Anxiolytic-like effects of carvacryl acetate, a derivative of carvacrol, in mice

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 112, Issue , 2013, Pages 42-48

  Pires, Lúcio Fernandes ^a   Costa, Luciana Muratori ^a   Silva, Oskar Almeida ^a   De Almeida, Antonia Amanda Cardoso ^a   Cerqueira, Gilberto Santos ^b   De Sousa, Damião Pergentino ^c   De Freitas, Rivelilson Mendes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carvacryl acetate; Light dark test; Marble burying test; Mouse; Plus maze test

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BUSPIRONE; CARVACROL; CARVACRYL ACETATE; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; ROTAROD TEST; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

MUS;

BDZ; BENZODIAZEPINIC; BUSP; BUSPIRONE; CA; CARVACRYL ACETATE; DIAZEPAM; DZP; EL; ELEVATED PLUS-MAZE TEST; EPM; EPOXY-LIMONENE; FLU; FLUMAZENIL; GABA; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; LDB; LIGHT-DARK BOX TEST; LIGHT-DARK TEST; MARBLE BURYING TEST; MARBLE-BURYING TEST; MBT; MOUSE; NELB; NF; NMB; NOAE; NSC; NUMBER OF ENTRIES TO THE LIGHT BOX; NUMBER OF FALLS; NUMBER OF MARBLES BURIED; NUMBER OF OPEN ARMS ENTRIES; NUMBER OF SQUARES CROSSED; OFT; OPEN-FIELD TEST; PLUS MAZE TEST; SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SSRI; TIME SPENT IN LIGHT BOX; TIME SPENT IN THE OPEN ARMS; TIME SPENT ON THE ROTATING BAR; TSLB; TSOA; TSRB; WAY; WAY 100635;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; MONOTERPENES;

EID: 84885491738     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: 18735177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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