Antidepressant-like effect of asiaticoside in mice

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 444-449

  Liang, Xin ^a   Yan Ni Huang, ^a   Si Wei Chen, ^a   Wen Juan Wang, ^a   Xu, Na ^a   Cui, Shan ^a   Liu, Xing Hua ^a   Zhang, Hua ^a   Yue Nan Liu, ^a   Liu, Shuang ^a   Yang, Ming ^a   Dong, Yan ^a  

^a SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Asiaticoside; Clomipramine; Forced swimming test; Mice; Splash test; Tail suspension test; Unpredictable chronic mild stress (CMS) model

Indexed keywords

ASIATICOSIDE; CLOMIPRAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE TEST; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; IMMOBILIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CLOMIPRAMINE; GROOMING; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SWIMMING; TRITERPENES;

MUS;

EID: 40849125350     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2008.01.020     Document Type: Article

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