Research Article

Antimania-Like Effect of Panax ginseng Regulating the Glutamatergic Neurotransmission in REM-Sleep Deprivation Rats

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Effect of Panax ginseng (PG) on the expression of Slc1a2, Slc1A3, and Arc and the phosphorylation of the NMDA receptor in sleep deprivation (SD) rats. (a) The expressions of Slc1a2, Slc1A3, and Arc and (b) the phosphorylations of the NR2 subunits of the NMDA receptor were determined using immunoblotting in the prefrontal cortex of the control, SD, and PG-treated SD rats. The left and middle histograms represent the protein expression and the phosphorylation levels divided by the expression level of β-actin as . The right histogram shows the ratio of the phosphorylation levels to the protein expression levels. β-Actin expression was used as an internal control. The experiments were repeated in duplicates ( for each group per experiment). compared to the control group; compared to the SD group.
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