Peony glycosides produce antidepressant-like action in mice exposed to chronic unpredictable mild stress: Effects on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function and brain-derived neurotrophic factor

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1211-1216

  Mao, Qing Qiu ^a   Ip, Siu Po ^a   Ko, Kam Ming ^b   Tsai, Sam Hip ^a   Che, Chun Tao ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; BDNF; Chronic unpredictable mild stress; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Peony glycosides

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; FLUOXETINE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PAEONIA RADIX;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; FOOD INTAKE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRONTAL LOBE; GLYCOSIDES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PAEONIA; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING; WATER DEPRIVATION;

EID: 69349091349     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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