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ArticleAging2019

Ginsenoside Rb1 prevents MPTP-induced changes in hippocampal memory via regulation of the α-synuclein/PSD-95 pathway.

Shaogang Qu, Xingjun Meng, Yan Liu, Xiuping Zhang, Yunlong Zhang

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Article in Aging, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Shaogang QuCentral Laboratory and Department of Neurology, Shunde Hospital, Southern Medical University (The First People's Hospital of Shunde Foshan), Foshan, China.
Xingjun MengCentral Laboratory and Department of Neurology, Shunde Hospital, Southern Medical University (The First People's Hospital of Shunde Foshan), Foshan, China.
Yan LiuDepartment of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Medical College, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Xiuping ZhangTeaching Center of Experimental Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Yunlong ZhangKey Laboratory of Neuroscience, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
The First People's Hospital of Shunde · CNXiamen University · CNSouthern Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Memory deficiency is a common non-motor symptom of Parkinson's disease (PD), and conventionally, α-synuclein is considered to be an important biomarker for both motor and cognitive characteristics attributed to PD. However, the role of physiological α-synuclein in cognitive impairment remains undetermined. Ginsenoside Rb1 has been shown to protect dopaminergic neurons (DA) from death and inhibit α-synuclein fibrillation and toxicity

Indexed as

alpha-SynucleinAnimalsCA3 Region, HippocampalCells, CulturedDisease Models, AnimalDisks Large Homolog 4 ProteinGene Knockdown TechniquesGinsenosidesHippocampusMaleMemoryMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMPTP PoisoningNeuronal PlasticityNeuroprotective Agentsalpha-SynucleinDisks Large Homolog 4 ProteinDlg4 protein, mouseginsenoside Rb1GinsenosidesNeuroprotective Agentsginsenoside Rb1memory deficitsParkinson’s diseasesynaptic plasticityα-synuclein

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PMID30958793
PMCPMC6503885
OpenAlexW2929379389

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