Behavioral and molecular evidence for psychotropic effects in l-theanine

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 219, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1099-1109

  Wakabayashi, Chisato ^a   Numakawa, Tadahiro ^a,b   Ninomiya, Midori ^a   Chiba, Shuichi ^a   Kunugi, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Behavior; Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF); Glutamate; l theanine; MK 801 (dizocilpine); N methyl d aspartate (NMDA) receptor; Prepulse inhibition; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM ION; DIZOCILPINE; FLUO 3; FLUOXETINE; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; THEANINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPSYCHOTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGING; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; STARTLE REFLEX; TEA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTAMATES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 84856665823     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-011-2440-z     Document Type: Article

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