Effects of curcumin on chronic, unpredictable, mild, stress-induced depressive-like behaviour and structural plasticity in the lateral amygdala of rats

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 793-806

  Zhang, Lin ^a   Luo, Junxia ^a   Zhang, Minghua ^a,b   Yao, Wei ^a,c   Ma, Xuelian ^a,c   Yu, Shu Yan ^a,c  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders   (China)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; chronic unpredictable mild stress; curcumin; lateral amygdala; structural plasticity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CURCUMIN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DLGH4 PROTEIN, RAT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SUGAR INTAKE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; SYP PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; FORCED SWIM TEST; LATERAL AMYGDALA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT MODEL; SUCROSE PREFERENCE TEST; SYNAPSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRINKING; DRUG EFFECTS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SUGAR INTAKE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNCERTAINTY; WISTAR RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; CURCUMIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIETARY SUCROSE; DRINKING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84898056588     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145713001661     Document Type: Article

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