Antidepressant-like effect of Canavalia brasiliensis (ConBr) lectin in mice: Evidence for the involvement of the glutamatergic system

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 53-60

  Rieger, Débora K ^a   Costa, Ana Paula ^a   Budni, Josiane ^a   Moretti, Morgana ^a   Barbosa, Sabrina Giovana Rocha ^a   Nascimento, Kyria S ^b   Teixeira, Edson H ^b   Cavada, Benildo S ^b   Rodrigues, Ana Lúcia S ^a   Leal, Rodrigo B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ConBr; Depression; Forced swimming test; Lectin; Nitric oxide; NMDA

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ARGININE; CONBR PROTEIN; CYCLIC GMP; DIZOCILPINE; FLUOXETINE; LECTIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLUTAMIC ACID; LECTIN, CANAVALIA; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT LECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANAVALIA; CANAVALIA BRASILIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FORCED SWIM TEST; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DOSE RESPONSE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CANAVALIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LECTINS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SEEDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84898750249     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: 18735177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2014.03.008     Document Type: Article

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