An Antidepressant Effect of Sho-ju-sen, a Japanese Herbal Medicine, Assessed by Learned Helplessness Model in Mice

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-176

  Kuribara, Hisashi ^a   Tomioka, Hideo ^a   Takahashi, Reiko ^a   Onozato, Kazumi ^a   Murohashi, Naomi ^a   Numajiri, Tomomi ^a   Iwata, Hisato ^a   Koya, Sakuji ^a  

^a Wakanyaku Medical Institute Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antidepressant effect; Discrete shuttle avoidance; Japanese herbal medicine; Learned helplessness; Sho ju sen

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; GINSENG EXTRACT; IMIPRAMINE; PINUS DENSIFLORA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SASA KURINENSIS EXTRACT; SHO JU SEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; GINSENG; HERBAL MEDICINE; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PINE; PINUS DENSIFLORA; SASA; SASA KURINENSIS; SHOCK;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PANAX; PHYTOTHERAPY; PINUS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SASA;

PANAX; PANAX GINSENG; PINUS DENSIFLORA; PINUS RESINOSA; SASA;

EID: 1642292457     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1412     Document Type: Article

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