Chronic administration of catechin decreases depression and anxiety-like behaviors in a rat model using chronic corticosterone injections

Biomolecules and Therapeutics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 313-322

  Lee, Bombi ^a   Sur, Bongjun ^a   Kwon, Sunoh ^a   Yeom, Mijung ^a   Shim, Insop ^a   Lee, Hyejung ^a   Hahm, Dae Hyun ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Catechin; Corticosterone; Depression; Hypothalamus pituitary adrenal axis; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; OPEN FIELD TEST; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

EID: 84881068084     PISSN: 19769148     EISSN: 20054483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4062/biomolther.2013.004     Document Type: Article

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