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

• Main Authors: Mahmoud Hosseini (Author), Samaneh Zakeri (Author), Sadieh Khoshdast (Author), Fatemeh T Yousefian (Author), Monireh Rastegar (Author), Farzaneh Vafaee (Author), Shamsi Kahdouee (Author), Fatemeh Ghorbani (Author), Hassan Rakhshandeh (Author), S Abolfazl Kazemi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Neuroimmune factors have been proposed as contributors to the pathogenesis of depression. Beside other therapeutic effects including neuroprotective, antioxidant, anticonvulsant and analgesic effects, Nigella sativa and its main ingredient, thymoquinone (TQ), have been shown to have anti...