Mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase-1

β-asarone from Acorus gramineus alleviates depression by modulating MKP-1

Y. R. Sun, Wang, X. Y., Li, S. S., Dong, H. Y., and Zhang, X. J., β-asarone from Acorus gramineus alleviates depression by modulating MKP-1, vol. 14, pp. 4495-4504, 2015.

In this study, we investigated the antidepressant effects of hippocampal neuron administration of β-asarone, a selective mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase-1 inhibitor, in a rat model of depression. Our previous studies showed that the extracellular signal-regulated kinase signaling pathway and brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression, which is regulated by extracellular signal-regulated kinase, are key links in the biological mechanism of depression.

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