Antidepressant-like activity of gallic acid in mice subjected to unpredictable chronic mild stress

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 409-418

  Chhillar, Ritu ^a   Dhingra, Dinesh ^a  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Corticosterone; Depression; Gallic acid; Monoamine oxidase A; Unpredictable chronic mild stress

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; CATALASE; CORTICOSTERONE; FLUOXETINE; GALLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRITE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; IMMOBILIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; CATALASE; CORTICOSTERONE; DEPRESSION; FLUOXETINE; GALLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NITRITES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SUCROSE; SWIMMING;

EID: 84879549966     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: 14728206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2012.01040.x     Document Type: Article

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