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Psychoimmunological effects of dioscorea in ovariectomized rats: role of anxiety level

BACKGROUND: Anxiety levels in rats are correlated with interleukin-2 (IL-2) levels in the brain. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of dioscorea (wild yam), a Chinese medicine, on emotional behavior and IL-2 levels in the brain of ovariectomized (OVX) rats. METHODS: One mont...

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Autores principales: Ho, Ying-Jui, Wang, Ching-Fu, Hsu, Wen-Yu, Tseng, Ting, Hsu, Cheng-Chin, Kao, Mei-Ding, Tsai, Yuan-Feen
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1971263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17688703
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-859X-6-21