Free and Easy Wanderer Plus (FEWP), a polyherbal preparation, ameliorates PTSD-like behavior and cognitive impairments in stressed rats

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1458-1463

  Wang, Hua Ning ^a   Peng, Ye ^a   Tan, Qing Rong ^a   Wang, Huai Hai ^a   Chen, Yun Chun ^a   Zhang, Rui Guo ^a   Wang, Zhi Zhong ^a   Guo, Li ^a   Liu, Yong ^c   Zhang, Zhang Jin ^b  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Elevated plus maze test; Enhanced single prolonged stress; Herbal medicines; Morris water maze test; Open field test; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Indexed keywords

FREE AND EASY WANDERER PLUS; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PAEONIFLORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; FOOTSHOCK; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RAT; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; TREATMENT DURATION; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 71549119157     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2009.07.031     Document Type: Article

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