Hypnotic activity of melatonin: Involvement of semicarbazide hydrochloride, blocker of synthetic enzyme for GABA

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 860-864

  Wang, Fang ^a   Li, Jing Cai ^a   Wu, Chun Fu ^a   Yang, Jing Yu ^a   Xu, Feng ^a   Peng, Fei ^a  

^a SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

GABA; Glutamic acid; Melatonin; Semicarbazide; Sleep

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MELATONIN; SEMICARBAZIDE; CARBAMOHYDRAZIDE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; SEMICARBAZIDE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENZYME BINDING; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HYPNOSIS; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REM SLEEP; RIGHTING REFLEX; SLEEP; SLEEP TIME; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; METABOLISM; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MELATONIN; MICE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMICARBAZIDES; SLEEP;

EID: 0036713277     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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