Involvement of GABAergic system in regulation of the anxiolytic-and antidepressant-like effects of Scrophularia striata extract in rats

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 581-588

  Kosari Nasab, Morteza ^a   Babri, Shirin ^b   Fatehi Gharehlar, Laleh ^c   Doosti, Mohammad Hossein ^d   Pakzad, Sara ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Elevated plus maze; Forced swimming test

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; MUSCIMOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SCROPHULARIA STRIATA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCROPHULARIA STRIATA; SCROPHULARIACEAE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY; BICUCULLINE; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MUSCIMOL; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SCROPHULARIA; SWIMMING;

RATTUS; RODENTIA; SCROPHULARIA; SCROPHULARIACEAE;

EID: 84876575229     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2012.749924     Document Type: Article

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