Acute effects of LI 160 (extract of Hypericum perforatum, St John's wort) and two of its constituents on neuroendocrine responses in the rat

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 360-363

  Franklin, M ^a   Chi, J D ^a   Mannel, M ^b   Cowen, P J ^a  

^a WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Lichtwer Pharma AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Dopamine; Hyperforin; Hypericin; Hypericum; LI 160; Prolactin; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CORTICOSTERONE; DOPAMINE; HALOPERIDOL; HYPERFORIN; HYPERICIN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; KETANSERIN; MACROGOL 400; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; PROLACTIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; HERBAL MEDICINE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CATECHOLAMINES; CORTICOSTERONE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HALOPERIDOL; HYPERICUM; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PERYLENE; PIPERAZINES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROLACTIN; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS;

EID: 0034522563     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026988110001400404     Document Type: Article

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