Abstract:Aim
Ninjinyoeito (NYT), a Japanese herbal medicine, is widely used to treat patients with insomnia, anemia, amnesia, and neurosis. Recently, NYT was reported to be clinically effective in Alzheimer's disease (AD). We investigated the effects of NYT in a neurodegeneration model comprising cultured autaptic neurons exposed to β‐amyloid (Aβ)25–35.
Methods
We used an autaptic culture system consisting of a single neuron on astrocyte feeder micro‐islands. The effects of NYT (0.1 mg/ml) on neurotoxicity induced by A… Show more
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