Antidepressant-like effects of an apolar extract and chow enriched with Nepeta cataria (catnip) in mice

Psychology and Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Bernardi, Maria Martha ^a,b   Kirsten, Thiago Berti ^a   Salzgeber, Simone Angélica ^a   Ricci, Esther Lopes ^a   Romoff, Paulete ^b   Lago, João Henrique Guilardi ^c   Mendes, Lygia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Behavioral despair test; Elevated plus maze; Open field

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; APOLAR EXTRACT; DIAZEPAM; IMIPRAMINE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CATNIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEEDING; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PLANT LEAF;

EID: 78651459147     PISSN: 19843054     EISSN: 19833288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3922/j.psns.2010.2.xxx     Document Type: Article

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