the present study was designed to study the preventive effect of hydroalcoholic extract of ripe pistachio hulls (rph) in the elevated plus maze model of anxiety. one hundred twenty female wistar rats in their estrous cycle were divided into 15 groups of 8 each and received various concentrations of hydroalcoholic extract of rph except the control groups. elevated plus maze was used to measure t...

introduction: previous studies have shown that cannabinoidergic system is involved in anxiety. however, there are controversial reports in the experimental studies. the aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of pharmacological stimulation or blocking of cb1 receptors and inhibition of endocannabinoid degradation in anxiety like behavior in elevated plus-maze (epm) test in rat. the epm is o...

This paper presents the effect of high environmental heat on behavior of the male Charles Foster rats. Eighty rats were divided into three groups, subjected to (i) acute heat stress (ii) chronic heat stress and (iii) handling control group. Animals were exposed to the hot environment in a biological oxygen demand incubator at 38 ± 1ºC (relative humidity 45-50%) for four hours of continuous sing...

Emblica officinalis Gaertn. (Euphorbiaceae) [EO] fruit is traditionally used as a general health tonic in Ayurveda. In the present study the effect of alcoholic extract of EO fruits was evaluated on acute stress induced biochemical and psychological changes in mice. Acute stress was induced by restraint stress method and the effect of EO at the doses of 100, 250 and 500mg/kg was evaluated on le...