Carnosine-induced antidepressant-like activity in rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 627-632

  Tomonaga, Shozo ^a   Yamane, Haruka ^a   Onitsuka, Eiichiro ^b   Yamada, Satoshi ^a   Sato, Mikako ^b   Takahata, Yoshihisa ^b   Morimatsu, Fumiki ^b   Furuse, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEAT PACKERS INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carnosine; Chicken breast extract; Depression; Forced swimming; Hippocampus, amines; Hypothalamus; Rat

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARNOSINE; CHICKEN BREAST EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ACTIVITY; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; CARNOSINE; CHICKENS; DEPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; METHOXYHYDROXYPHENYLGLYCOL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 41949124254     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2008.02.021     Document Type: Article

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