Effects of pentoxifylline, 7-nitroindazole, and imipramine on tumor necrosis factor-α and indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase enzyme activity in the hippocampus and frontal cortex of chronic mild-stress-exposed rats
Author(s) -
Amal Mansour,
Bassim M. S. A. Mohamed,
Sawsan AboulFotouh,
Eman Abdel-Salam Ibrahim,
Hannah Shehata,
Nemat Yassin,
Wafaa I. ElEraky,
Ahmed M. Abdel-Tawab
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2021
pISSN - 1176-6328
DOI - 10.2147/ndt.s41020
Subject(s) - pentoxifylline , medicine , endocrinology , imipramine , nitric oxide synthase , hippocampus , enos , tumor necrosis factor alpha , serotonin , nitric oxide , immunostaining , pharmacology , immunohistochemistry , pathology , receptor , alternative medicine
This study aimed to investigate the role of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and the neuronal nitric oxide synthase enzyme in dysregulation of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) enzyme, and hence serotonin availability in chronic mild stress (CMS), an animal model of depression.
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