Effect of Japanese angelica root extract on pentobarbital-induced sleep in group-housed and socially isolated mice: Evidence for the central action

Japanese Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 353-356

  Matsumoto, Kinzo ^a   Kohno, Shin Ichi ^a   Tezuka, Yasuhiro ^a   Kadota, Shigetoshi ^a   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angelicae radix; Pentobarbital sleep; Social isolation stress

Indexed keywords

IDAZOXAN; METHOXAMINE; PAEONIA EXTRACT; PENTOBARBITAL; YOHIMBINE;

ANGELICA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GROUP DYNAMICS; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLANT ROOT; SLEEP; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS;

EID: 0030923921     PISSN: 00215198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jjp.73.353     Document Type: Article

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