YANG Wen-ming, WANG Shi-guang, BAO Yuan-cheng, et al. The Effect of Zhinao Capsule on Behavior and the Content of NO、ET、CGRP in Brain Tissue of Rats with Vascular Dementia[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2008, (1): 29-32.
YANG Wen-ming, WANG Shi-guang, BAO Yuan-cheng, et al. The Effect of Zhinao Capsule on Behavior and the Content of NO、ET、CGRP in Brain Tissue of Rats with Vascular Dementia[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2008, (1): 29-32. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.2008.01.019.
Objective:To investigate the effect of Zhinao Capsule on behavior and the content of Nitric Oxide(NO)
Endothelin(ET)
Calcitonin gene related peptide(CGRP) in brain tissue of rats with vascular dementia.Methods:After intraperitoneal injection of low dose of sodium nitroprusside
animal models of vascular dementia were established by clamping common carotid arteries repeatedly.Their learning and memory ability and the content of NO
ET
CGRP of brain tissue were detected.Results:Compared with model group
three doses of Zhinao Capsule treated group could improve the ability of learning and memory obviously;The middle and high dose of Zhinao Capsule treated group
piracetam treated group and nimodipine treated group could significantly decrease the content of NO;Zhinao Capsule treated group
piracetam treated group and nimodipine treated group could significantly decrease the content of ET and improve the content of CGRP.High dose of Zhinao Capsule could decrease the content of ET and the content of CGRP
which was more significant than the piracetam treated group and the middle and low dose of Zhinao Capsule treated group.Conclusions:Zhinao Capsule could improve the learning and memory ability in rats with vascular dementia
which may be related to decreasing the content of NO and ET and increasing the content of CGRP of brain tissue in rats with vascular dementia.