Psychopharmacological screening of Pfaffia glomerata Spreng. (Amarathanceae) in rodents

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 261-269

  De Paris, F ^a   Neves, G ^a   Salgueiro, J B ^a   Quevedo, J ^a   Izquierdo, I ^a   Rates, S M K ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amnesic effect; Central depressant effect; Pfaffia glomerata; Step down inhibitory avoidance task

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; DIAZEPAM; IMIPRAMINE; LEAD SULFIDE; PENTETRAZOLE; PENTOBARBITAL; PFAFFIA GLOMERATA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HABITUATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; RAT; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

PFAFFIA GLOMERATA;

EID: 0033797434     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(00)00329-9     Document Type: Article

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