Anxiolytic-like effect of chronic treatment with Erythrina velutina extract in the elevated plus-maze test

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 295-299

  Raupp, I M ^a   Sereniki, A ^a   Virtuoso, S ^b,c   Ghislandi, C ^a   Cavalcanti e Silva, E L ^a   Trebien, H A ^d   Miguel, O G ^b   Andreatini, R ^a  

^a Laboratório de Fisiologia e Farmacologia do Sistema Nervoso Central   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO OESTE DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d Departamento de Farmacologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Depression; Forced swimming; Habituation; Memory; Mice

Indexed keywords

CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; ERYTHRINA EXTRACT; ERYTHRINA VELUTINA EXTRACT; IMIPRAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HABITUATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAZIL; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ERYTHRINA; IMIPRAMINE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; ERYTHRINA VELUTINA; FABACEAE; MUS;

EID: 46149116519     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.04.016     Document Type: Article

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