Yokukansan enhances pentobarbital-induced sleep in socially isolated mice: Possible involvement of GABAA - Benzodiazepine receptor complex

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 316-320

  Egashira, Nobuaki ^a,b   Nogami, Ai ^a   Iwasaki, Katsunori ^a   Ishibashi, Ayumi ^a   Uchida, Naoki ^c   Takasaki, Kotaro ^a   Mishima, Kenichi ^a   Nishimura, Ryoji ^c   Oishi, Ryozo ^b   Fujiwara, Michihiro ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Sleep; Social isolation; Yokukansan

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; KAMPO; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; PENTOBARBITAL; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YOKUKANSAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TIME; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 79960407978     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: 13478648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.11079SC     Document Type: Article

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