Icariin attenuates social defeat-induced down-regulation of glucocorticoid receptor in mice

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 273-278

  Wu, Jinfeng ^a   Du, Juan ^b   Xu, Changqing ^a   Le, Jingjing ^a   Xu, Yizhe ^a   Liu, Baojun ^a   Dong, Jingcheng ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Depression; Glucocorticoid receptor; Icariin; Inflammation; Social defeat

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; FLUOXETINE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; ICARIIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG STRUCTURE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FLAVONOIDS; FLUOXETINE; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EPIMEDIUM; MUS;

EID: 79551684316     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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