Honokiol reverses depressive-like behavior and decrease in brain BDNF levels induced by chronic corticosterone injections in mice

Pharmacognosy Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 211-215

  Pitta, Sathish ^a   Augustine, Bibin Baby ^a   Kasala, Eshvendar Reddy ^a   Sulakhiya, Kunjbihari ^a   Ravindranath, Vijay ^a   Lahkar, Mangala ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NIPER   (India)

^b GAUHATI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

BDNF; Corticosterone; Hippocampus; Honokiol; Major depression

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; FLUOXETINE; HONOKIOL; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 84888349297     PISSN: 09753575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phcgj.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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