Involvement of serotonin in the antidepressant-like effect of extract from Kielmeyera coriacea stems

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 169-175

  Goulart, Yara C F ^a   Martins, Juliana V C ^a   Santos, Adair R ^b   Moreira, Leandro Y ^a   Calixto, João Batista ^b   Cortez, Diógenes A G ^a   Audi, Elisabeth A ^a,c  

^a State University Maringa   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antidepressant activity; Dorsal raphe nucleus; Forced swimming test; Kielmeyera coriacea; Open field test; Rat; Serotonin uptake

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DOPAMINE; FLUOXETINE; KIELMEYERA CORIACEA EXTRACT; NORADRENALIN; NORTRIPTYLINE; PLANT EXTRACT; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; IMMOBILIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; KIELMEYERA CORIACEA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; RAT; SYNAPTOSOME;

CLUSIACEAE; KIELMEYERA CORIACEA; RATTUS;

EID: 34247628909     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200701212981     Document Type: Article

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