Evidences for the involvement of monoaminergic and GABAergic systems in antidepressant-like activity of garlic extract in mice

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 175-179

  Dhingra, Dinesh ^a   Kumar, Vaibhav ^a  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Allium sativum; Depression; Forced swim test; Monoamine oxidase; Tail suspension test

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME B; BACLOFEN; BRAIN MONOAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FLUOXETINE; GARLIC EXTRACT; IMIPRAMINE; PRAZOSIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; SULPIRIDE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GARLIC; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; TAIL SUSPENSION TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 53849084135     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: 19983751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.43165     Document Type: Article

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