Anxiolytic-like effects and mechanism of (-)-myrtenol: A monoterpene alcohol

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 579, Issue , 2014, Pages 119-124

  Moreira, Maria Rosilene Cândido ^a,b   Salvadori, Mirian Graciela da Silva Stiebbe ^a   de Almeida, Antonia Amanda Cardoso ^b   de Sousa, Damião Pergentino ^a   Jordán, Joaquin ^c   Satyal, Prabodh ^d   de Freitas, Rivelilson Mendes ^b   de Almeida, Reinaldo Nóbrega ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

( ) Myrtenol; Anxiety; Anxiolytic like mechanism; Myrtus communis L.; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; MYRTENOL; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIDOTE; TERPENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INSOMNIA; LD 50; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MYRTLE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING; ROTAROD TEST; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIDOTES; FLUMAZENIL; MALE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MONOTERPENES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSTURAL BALANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84905255485     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.07.007     Document Type: Article

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