Antidepressant-like effects of aniracetam in aged rats and its mode of action

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 205-212

  Nakamura, K ^a   Tanaka, Y ^a  

^a NIPPON ROCHE RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine and dopamine; Aged rat; Aniracetam; Antidepression; Forced swim test; Mechanisms of action

Indexed keywords

2 PYRROLIDINONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ANIRACETAM; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BROMOCRIPTINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; FLUOXETINE; HALOPERIDOL; IMIPRAMINE; KETANSERIN; LAZABEMIDE; MECAMYLAMINE; MIANSERIN; MOCLOBEMIDE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NORTRIPTYLINE; PHYSOSTIGMINE; RO 13 6680; SCOPOLAMINE; TANDOSPIRONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SWIMMING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; IMMOBILIZATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PYRROLIDINONES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS; SWIMMING;

EID: 0034748839     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130100849     Document Type: Article

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