Antidepressant-like effects and memory enhancement of a herbal formula in mice exposed to chronic mild stress

Neuroscience Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 737-744

  Sun, Xiu Ping ^a,b   Li, Si Di ^a   Shi, Zhe ^a   Li, Teng Fei ^a   Pan, Rui Le ^a   Chang, Qi ^a   Qin, Chuan ^b   Liu, Xin Min ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

antidepressant; memory; mice; neurotransmitter; Panax ginseng; Polygala tenuifolia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; DOPAMINE; FLUOXETINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NORADRENALIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN; SHEN YUAN GAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLCHOLINE BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; GINSENG; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BRAIN LEVEL; POLYGALA TENUIFOLIA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PANAX; POLYGALA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84890616025     PISSN: 16737067     EISSN: 19958218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12264-013-1378-z     Document Type: Article

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