Yueju Pill Rapidly Induces Antidepressant-Like Effects and Acutely Enhances BDNF Expression in Mouse Brain

The traditional antidepressants have a major disadvantage in delayed onset of efficacy, and the emerging fast-acting antidepressant ketamine has adverse behavioral and neurotoxic effects. Yueju pill, an herb medicine formulated eight hundred years ago by Doctor Zhu Danxi, has been popularly prescrib...

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Main Authors: Wenda Xue, Xin Zhou, Nan Yi, Lihua Jiang, Weiwei Tao, Runjie Wu, Dan Wang, Jingjing Jiang, Xiaoyin Ge, Yuyue Wang, Haoxin Wu, Gang Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/184367