Central action of a fixed Valerian-hops extract combination (Ze 91019) in freely moving rats

European Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 496-500

  Dimpfel, W ^a   Brattstrom A ^b   Koetter, Uwe ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Max Zeller Sohne AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adenosine receptors; Agonist; Animal study; Cholinergic system; CNS; EEG; Hop extract; Sedative; Sleep; Valerian extract

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR AGONIST; NEUROTRANSMITTER; VALERIAN; ZE 91019; ZE 9109;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOREBRAIN; FRONTAL CORTEX; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEDATION; SLEEP; THETA RHYTHM; TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMULUS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P1; VALERIAN;

EID: 33845513766     PISSN: 09492321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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