Effects of Chaihu Shugan San on behavior and plasma levels of corticotropin releasing hormone and adrenocorticotropic hormone of rats with chronic mild unpredicted stress depression

Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1073-1077

  Li, Yun Hui ^a   Zhang, Chun Hu ^a   Wang, Su E ^a   Qiu, Juan ^b   Hu, Sui Yu ^a   Xiao, Gui Lin ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Chaihu Shugan San; Chronic stress; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Depression; Neurobehavioral manifestations; Rats

Indexed keywords

CHAIHU SHUGAN SAN; CHINESE DRUG; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; FLUOXETINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEPRESSION; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 73949124121     PISSN: 16721977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3736/jcim20091110     Document Type: Article

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