Antidepressant effects of abscisic acid mediated by the downregulation of corticotrophin-releasing hormone gene expression in rats

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Qi, Cong Cong ^a   Zhang, Zhi ^a   Fang, Hui ^a   Liu, Ji ^a   Zhou, Nan ^b   Ge, Jin Fang ^a   Chen, Fang Han ^a   Xiang, Cheng Bin ^c   Zhou, Jiang Ning ^a  

^a University of Science and Technology of China   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Corticotrophin releasing hormone; Depression; Retinoic acid receptor alpha; Stress response

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; FLUOXETINE; MESSENGER RNA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PROTEIN C FOS; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR BETA; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; SUGAR INTAKE;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FORCED SWIM TEST; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUGAR INTAKE; SWIMMING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ABSCISIC ACID; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIETARY SUCROSE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84939213782     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyu006     Document Type: Article

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