A medicinal herb, Melissa officinalis L. ameliorates depressive-like behavior of rats in the forced swimming test via regulating the serotonergic neurotransmitter

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 175, Issue , 2015, Pages 266-272

  Lin, Shih Hang ^a   Chou, Mei Ling ^a   Chen, Wei Cheng ^a   Lai, Yi Syuan ^a   Lu, Kuan Hung ^a   Hao, Cherng Wei ^a,b   Sheen, Lee Yan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taipei Municipal Daan Senior Vocational Industrial High School   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Forced swimming test; Melissa officinalis L.; Neurotransmitter

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FLUOXETINE; MELISSA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; NEUROTRANSMITTER; ROSMARINIC ACID; SEROTONIN; WATER;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; FORCED SWIM TEST; FRONTAL CORTEX; HERB; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; TURNOVER TIME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; MALE; MELISSA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SWIMMING;

EID: 84943386859     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.09.018     Document Type: Article

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