Involvement of l-arginine-nitric oxide-cyclic guanosine monophosphate pathway in the antidepressant-like effect of tramadol in the rat forced swimming test

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1838-1843

  Jesse, Cristiano R ^a   Bortolatto, Cristiani F ^a   Savegnago, Lucielli ^b   Rocha, João B T ^a   Nogueira, Cristina W ^a  

^a Reatividade e Avaliacao Farmacologica e Toxicologica de Organocalcogenios   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PAMPA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antidepressant like; l arginine nitric oxide; Rats; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; 7 NITROINDAZOLE; ARGININE; CYCLIC GMP; METHYLENE BLUE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; SILDENAFIL; TRAMADOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 84983723332     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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