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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-2-26
pubmed:abstractText
We investigated the antidepressant-like effects of pre-germinated brown rice (PGBR) and polished rice (PR) pellets, respectively, in comparison with control (AIN-93G) pellets in the forced swimming test and the learned helplessness paradigm in mice. Mice were fed respective pellets for 30 days. The immobility time on the 2nd day of the forced swimming test was shorter in mice fed with PR or PGBR pellets than in mice fed with control pellets. In the learned helplessness paradigm, the number of escape failures in mice fed with PGBR pellets was significantly smaller than that in mice fed with control pellets. Compared to the control group, an increase in serotonin (5-HT) levels, but not in 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) levels, and a decrease in the 5-HIAA/5-HT ratio were observed in the frontal cortex of the PGBR group. There were no differences among the three groups in terms of 5-HT and 5-HIAA levels and their ratios in the hippocampus and striatum. The levels of noradrenaline and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol were not affected by the food pellets in all the brain regions tested. Additionally, we could not detect any differences in the expression of the 5-HT1A receptor and the 5-HT transporter in the frontal cortex of the three groups. These results suggest that the increase of 5-HT levels in the mouse frontal cortex contributes to the antidepressant-like effects of PGBR pellets.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0091-3057
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
86
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
62-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17258802-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17258802-Behavior, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:17258802-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:17258802-Brain Chemistry, pubmed-meshheading:17258802-Depression, pubmed-meshheading:17258802-Diet, pubmed-meshheading:17258802-Helplessness, Learned, pubmed-meshheading:17258802-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:17258802-Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:17258802-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17258802-Methoxyhydroxyphenylglycol, pubmed-meshheading:17258802-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17258802-Mice, Inbred ICR, pubmed-meshheading:17258802-Motor Activity, pubmed-meshheading:17258802-Neostriatum, pubmed-meshheading:17258802-Norepinephrine, pubmed-meshheading:17258802-Oryza sativa, pubmed-meshheading:17258802-Pain Measurement, pubmed-meshheading:17258802-Prefrontal Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:17258802-Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1A, pubmed-meshheading:17258802-Serotonin, pubmed-meshheading:17258802-Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17258802-Swimming
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of pre-germinated brown rice on depression-like behavior in mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemical Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, 150 Yagotoyama, Tempaku-ku, Nagoya 468-8503, Japan. mamiya@ccmfs.meijo-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't