ArticleChinese journal of integrative medicine2023
Baicalin Ameliorates Corticosterone-Induced Depression by Promoting Neurodevelopment of Hippocampal via mTOR/GSK3β Pathway.
Article in Chinese journal of integrative medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Antidepressant activity of flavones from traditional Chinese medicine: a meta-analysis.Pharmaceutical biology · 2025Pooled it
- Research Progress on the Antidepressant Effects of Baicalin and Its Aglycone Baicalein: A Systematic Review of the Biological Mechanisms.Neurochemical research · 2024Pooled it
- Icaritin Disrupts Cholesterol Biosynthesis and Induce Cell Death in Pancreatic Carcinoma: A Transcriptomic and Lipidomic Analysis.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2026Article
- Baicalin: bridging traditional medicine and modern science in food and functional applications.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026Review
- Inhibitory Effects of Nardostachys Jatamansi DC. Volatile Oil on Psychological Factors SP/CORT-Induced Hyperpigmentation.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2025Article
- Buyang Huanwu Decoction Promotes Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury by Regulating cAMP/PKA/NF-κB p65 Pathway.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2025Article
- LC-MS/MS determination of trazodone in human plasma and its pharmacokinetic study in healthy Chinese.Bioanalysis · 2025Article
- Exploring the Therapeutic Potential of Baicalin: Mitigating Anxiety and Depression in Epileptic Rats.Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening · 2025Article
- Chronic Corticosterone Administration-Induced Mood Disorders in Laboratory Rodents: Features, Mechanisms, and Research Perspectives.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- From Perspective of Hippocampal Plasticity: Function of Antidepressant Chinese Medicine Xiaoyaosan.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2024Review
- Rapid Antidepressant-Like Potential of Chaihu Shugan San Depends on Suppressing Glutamate Neurotransmission and Activating Synaptic Proteins in Hippocampus of Female Mice.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2024Article
- PI3K-AKT/mTOR Signaling in Psychiatric Disorders: A Valuable Target to Stimulate or Suppress?The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2024Review
- Baicalin-Current Trends in Detection Methods and Health-Promoting Properties.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the role of hippocampal neurodevelopment in the antidepressant effect of baicalin.
methodsForty male Institute of Cancer Research mice were divided into control, corticosterone (CORT, 40 mg/kg), CORT+baicalin-L (25 mg/kg), CORT+baicalin-H (50 mg/kg), and CORT+fluoxetine (10 mg/kg) groups according to a random number table. An animal model of depression was established by chronic CORT exposure. Behavioral tests were used to assess the reliability of depression model and the antidepressant effect of baicalin. In addition, Nissl staining and immunofluorescence were used to evaluate the effect of baicalin on hippocampal neurodevelopment in mice. The protein and mRNA expression levels of neurodevelopment-related factors were detected by Western blot analysis and real-time polymerase chain reaction, respectively.
resultsBaicalin significantly ameliorated the depressive-like behavior of mice resulting from CORT exposure and promoted the development of dentate gyrus in hippocampus, thereby reversing the depressive-like pathological changes in hippocampal neurons caused by CORT neurotoxicity. Moreover, baicalin significantly decreased the protein and mRNA expression levels of glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β), and upregulated the expression levels of cell cycle protein D1, p-mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), doublecortin, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (all P<0.01). There were no significant differences between baicalin and fluoxetine groups (P>0.05).
conclusionBaicalin can promote the development of hippocampal neurons via mTOR/GSK3β signaling pathway, thus protect mice against CORT-induced neurotoxicity and play an antidepressant role.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.