2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Role of Neuropeptide S in animal model of psychiatric disorder
Project/Area Number |
21791112
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
Psychiatric science
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Research Institution | Chiba University |
Principal Investigator |
OKAMURA Naoe 千葉大学, 社会精神保健教育研究センター, 講師 (40527909)
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Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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Keywords | 精神薬理学 |
Research Abstract |
We studied an effect of Neuropeptide S (NPS) in learned helplessness in the rat, an animal model of depression. We found that NPS has an antidepressant like effect on learned helplessness when injected locally in nucleus accumbens.
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