A standardized chinese herbal decoction, kai-xin-san, restores decreased levels of neurotransmitters and neurotrophic factors in the brain of chronic stress-induced depressive rats

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zhu, Kevin Yue ^a   Mao, Qing Qiu ^b   Ip, Siu Po ^b   Choi, Roy Chi Yan ^a   Dong, Tina Ting Xia ^a   Lau, David Tai Wai ^a   Tsim, Karl Wah Keung ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CHINESE DRUG; DOPAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; KAI XIN SAN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

EID: 84866165011     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/149256     Document Type: Article

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