The therapeutic potential of traditional Chinese medicine in depression: targeting adult hippocampal neurogenesis

L Feng, H Xing, K Zhang - Phytomedicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Depression is a common mental disorder characterized by persistent sadness
and lack of interest or pleasure in previously rewarding or enjoyable activities …

Hericium erinaceus Mycelium and Its Isolated Compound, Erinacine A, Ameliorate High-Fat High-Sucrose Diet-Induced Metabolic Dysfunction and Spatial Learning …

YC Tsai, YC Lin, CC Huang, OB Villaflores… - Journal of medicinal …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Aging and lifestyle factors, including high-sugar and high-fat diets, promote a systemic
metabolic imbalance that promotes neurodegeneration. Hericium erinaceus has long been …

Rosmarinic acid ameliorates depressive-like behaviors in a rat model of CUS and Up-regulates BDNF levels in the hippocampus and hippocampal-derived astrocytes

X Jin, P Liu, F Yang, Y Zhang, D Miao - Neurochemical research, 2013 - Springer
Rosmarinic acid (RA), a primary constituent of a Chinese herbal medicine, has been shown
to have some therapeutic effects in an animal model of depression, but its underlying …

Dopamine and serotonin contribute to Paecilomyces hepiali against chronic unpredictable mild stress induced depressive behavior in Sprague Dawley rats

J Wang, Y Liu, L Li, Y Qi, Y Zhang… - Molecular …, 2017 - spandidos-publications.com
Paecilomyces hepiali contains identical chemical constituents to Cordyceps sinensis, and it
presents antidepressant‑like activity via regulating noradrenergic and dopaminergic …

Antidepressant‐Like Effects of Gyejibokryeong-hwan in a Mouse Model of Reserpine‐Induced Depression

BK Park, YR Kim, YH Kim, C Yang… - BioMed research …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Treatment with the antihypertensive agent reserpine depletes monoamine levels, resulting
in depression. In the present study, we evaluated the antidepressant effects of …

Huanglian‐jie‐du‐tang extract ameliorates depression‐like behaviors through BDNF‐TrKB‐CREB pathway in rats with chronic unpredictable stress

YL Ye, K Zhong, DD Liu, J Xu, BB Pan… - Evidence‐Based …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Neuroinflammation is considered as one of the common pathogeneses of depression.
Huanglian‐Jie‐Du‐Tang (HJDT) is a traditional Chinese herbal formula. The present study …

Quercetin alleviates chronic unpredictable mild stress-induced depressive-like behaviors by promoting adult hippocampal neurogenesis via FoxG1/CREB/BDNF …

ZX Ma, RY Zhang, WJ Rui, ZQ Wang, X Feng - Behavioural brain research, 2021 - Elsevier
Quercetin, a naturally occurring flavonoid, has been reported to exert antidepressant effects,
however, the underlying mechanisms are still uncertain. Recent studies have demonstrated …

[HTML][HTML] Rosmarinic acid alleviate CORT-induced depressive-like behavior by promoting neurogenesis and regulating BDNF/TrkB/PI3K signaling axis

J Zeng, Z Xie, L Chen, X Peng, F Luan, J Hu… - Biomedicine & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rosmarinic acid (RA), a natural phenolic acid compound with a variety of bioactive
properties. However, the antidepressant activity and mechanism of RA remain unclear. The …

[HTML][HTML] Hericium erinaceus in Neurodegenerative Diseases: From Bench to Bedside and Beyond, How Far from the Shoreline?

F Brandalise, E Roda, D Ratto, L Goppa, ML Gargano… - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
A growing number of studies is focusing on the pharmacology and feasibility of bioactive
compounds as a novel valuable approach to target a variety of human diseases related to …

[HTML][HTML] Echinacoside exerts antidepressant-like effects through enhancing BDNF-CREB pathway and inhibiting neuroinflammation via regulating microglia M1/M2 …

R Lu, L Zhang, H Wang, M Li, W Feng… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The present study was performed to investigate the antidepressant effect of echinacoside
(ECH) using chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) induced depression mice and …