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Chrysin enhances serotonergic and noradrenergic neurotransmission associated with antidepressant effects: A pharmacological study Cover

Chrysin enhances serotonergic and noradrenergic neurotransmission associated with antidepressant effects: A pharmacological study

Acta Pharmaceutica
Volume 75 (2025): Issue 3 (September 2025)
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|Oct 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acph-2025-0029 | Journal eISSN: 1846-9558 | Journal ISSN: 1330-0075
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Language: English
Page range: 505 - 516
Accepted on: Sep 15, 2025
Published on: Oct 10, 2025
Published by: Croatian Pharmaceutical Society
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year
Keywords:
flavonoid therapy,
depressive-like behaviour,
behavioural pharmacology,
neurotransmitter modulation,
chrysin
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© 2025 Gilberto-Uriel Rosas-Sánchez, León Jesús Germán-Ponciano, Juan Francisco Rodríguez-Landa, Ángel Alberto Puig-Lagunes, César Soria-Fregozo, published by Croatian Pharmaceutical Society
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