Anxiolytic effect of echium amoenum l. In mice

Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-41

  Shafaghi, Bijan ^a   Naderi, Nima ^a   Tahmasb, Leila ^a   Kamalinejad, Mohammad ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anxiolytic; Echium; Elevated plus maze; Mice; Rotarod

Indexed keywords

EID: 85111368059     PISSN: 17350328     EISSN: 17266890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22037/IJPR.2010.7     Document Type: Article

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