Enhanced antidepressant-like effects of electroacupuncture combined with citalopram in a rat model of depression

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yang, Jian ^a   Pei, Yu ^a,b   Pan, Yan Li ^a   Jia, Jun ^c   Shi, Chen ^c   Yu, Yan ^c   Deng, Jia Hui ^c   Li, Bo ^c   Gong, Xiao Li ^c   Wang, Xuan ^c   Wang, Xiao Min ^c   Ma, Xin ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CITALOPRAM; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RAT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84878741567     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/107380     Document Type: Article

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