Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science
Vol.3 No.3(2013), Paper ID 34789, 5
pages
DOI:10.4236/jbbs.2013.33031
Aqueous Extract of Saffron (Crocus sativus) Increases Brain Dopamine and Glutamate Concentrations in Rats
Hosseinali Ettehadi, Seyedeh Nargesolsadat Mojabi, Mina Ranjbaran, Jamal Shams, Hedayat Sahraei, Mahdi Hedayati, Farzad Asefi
Institute of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
Neuroscience Research Center, Baqyiatallah (a.s.) University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Neuroscience Research Center, Baqyiatallah (a.s.) University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, and Neuroscience Research Center,
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Neuroscience Research Center, Baqyiatallah (a.s.) University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Fat Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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How to Cite this Article
H. Ettehadi, S. Mojabi, M. Ranjbaran, J. Shams, H. Sahraei, M. Hedayati and F. Asefi, "Aqueous Extract of Saffron (
Crocus sativus) Increases Brain Dopamine and Glutamate Concentrations in Rats,"
Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science, Vol. 3 No. 3, 2013, pp. 315-319. doi:
10.4236/jbbs.2013.33031.