In Balb/c mice with a high level of anxiety, intraperitoneal Selank prevented manifestations of anxiety in stress tests over a wide dose range.
In plain wordsIn anxious mice of one strain, Selank prevented signs of anxiety in behaviour tests.
- Peptide
- Selank
- Outcome
- DecreaseAnxiety in Balb/c mice (open field, elevated plus-maze, light-dark chamber)
- Study
mousen: not reported in source
inbred Balb/c and C57Bl/6 mice with different emotional-stress reaction types- Outcome group
- Anxiety and mood · Mental health and mood
- Studied dose
- 200-3000 mcg/kg · intraperitonealAs given in this study (mouse).
Source sentences
the heptapeptide prevented manifestations of anxiety being administered intraperitoneally in a wide range of active doses (200-3000 mcg/kg)
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
The anxiolytic effect of the synthetic analogue of the endogenous peptide tuftsin (Thr-Lys-Pro-Arg-Pro-Gly-Pro) was studied in inbred mice Balb/c (C) and C57B1/6 (B6) with different heritable types of emotional-stress reaction.