated microglial

α-Asarone is an active constituent of Acori Tatarinowii, one of the widely used traditional Chinese Medicine to treat cognitive defect, and recently is shown to promote neurogenesis. Here, we demonstrated that low level (3µM) of α-asarone attenuated LPS-induced BV2 cell bipolar elongated morphologic...

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Main Authors: Qing Cai, Yuanyuan Li, Jianxin Mao, Gang Pei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
Subjects:
Microglia
Zebrafish
Neuroinflammation
MCP-1
α-asarone
morphological dynamics
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2016.00280/full

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