Thymoquinone produced antianxiety-like effects in mice through modulation of GABA and NO levels

N Gilhotra, D Dhingra - Pharmacological Reports, 2011 - Springer
The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of GABAergic and nitriergic
modulation in the antianxiety effect of thymoquinone, a major constituent of Nigella sativa, in …

Antianxiety-like activity of gallic acid in unstressed and stressed mice: possible involvement of nitriergic system

D Dhingra, R Chhillar, A Gupta - Neurochemical Research, 2012 - Springer
The aim of present study was to evaluate antianxiety-like activity of gallic acid in Swiss
young male albino mice; and to explore the possible underlying mechanisms for this activity …

Involvement of NO–cGMP pathway in anti-anxiety effect of aminoguanidine in stressed mice

N Gilhotra, D Dhingra - Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and …, 2009 - Elsevier
In the present study, effect of aminoguanidine (12.5, 25 and 50mg/kg, ip), a selective
inhibitor of inducible nitric oxide synthase, was evaluated for its anti-anxiety activity in …

GABAergic and nitriergic modulation by curcumin for its antianxiety-like activity in mice

N Gilhotra, D Dhingra - Brain research, 2010 - Elsevier
In the present study, effect of curcumin (10 and 20mg/kg), an active constituent of Curcuma
longa was evaluated for its antianxiety-like activity in mice subjected to immobilization …

The effects of Nigella sativa hydro-alcoholic extract and thymoquinone on lipopolysaccharide-induced depression like behavior in rats

M Hosseini, S Zakeri, S Khoshdast… - Journal of Pharmacy …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Background: Neuroimmune factors have been proposed as contributors to the pathogenesis
of depression. Beside other therapeutic effects including neuroprotective, antioxidant …

Honokiol abrogates lipopolysaccharide-induced depressive like behavior by impeding neuroinflammation and oxido-nitrosative stress in mice

K Sulakhiya, P Kumar, A Jangra, S Dwivedi… - European journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Depression is an inflammatory, commonly occurring and lethal psychiatric disorder having
high lifetime prevalence. Preclinical and clinical studies suggest that activation of immuno …

Therapeutic effect of Thymoquinone on behavioural response to UCMS and neuroinflammation in hippocampus and amygdala in BALB/c mice model

S Nazir, RK Farooq, S Nasir, R Hanif, A Javed - Psychopharmacology, 2022 - Springer
Rationale Major depressive disorder is the leading cause of disability worldwide. The
corticolimbic system plays a critical role in the emotional and cognitive aspects of major …

Beneficial effect of honokiol on lipopolysaccharide induced anxiety-like behavior and liver damage in mice

K Sulakhiya, P Kumar, SS Gurjar, CC Barua… - Pharmacology …, 2015 - Elsevier
Anxiety disorders are commonly occurring co-morbid neuropsychiatric disorders with
chronic inflammatory conditions such as live damage. Numerous studies revealed that …

Memory enhancing activity of naringin in unstressed and stressed mice: possible cholinergic and nitriergic modulation

SR Maratha, N Mahadevan - Neurochemical research, 2012 - Springer
The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of Naringin on memory of unstressed
and stressed Swiss young albino mice. Naringin (80 mg/kg, ip) and donepezil (10 mg/kg) …

[HTML][HTML] Possible neuroprotective mechanisms of action involved in the neurobehavioral property of naringin in mice

B Ben-Azu, EE Nwoke, AO Aderibigbe… - Biomedicine & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Flavonoids are naturally occurring bioactive phytochemical metabolites widely known to
prevent and suppress several human diseases, and are important sources of therapeutic …