Peony glycosides reverse the effects of corticosterone on behavior and brain BDNF expression in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 305-309

  Mao, Qing Qiu ^a   Huang, Zhen ^b   Ip, Siu Po ^a   Xian, Yan Fang ^a   Che, Chun Tao ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ZHEJIANG CHINESE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Corticosterone; Peony glycosides; Rat

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; FLUOXETINE; PEONY GLYCOSIDE; PLANT GLYCOSIDE; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAEONIA LACTIFLORA; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUCROSE PREFERENCE TEST;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FLUOXETINE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GLYCOSIDES; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; MALE; PAEONIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 83655192906     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.11.016     Document Type: Article

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