L-NAME prevents anxiety-like and depression-like behavior in rats exposed to restraint stress

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-99

  Sevgi, S ^a   Ozek M ^a   Eroǧlu, Lütfiye ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Forced swimming test; L NAME; Nitric oxide; Plus maze; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; RAT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ARGININE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33646234929     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/mf.2006.28.2.977840     Document Type: Article

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