Ameliorative effect of Yokukansan on social isolation-induced aggressive behavior of zinc-deficient young mice

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 351-355

  Tamano, Haruna ^a   Kan, Fumika ^a   Oku, Naoto ^a   Takeda, Atsushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggression; Glucocorticoid; Herbal medicine; Social isolation; Yokukansan; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CORTICOSTERONE; DRINKING WATER; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; TJ 54; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YOKUKANSAN; ZINC;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEMENTIA; DRUG MECHANISM; HERBAL MEDICINE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CORTICOSTERONE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; SEROTONIN; SOCIAL ISOLATION; ZINC;

EID: 78149282019     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2010.08.013     Document Type: Article

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