Antidepressive-like effects of electroacupuncture in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 155-159

  dos Santos Jr , Jair Guilherme ^a,b   Kawano, Fernando ^a   Nishida, Márcio Makoto ^a   Yamamura, Ysao ^a   Mello, Luiz Eugênio ^a   Tabosa, Ângela ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Electroacupuncture; Forced swim; Learned helplessness; Rats; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

FENCLONINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; MALE; METABOLISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; SWIMMING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FENCLONINE; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; MALE; RATS; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SWIMMING;

EID: 42449122807     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.08.014     Document Type: Article

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