L-arginine abolishes the anxiolytic-like effect of withaferin a in the elevated plus-maze test in rats

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 234-237

  Khan, Zaved Ahmed ^a   Ghosh, Asit Ranjan ^a  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Elevated plus maze test; L arginine; Nitric oxide (no) synthase; Withaferin a

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DEXTRO ARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; WITHAFERIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REPRESSION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EX VIVO STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; RAT; ROTAROD TEST; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

EID: 79953648118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJMR10.401     Document Type: Article

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