GABAergic and nitriergic modulation by curcumin for its antianxiety-like activity in mice

Brain Research

Volumn 1352, Issue , 2010, Pages 167-175

  Gilhotra, Neeraj ^a   Dhingra, Dinesh ^a  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aminoguanidine; Anxiety; Curcumin; GABA; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 7 NITROINDAZOLE; AMINOGUANIDINE; CURCUMIN; DIAZEPAM; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURCUMA LONGA; DARKNESS; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MODULATION; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BRAIN; CURCUMIN; DIAZEPAM; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GUANIDINES; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CURCUMA LONGA; MUS;

EID: 77956179786     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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