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Acute agmatine administration, similar to ketamine, reverses depressive-like behavior induced by chronic unpredictable stress in mice

scientific article published on 12 October 2016

Acute atorvastatin treatment exerts antidepressant-like effect in mice via the L-arginine-nitric oxide-cyclic guanosine monophosphate pathway and increases BDNF levels

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Acute ghrelin administration reverses depressive-like behavior induced by bilateral olfactory bulbectomy in mice

scientific article published on 13 April 2012

Agmatine abolishes restraint stress-induced depressive-like behavior and hippocampal antioxidant imbalance in mice.

scientific article published on 24 December 2013

Agmatine attenuates reserpine-induced oral dyskinesia in mice: Role of oxidative stress, nitric oxide and glutamate NMDA receptors

scientific article published on 12 June 2016

Agmatine enhances antidepressant potency of MK-801 and conventional antidepressants in mice

scientific article published on 29 December 2014

Agmatine induces Nrf2 and protects against corticosterone effects in hippocampal neuronal cell line

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Agmatine produces antidepressant-like effects by activating AMPA receptors and mTOR signaling

scientific article published on 26 March 2016

Agmatine, a potential novel therapeutic strategy for depression.

scientific article published on 8 November 2016

Agmatine, by Improving Neuroplasticity Markers and Inducing Nrf2, Prevents Corticosterone-Induced Depressive-Like Behavior in Mice

scientific article published on 13 May 2015

Agmatine: clinical applications after 100 years in translation.

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Anti-hypernociceptive properties of agmatine in persistent inflammatory and neuropathic models of pain in mice.

scientific article published on 24 April 2007

Antidepressant-like action of the bark ethanolic extract from Tabebuia avellanedae in the olfactory bulbectomized mice.

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Antidepressant-like action of the ethanolic extract from Tabebuia avellanedae in mice: evidence for the involvement of the monoaminergic system

scientific article published on 22 December 2009

Antidepressant-like and antinociceptive-like actions of 4-(4'-chlorophenyl)-6-(4''-methylphenyl)-2-hydrazinepyrimidine Mannich base in mice.

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Antidepressant-like and neuroprotective effects of Aloysia gratissima: investigation of involvement of L-arginine-nitric oxide-cyclic guanosine monophosphate pathway.

scientific article published on 8 July 2011

Antidepressant-like and pro-neurogenic effects of physical exercise: the putative role of FNDC5/irisin pathway

scientific article published on 23 January 2020

Antidepressant-like effect of Canavalia brasiliensis (ConBr) lectin in mice: evidence for the involvement of the glutamatergic system

scientific article published on 18 March 2014

Antidepressant-like effect of ascorbic acid is associated with the modulation of mammalian target of rapamycin pathway

scientific article published on 29 October 2013

Antidepressant-like effect of creatine in mice involves dopaminergic activation.

scientific article published on 6 June 2012

Antidepressant-like effect of extract from Polygala paniculata: involvement of the monoaminergic systems.

scientific article published in December 2011

Antidepressant-like effect of folic acid: Involvement of NMDA receptors and L-arginine-nitric oxide-cyclic guanosine monophosphate pathway

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Antidepressant-like effect of lamotrigine in the mouse forced swimming test: Evidence for the involvement of the noradrenergic system

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Antidepressant-like effect of pramipexole in an inflammatory model of depression.

scientific article published on 5 November 2016

Antidepressant-like effect of rutin isolated from the ethanolic extract from Schinus molle L. in mice: evidence for the involvement of the serotonergic and noradrenergic systems.

scientific article published on 29 March 2008

Antidepressant-like effect of scopoletin, a coumarin isolated from Polygala sabulosa (Polygalaceae) in mice: evidence for the involvement of monoaminergic systems.

scientific article published on 30 June 2010

Antidepressant-like effect of the extract of Rosmarinus officinalis in mice: involvement of the monoaminergic system.

scientific article published on 13 March 2009

Antidepressant-like effect of the novel thiadiazolidinone NP031115 in mice

scientific article published on 25 June 2008

Antidepressant-like effect of the organoselenium compound ebselen in mice: evidence for the involvement of the monoaminergic system.

scientific article published on 9 November 2008

Antidepressant-like effect of ursolic acid isolated from Rosmarinus officinalis L. in mice: Evidence for the involvement of the dopaminergic system

scientific article published on 25 August 2012

Antidepressant-like effect of zinc is dependent on signaling pathways implicated in BDNF modulation

scientific article published on 17 January 2015

Antidepressant-like effect of α-tocopherol in a mouse model of depressive-like behavior induced by TNF-α.

scientific article published on 28 June 2013

Antidepressant-like effects of ascorbic acid and ketamine involve modulation of GABAA and GABAB receptors

scientific article published on 14 July 2016

Antidepressant-like effects of fractions, essential oil, carnosol and betulinic acid isolated from Rosmarinus officinalis L.

scientific article published on 16 September 2012

Antidepressant-like responses in the forced swimming test elicited by glutathione and redox modulation

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Antinociceptive action of ethanolic extract obtained from roots of Humirianthera ampla Miers.

scientific article published on 19 August 2007

Antinociceptive effect of the Polygala sabulosa hydroalcoholic extract in mice: evidence for the involvement of glutamatergic receptors and cytokine pathways.

scientific article published in July 2008

Antinociceptive properties of the hydroalcoholic extract and the flavonoid rutin obtained from Polygala paniculata L. in mice.

scientific article published on 5 March 2009

Antioxidant and acetylcholinesterase response to repeated malathion exposure in rat cerebral cortex and hippocampus.

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Antioxidant defenses and lipid peroxidation in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus following acute exposure to malathion and/or zinc chloride

scientific article published in February 2005

Anxiolytic-like effects of ursolic acid in mice

scientific article published on 8 April 2015

Ascorbic Acid to Manage Psychiatric Disorders

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Ascorbic acid administration produces an antidepressant-like effect: evidence for the involvement of monoaminergic neurotransmission.

scientific article published on 11 February 2009

Atorvastatin Protects from Aβ1-40-Induced Cell Damage and Depressive-Like Behavior via ProBDNF Cleavage.

scientific article published on 5 October 2016

Atorvastatin evokes a serotonergic system-dependent antidepressant-like effect in mice

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Behavioral effects and ChE measures after acute and repeated administration of malathion in rats

scientific article published on 14 July 2005

Both creatine and its product phosphocreatine reduce oxidative stress and afford neuroprotection in an in vitro Parkinson's model

scientific article published on 24 November 2014

Caffeine acts through neuronal adenosine A2A receptors to prevent mood and memory dysfunction triggered by chronic stress

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Chronic administration of duloxetine and mirtazapine downregulates proapoptotic proteins and upregulates neurotrophin gene expression in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex of mice

scientific article published on 19 March 2013

ConBr, a lectin from Canavalia brasiliensis seeds, modulates signaling pathways and increases BDNF expression probably via a glycosylated target

scientific article published in December 2014

Contribution of spinal glutamatergic receptors to the antinociception caused by agmatine in mice.

scientific article published on 12 June 2006

Creatine Prevents Corticosterone-Induced Reduction in Hippocampal Proliferation and Differentiation: Possible Implication for Its Antidepressant Effect

scientific article published on 6 October 2016

Creatine affords protection against glutamate-induced nitrosative and oxidative stress

scientific article published on 19 January 2016

Creatine, Similar to Ketamine, Counteracts Depressive-Like Behavior Induced by Corticosterone via PI3K/Akt/mTOR Pathway

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Creatine, similarly to ketamine, affords antidepressant-like effects in the tail suspension test via adenosine A₁ and A2A receptor activation

scientific article published on 22 February 2015

Current perspectives on the antidepressant-like effects of guanosine.

scientific article published on September 2016

Depressive-like behavior induced by tumor necrosis factor-α in mice.

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Depressive-like behavior induced by tumor necrosis factor-α is abolished by agmatine administration

scientific article published on 6 January 2014

Effect of some metal ions on blood and liver delta-aminolevulinate dehydratase of Pimelodus maculatus (Pisces, pimelodidae)

scientific article published on 01 January 1989

Effects of Agmatine on Depressive-Like Behavior Induced by Intracerebroventricular Administration of 1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP(+)).

scientific article published on 9 July 2015

Effects of lead on adenylate cyclase activity in rat cerebral cortex.

scientific article published in August 1999

Effects of physical exercise and social isolation on anxiety-related behaviors in two inbred rat strains.

scientific article published on 7 June 2017

Effects of potassium channel inhibitors in the forced swimming test: possible involvement of L-arginine-nitric oxide-soluble guanylate cyclase pathway.

scientific article published on 24 August 2005

Effects of traumatic brain injury of different severities on emotional, cognitive, and oxidative stress-related parameters in mice

scientific article published on October 2010

Evidence for imidazoline receptors involvement in the agmatine antidepressant-like effect in the forced swimming test.

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Evidence for the involvement of 5-HT1A receptor in the acute antidepressant-like effect of creatine in mice

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Evidence for the involvement of L-arginine-nitric oxide-cyclic guanosine monophosphate pathway in the antidepressant-like effect of memantine in mice

scientific article published on 4 January 2006

Evidence for the involvement of glutamatergic system in the antinociceptive effect of ascorbic acid

scientific article published on 2 March 2005

Evidence for the involvement of heme oxygenase-1 in the antidepressant-like effect of zinc

scientific article published on 22 January 2017

Evidence for the involvement of the monoaminergic system in the antidepressant-like effect of magnesium

scientific article published on 27 November 2008

Evidence for the involvement of the opioid system in the agmatine antidepressant-like effect in the forced swimming test

scientific article published on 3 March 2005

Evidence for the involvement of the opioid system in the antidepressant-like effect of folic acid in the mouse forced swimming test

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Evidence of the involvement of the monoaminergic systems in the antidepressant-like effect of Aloysia gratissima.

scientific article published on 4 June 2013

Ferulic acid exerts antidepressant-like effect in the tail suspension test in mice: Evidence for the involvement of the serotonergic system

scientific article published on 12 January 2012

Fluoxetine modulates hippocampal cell signaling pathways implicated in neuroplasticity in olfactory bulbectomized mice.

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Fluoxetine reverses depressive-like behaviors and increases hippocampal acetylcholinesterase activity induced by olfactory bulbectomy

scientific article published on 31 August 2012

Folic Acid Protects Against Glutamate-Induced Excitotoxicity in Hippocampal Slices Through a Mechanism that Implicates Inhibition of GSK-3β and iNOS.

scientific article published on 10 February 2017

Folic acid administration prevents ouabain-induced hyperlocomotion and alterations in oxidative stress markers in the rat brain

scientific article published on June 2010

Folic acid administration produces an antidepressant-like effect in mice: evidence for the involvement of the serotonergic and noradrenergic systems.

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Folic acid prevents depressive-like behavior and hippocampal antioxidant imbalance induced by restraint stress in mice

scientific article published on 8 November 2012

Folic acid prevents depressive-like behavior induced by chronic corticosterone treatment in mice.

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Glutamatergic NMDA Receptor as Therapeutic Target for Depression.

scientific article published on 17 December 2015

Guanosine and its role in neuropathologies

scientific article published on 22 March 2016

Guanosine fast onset antidepressant-like effects in the olfactory bulbectomy mice model

scientific article published on 21 May 2020

Guanosine prevents behavioral alterations in the forced swimming test and hippocampal oxidative damage induced by acute restraint stress

scientific article published on 12 October 2014

Guanosine produces an antidepressant-like effect through the modulation of NMDA receptors, nitric oxide-cGMP and PI3K/mTOR pathways.

scientific article published on 26 June 2012

ISX-9 can potentiate cell proliferation and neuronal commitment in the rat dentate gyrus

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Inosine reduces pain-related behavior in mice: involvement of adenosine A1 and A2A receptor subtypes and protein kinase C pathways.

scientific article published on 14 May 2010

Inosine, an Endogenous Purine Nucleoside, Suppresses Immune Responses and Protects Mice from Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis: a Role for A2A Adenosine Receptor.

scientific article published on 30 April 2016

Interaction of zinc with antidepressants in the tail suspension test

scientific article published on 11 September 2008

Involvement of 5-HT1A receptors in the antidepressant-like effect of adenosine in the mouse forced swimming test

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Involvement of NMDA receptors and L-arginine-nitric oxide pathway in the antidepressant-like effects of zinc in mice.

scientific article published in September 2003

Involvement of NMDA receptors and L-arginine-nitric oxide-cyclic guanosine monophosphate pathway in the antidepressant-like effects of escitalopram in the forced swimming test

scientific article published on November 2010

Involvement of PI3K, GSK-3β and PPARγ in the antidepressant-like effect of folic acid in the forced swimming test in mice

scientific article published on 30 October 2011

Involvement of PI3K/Akt Signaling Pathway and Its Downstream Intracellular Targets in the Antidepressant-Like Effect of Creatine.

scientific article published on 6 May 2015

Involvement of PI3K/Akt/GSK-3β and mTOR in the antidepressant-like effect of atorvastatin in mice.

scientific article published on 7 July 2016

Involvement of PKA, CaMKII, PKC, MAPK/ERK and PI3K in the acute antidepressant-like effect of ferulic acid in the tail suspension test.

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Involvement of PKA, MAPK/ERK and CaMKII, but not PKC in the acute antidepressant-like effect of memantine in mice

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Involvement of PKA, PKC, CAMK-II and MEK1/2 in the acute antidepressant-like effect of creatine in mice.

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Involvement of different types of potassium channels in the antidepressant-like effect of ascorbic acid in the mouse tail suspension test

scientific article published in July 2012

Involvement of dopamine receptors in the antidepressant-like effect of melatonin in the tail suspension test.

scientific article published on 18 April 2010

Involvement of glutamatergic neurotransmission in the antidepressant-like effect of zinc in the chronic unpredictable stress model of depression.

scientific article published on 8 January 2016

Involvement of glutathione, ERK1/2 phosphorylation and BDNF expression in the antidepressant-like effect of zinc in rats.

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Involvement of monoaminergic system in the antidepressant-like effect of the hydroalcoholic extract of Siphocampylus verticillatus

scientific article published on February 2002

Involvement of monoaminergic systems in the antidepressant-like effect of Eugenia brasiliensis Lam. (Myrtaceae) in the tail suspension test in mice

scientific article published on 4 August 2012

Involvement of nitric oxide-cGMP pathway in the antidepressant-like effect of ascorbic acid in the tail suspension test

scientific article published on 23 July 2011

Involvement of the adenosine A1 and A2A receptors in the antidepressant-like effect of zinc in the forced swimming test

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Is there an association between hypercholesterolemia and depression? Behavioral evidence from the LDLr(-/-) mouse experimental model.

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Lead exposure and latent learning ability of adult female rats

scientific article published in November 1993

Lead stimulates ERK1/2 and p38MAPK phosphorylation in the hippocampus of immature rats

scientific article published in February 2004

MPP+-Lesioned Mice: an Experimental Model of Motor, Emotional, Memory/Learning, and Striatal Neurochemical Dysfunctions.

scientific article published on 8 October 2016

Mechanisms involved in the antinociception caused by agmatine in mice.

scientific article published in June 2005

Mechanisms involved in the antinociception caused by melatonin in mice

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

Melatonin exerts an antidepressant-like effect in the tail suspension test in mice: evidence for involvement of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors and the L-arginine-nitric oxide pathway.

scientific article published in May 2003

NCS-1 deficiency causes anxiety and depressive-like behavior with impaired non-aversive memory in mice

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NLRP3 inflammasome-driven pathways in depression: Clinical and preclinical findings

scientific article published on 2 March 2017

NMDA receptors and the L-arginine-nitric oxide-cyclic guanosine monophosphate pathway are implicated in the antidepressant-like action of the ethanolic extract from Tabebuia avellanedae in mice

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Neuropeptide Y (NPY) prevents depressive-like behavior, spatial memory deficits and oxidative stress following amyloid-β (Aβ(1-40)) administration in mice

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Neuroprotective effect of guanosine against glutamate-induced cell death in rat hippocampal slices is mediated by the phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase/Akt/ glycogen synthase kinase 3β pathway activation and inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibition.

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Neurotoxicity induced by dexamethasone in the human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cell line can be prevented by folic acid.

scientific article published on 31 May 2011

Novel Targets for Fast Antidepressant Responses: Possible Role of Endogenous Neuromodulators

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Novel approaches for the management of depressive disorders

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Nrf2 participates in depressive disorders through an anti-inflammatory mechanism

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Nutritional strategies for dealing with depression

scientific article published on 23 October 2013

Pharmacological evidence for the involvement of the opioid system in the antidepressant-like effect of adenosine in the mouse forced swimming test.

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Physical exercise prevents amyloid β1-40-induced disturbances in NLRP3 inflammasome pathway in the hippocampus of mice

scientific article published on 19 November 2020

Potential Role of Vitamin D for the Management of Depression and Anxiety

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Pramipexole, a Dopamine D2/D3 Receptor-Preferring Agonist, Prevents Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Development in Mice.

scientific article published on 22 January 2016

Protective Effects of Agmatine Against Corticosterone-Induced Impairment on Hippocampal mTOR Signaling and Cell Death

scientific article published on 12 May 2020

Protective Effects of Ursolic Acid Against Cytotoxicity Induced by Corticosterone: Role of Protein Kinases

scientific article published on 11 November 2019

Protective effect of creatine against 6-hydroxydopamine-induced cell death in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells: Involvement of intracellular signaling pathways.

scientific article published on 26 February 2013

Protective effect of crude extract from Wedelia paludosa (Asteraceae) on the hepatotoxicity induced by paracetamol in mice

scientific article published in January 2006

Protective effects of ascorbic acid on behavior and oxidative status of restraint-stressed mice

scientific article published on 3 October 2012

Putrescine produces antidepressant-like effects in the forced swimming test and in the tail suspension test in mice.

scientific article published on 5 July 2006

Role of different types of potassium channels in the antidepressant-like effect of agmatine in the mouse forced swimming test.

scientific article published on 14 August 2007

Role of potassium channels in the antidepressant-like effect of folic acid in the forced swimming test in mice

scientific article published on 29 December 2011

Rosmarinus officinalis L. hydroalcoholic extract, similar to fluoxetine, reverses depressive-like behavior without altering learning deficit in olfactory bulbectomized mice.

scientific article published on 18 June 2012

Serotonergic and noradrenergic systems are implicated in the antidepressant-like effect of ursolic acid in mice

scientific article published on 02 June 2014

Signaling pathways underlying the antidepressant-like effect of inosine in mice

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Spinal and supraspinal antinociceptive action of dipyrone in formalin, capsaicin and glutamate tests. Study of the mechanism of action

scientific article published on March 1998

Statins enhance cognitive performance in object location test in albino Swiss mice: involvement of beta-adrenoceptors

scientific article published on 17 February 2015

Sub-chronic agmatine treatment modulates hippocampal neuroplasticity and cell survival signaling pathways in mice.

scientific article published on 12 August 2014

Subchronic administration of ascorbic acid elicits antidepressant-like effect and modulates cell survival signaling pathways in mice

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TNF-α-induced depressive-like phenotype and p38(MAPK) activation are abolished by ascorbic acid treatment

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Thalidomide reduces mechanical hyperalgesia and depressive-like behavior induced by peripheral nerve crush in mice.

scientific article published on 27 June 2015

The activation of α1-adrenoceptors is implicated in the antidepressant-like effect of creatine in the tail suspension test.

scientific article published on 26 January 2013

The antidepressant-like effect of chronic guanosine treatment is associated with increased hippocampal neuronal differentiation

scientific article published on 18 January 2016

The antidepressant-like effect of inosine in the FST is associated with both adenosine A1 and A 2A receptors.

scientific article published on 25 April 2013

The antidepressant-like effect of physical activity on a voluntary running wheel.

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The antimanic-like effect of tamoxifen: Behavioural comparison with other PKC-inhibiting and antiestrogenic drugs.

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The crude extract from the sea anemone, Bunodosoma caissarum elicits convulsions in mice: possible involvement of the glutamatergic system

scientific article published in December 2002

The inhibition of different types of potassium channels underlies the antidepressant-like effect of adenosine in the mouse forced swimming test

scientific article published on 12 January 2007

The modulation of NMDA receptors and L-arginine/nitric oxide pathway is implicated in the anti-immobility effect of creatine in the tail suspension test.

scientific article published on 3 January 2015

The role of the NMDA receptors and l-arginine-nitric oxide-cyclic guanosine monophosphate pathway in the antidepressant-like effect of duloxetine in the forced swimming test

scientific article published on 23 September 2012

Therapeutic Potential of Ursolic Acid to Manage Neurodegenerative and Psychiatric Diseases.

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Therapeutic potential of agmatine for CNS disorders.

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Vatairea macrocarpa lectin (VML) induces depressive-like behavior and expression of neuroinflammatory markers in mice.

scientific article published on 12 September 2013

Veratrine blocks the lamotrigine-induced swimming increase and immobility decrease in the modified forced swimming test

scientific article published on 7 June 2007

Vitamin E for the management of major depressive disorder: possible role of the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant systems

scientific article published on 14 December 2020

Zinc attenuates malathion-induced depressant-like behavior and confers neuroprotection in the rat brain.

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Zinc reverses malathion-induced impairment in antioxidant defenses.

scientific article published on 4 March 2009

alpha-Tocopherol administration produces an antidepressant-like effect in predictive animal models of depression.

scientific article published on 6 February 2010