Homeopathic doses of Gelsemium sempervirens improve the behavior of mice in response to novel environments

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bellavite, Paolo ^a   Magnani, Paolo ^a   Zanolin, Elisabetta ^a   Conforti, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; DIAZEPAM; GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS EXTRACT; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GELSEMIUM; GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS; HOMEOPATHY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NEOPHOBIA; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79953269242     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nep139     Document Type: Article

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