The Antidepressant and Cognitive Improvement Activities of the Traditional Chinese Herb Cistanche

Figure 5

Effect of C. deserticola Y.C.Ma and C. tubulosa decoctions on brain neurotransmitter levels of tail suspension stressed mice. After adaptation, the experimental groups were administered with herb Cistanche decoction by gavage for 21 days and then suspended by tail for 5 min, each group was comprised of 10 mice, and the mice were sacrificed to harvest the brain tissues and used for brain neurotransmitter level measurement. L, M, and H, respectively, represent low, medium, and high; CD and CT, respectively, represent C. deserticola Y.C.Ma and C. tubulosa decoction. ; all the data were represented as mean ± SEM; was considered as significantly different and was marked as “”.

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