The antidepressant effects of ginseng total saponins in male C57BL/6N mice by enhancing hippocampal inhibitory phosphorylation of GSK-3β

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1102-1106

  Chen, Lin ^a   Dai, Jianguo ^a   Wang, Zhongli ^a   Zhang, Huiyu ^a   Huang, Yufang ^a   Zhao, Yunan ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

corticosterone; depression like behavior; ginseng total saponins; glycogen synthase kinase 3 ; hippocampus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; FLUOXETINE; GINSENG SAPONIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FORCED SWIM TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TAIL SUSPENSION TEST; WESTERN BLOTTING;

MUS; PANAX GINSENG;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CORTICOSTERONE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; FLUOXETINE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PANAX; PHOSPHORYLATION; SAPONINS;

EID: 84904266740     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.5103     Document Type: Article

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