A possible mechanism for the anxiolytic-like effect of gallic acid in the rat elevated plus maze

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 117, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-46

  Mansouri, Mohammad Taghi ^a   Soltani, Mohammad ^b   Naghizadeh, Bahareh ^a   Farbood, Yaghoub ^a   Mashak, Ahmad ^c   Sarkaki, Alireza ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Elevated plus maze; Flumazenil; Gallic acid; Rat; WAY 100635

Indexed keywords

BUSPIRONE; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; GALLIC ACID; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROTAROD TEST; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANXIETY; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE; FLUMAZENIL; GALLIC ACID; RAT; WAY-100635;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BUSPIRONE; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; GALLIC ACID; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84891425144     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: 18735177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2013.12.011     Document Type: Article

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