The antidepressant effect of Gastrodia elata Bl. on the forced-swimming test in rats

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-106

  Chen, Pei Ju ^a   Hsieh, Ching Liang ^b,c   Su, Kuan Pin ^c   Hou, Yu Chi ^c   Chiang, Hsiu Mei ^c   Lin, I Hsin ^d   Sheen, Lee Yan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antidepressant Effect; Forced Swimming Test; Gastrodia elata Bl; Monoamine; Monoamine Metabolites

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; FLUOXETINE; GASTRODIA ELATA EXTRACT; MONOAMINE; SEROTONIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; FRONTAL CORTEX; GASTRODIA ELATA; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; FRONTAL LOBE; GASTRODIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; SEROTONIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 44049099550     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X08005618     Document Type: Article

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