Evidences for the involvement of monoaminergic and GABAergic systems in antidepressant-like activity of Tinospora cordifolia in mice

Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 761-767

  Dhingra, D ^a   Goyal, P K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Depression; Forced swim test; Monoamine oxidase; Tail suspension test; Tinospora cordifolia

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME B; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BACLOFEN; BRAIN MONOAMINE; DRUG VEHICLE; FENCLONINE; IMIPRAMINE; PETROLEUM ETHER EXTRACT; POLYSORBATE 80; PRAZOSIN; SERTRALINE; SULPIRIDE; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MALE; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SWIM TEST; TAIL SUSPENSION TEST;

EID: 64349093718     PISSN: 0250474X     EISSN: 19983743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0250-474X.49118     Document Type: Article

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