Serotonergic mediation effects of St John's Wort in rats subjected to swim stress

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-69

  Bano, Samina ^a   Dawood, Shazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

5 HT; Behavior; St. John's Wort; Swim stress; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; DEPRISIN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; TRYPTOPHAN BRAIN LEVEL; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERICUM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWIMMING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; HYPERICUM; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN OXYGENASE;

EID: 41649084049     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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