Antidepressant-like effect of the extracted of Kai Xin San, a traditional Chinese herbal prescription, is explained by modulation of the central monoaminergic neurotransmitter system in mouse

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 422-428

  Zhou, Xiao Jiang ^a   Liu, Ming ^b   Yan, Juan Juan ^b   Cao, Yin ^a   Liu, Ping ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Forced swim test; Kai Xin San; Monoamine neurotransmitter; Tail suspension test

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CHINESE DRUG; DESIPRAMINE; DOPAMINE; FLUOXETINE; KAI XIN SAN; RESERPINE; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AKINESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PTOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUOXETINE; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NOREPINEPHRINE; SEROTONIN; TIME FACTORS;

MUS;

EID: 84855988043     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.11.027     Document Type: Article

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