Melatonin exerts an antidepressant-like effect in the tail suspension test in mice: Evidence for involvement of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors and the L-arginine-nitric oxide pathway

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 343, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-4

  Mantovani, Michela ^a   Pértile, Roberto ^a   Calixto, João B ^a   Santos, Adair R S ^a   Rodrigues, Ana Lúcia S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Depression; L Arginine; Melatonin; Nitric oxide; NMDA; Tail suspension test

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ARGININE; ASCORBIC ACID; DIZOCILPINE; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; IMIPRAMINE; KETAMINE; MELATONIN; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; IMMOBILIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 0037717094     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00306-9     Document Type: Article

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