The Marine Alga Gelidium amansii Promotes the Development and Complexity of Neuronal Cytoarchitecture Phytotherapy Research, 04/11/2012

Hannan MA et al. – The Gelidium amansii significantly promoted the initial neuronal differentiation from the stage I into the stage II and increased the indices of axonal and dendritic development such as the length, the numbers of primary processes, and branching frequencies by a minimum of twofold compared with the vehicle control. These results show that marine algae are promising candidates for neurotrophic potentials.