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ArticleNan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University2025

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Qingge Wang, Xiaohui Zhao, Yuxuan He, Feixiang Liu, Yunke Zhang

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Article in Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Qingge WangTalent Pool of Henan Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450000, China.
Xiaohui ZhaoFirst Clinical Medical College of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450000, China.
Yuxuan HeFirst Clinical Medical College of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450000, China.
Feixiang LiuDepartment of Encephalopathy, First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450000, China.
Yunke ZhangDepartment of Encephalopathy, First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450000, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81974564 and 82104730
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo exple the mechanism of

methodsForty SD rats were randomized into control group, aging model group, donepezil treatment group, and QXZG treatment group (

resultsThe rats in the model group exhibited obvious aging phenotypes such as yellowing of the teeth and hair, body weight loss, and impaired learning and memory abilities, with decreased serum SOD and GSH-Px activities and increased serum MDA level. The rat models also showed obvious pathological changes, reduced Nissl bodies, and elevated p16 protein expression in the hippocampal CA1 region, with significantly decreased expression levels of BDNF, TrkB, CREB and synaptic plasticity proteins SYN, GAP43, and PSD95. Treatment with QXZG alleviated the aging phenotypes in the rat models, improved their learning and memory abilities and pathological changes in the hippocampal CA1 region, reduced oxidative stress and p16 protein expression, and promoted the expressions of the BDNF/TrkB pathway proteins and synaptic plasticity proteins.

conclusionsQXZG enhances synaptic plasticity and reduces oxidative stress in aging rats possibly by upregulating the BDNF/TrkB signaling pathway proteins, thereby delaying brain aging and improving learning and memory abilities of the rats.

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AgingBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorDrugs, Chinese HerbalNeuronal PlasticityReceptor, trkBAnimalsHippocampusMaleOxidative StressRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySignal TransductionBdnf protein, ratBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorDrugs, Chinese HerbalNtrk2 protein, ratReceptor, trkBBDNF/TrkB signaling pathwaybrain aginglearning and memoryQixiong Zuogui Granulessynaptic plasticity

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PMID40916520
PMCPMC12415578

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