Anxiolytic-like effect of the monoterpene 1,4-cineole in mice

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 287-293

  Gomes, Patrícia Bezerra ^a   Feitosa, Mariana Lima ^a   Silva, Maria Izabel Gomes ^a   Noronha, Emmanuelle Coelho ^a   Moura, Brinell Arcanjo ^a   Venâncio, Edith Teles ^a   Rios, Emiliano Ricardo Vasconcelos ^a   de Sousa, Damião Pergentino ^b   de Vasconcelos, Silvânia Maria Mendes ^a   Fonteles, Marta Maria de França ^a   de Sousa, Francisca Cléa Florenço ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

1,4 Cineole; Anxiety; Central nervous system; Depression; Monoterpene

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; IMIPRAMINE; MONOTERPENE 1,4 CINEOLE; PENTOBARBITAL; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1,4-CINEOLE; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; TERPENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP TIME; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MICE; MONOTERPENES;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 77954760525     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2010.05.019     Document Type: Article

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