Role for serotonin in the antidepressant-like effect of a flavonoid extract of Xiaobuxin-Tang

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 572-580

  An, Lei ^a,b   Zhang, You Zhi ^b   Yu, Neng Jiang ^b   Liu, Xin Min ^a   Zhao, Nan ^b   Yuan, Li ^b   Li, Yun Feng ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANT DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Flavonoids; Monoamine; Serotonin; Xiaobuxin Tang

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; APOMORPHINE; BRAIN ENZYME; FENCLONINE; FLAVONOID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PLANT EXTRACT; SEROTONIN; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XIAOBUXIN TANG 2 EXTRACT; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; FEEDING DISORDER; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEAD TWITCH; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMOBILIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; STRESS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; XIAOBUXIN TANG;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; APOMORPHINE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FENCLONINE; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; STRESS; YOHIMBINE;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 41949141019     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2008.02.014     Document Type: Article

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