Effect of Hypericum perforatum on marble-burying by mice

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 399-402

  Skalisz, L L ^a   Beijamini, V ^a   Andreatini, R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Forced swimming; Locomotor activity; Obsessive compulsive behaviour

Indexed keywords

HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG TOLERANCE; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEPRESSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYPERICUM; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SWIMMING;

HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM;

EID: 2942625690     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1450     Document Type: Article

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