Antidepressant-like effect of a Ginkgo biloba extract (EGb761) in the mouse forced swimming test: Role of oxidative stress

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 628-636

  Rojas, Patricia ^a   Serrano García, Norma ^a   Medina Campos, Omar N ^b   Pedraza Chaverri, José ^b   Ögren, Sven O ^c   Rojas, Carolina ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Antioxidant defense; Dopamine; EGb761; Forced swimming test; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; DOPAMINE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; IMIPRAMINE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILIZATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; TURNOVER TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DOPAMINE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEROTONIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SWIMMING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; GINKGO BILOBA; MUS;

EID: 80052934115     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: 18729754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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