Evaluation of antidepressant effects of aerial parts of echium vulgare on mice

Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 189-196

  Moallem, Seyed Adel ^a   Hosseinzadeh, Hossein ^b   Ghoncheh, Fatemeh ^c  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Echium vulgare L; Forced swimming test; Imipramine; Open field test

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ECHIUM VULGARE EXTRACT; FLUOXETINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMIPRAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AERIAL PLANT PART; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ECHIUM; ECHIUM VULGARE; EXPERIMENTAL LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY TEST; FORCED SWIM TEST; GROOMING; HYPERACTIVITY; IMMOBILITY; LD50; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST;

EID: 78650750548     PISSN: 20083866     EISSN: 20083874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22038/IJBMS.2007.5294     Document Type: Article

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