Effect of agmatine on the neurons and astrocytes in hippocampus of chronically stressed rats

Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-25

  Chen, Hong Xia ^a   Zhang, Li Ming ^a   Zhang, Young Zhi ^a   Zhao, Nan ^a   Li, Jin ^a   Li, Yun Feng ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Agmatine; Astrocyctes; Depression; Fluoxetine; Neuron

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; FLUOXETINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DRUG MECHANISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; RAT;

EID: 64549130037     PISSN: 10011978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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