Neuroscience and Medicine

Vol.3 No.2(2012), Paper ID 19649, 12 pages

DOI:10.4236/nm.2012.32021

 

The Influence of Gonadectomy on Anxiolytic and Antidepressant Effects of Melatonin in Male and Female Wistar Rats: A Possible Implication of Sex Hormones

 

El Mrabet Fatima Zahra, Lagbouri Ibtissam, Mesfioui Abdelhalim, El Hessni Aboubakr, Ouichou Ali

 

Laboratory of Genetics, Neuroendocrinology and Biotechnology, Unit of Nervous and Endocrine Physiology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University Ibn Tofail, Kenitra, Morocco
Laboratory of Genetics, Neuroendocrinology and Biotechnology, Unit of Nervous and Endocrine Physiology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University Ibn Tofail, Kenitra, Morocco
Laboratory of Genetics, Neuroendocrinology and Biotechnology, Unit of Nervous and Endocrine Physiology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University Ibn Tofail, Kenitra, Morocco
Laboratory of Genetics, Neuroendocrinology and Biotechnology, Unit of Nervous and Endocrine Physiology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University Ibn Tofail, Kenitra, Morocco
Laboratory of Genetics, Neuroendocrinology and Biotechnology, Unit of Nervous and Endocrine Physiology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University Ibn Tofail, Kenitra, Morocco

 

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E. Zahra, L. Ibtissam, M. Abdelhalim, E. Aboubakr and O. Ali, "The Influence of Gonadectomy on Anxiolytic and Antidepressant Effects of Melatonin in Male and Female Wistar Rats: A Possible Implication of Sex Hormones," Neuroscience and Medicine, Vol. 3 No. 2, 2012, pp. 162-173. doi: 10.4236/nm.2012.32021.

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