St. John's Wort modulates brain regional serotonin metabolism in swim stressed rats

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-101

  Ara, Iffat ^a   Bano, Samina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

5 HT; Behaviour; Corticosterone; Forced swim stress; St. John's Wort

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; CORTICOSTERONE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; SEROTONIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRYPTOPHAN; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; STRESS; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; BRAIN; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERICUM; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; WISTAR RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; HYPERICUM; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 61949318741     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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