[Objectives]This study aimed to study the sleep-improving effect of Anshen Babu ointment on insomnia mice and its mechanism of action.[Methods]Mouse models of insomnia were established by p-chlorophenylalanine(PCPA)in...[Objectives]This study aimed to study the sleep-improving effect of Anshen Babu ointment on insomnia mice and its mechanism of action.[Methods]Mouse models of insomnia were established by p-chlorophenylalanine(PCPA)injection.They were given high,middle and low doses of Anshen Babu ointment,for 7 consecutive days,and then,the spontaneous activity of insomnia mice and the effect on hypnotic time and subthreshold hypnotic dose of pentobarbital sodium were observed,and the levels of 5-HT,IL-6 and TNF-α in the hippocampus of mice were determined.[Results]High and middle-dose Anshen Babu ointment significantly reduced the spontaneous activity of insomnia mice and shorten the hypnotic time of pentobarbital sodium;high and middle-dose Anshen Babu ointment increased the 5-HT content and inhibited the IL-6 and TNF-α expression in the hippocampus of mice.[Conclusions]Anshen Babu ointment has hypnotic and sedative effect on insomnia mice.The mechanism may be achieved by increasing 5-HT and reducing IL-6 and TNF-α levels.展开更多
基金Science and Technology Research and Development Plan of Shiyan City(16Y76).
文摘[Objectives]This study aimed to study the sleep-improving effect of Anshen Babu ointment on insomnia mice and its mechanism of action.[Methods]Mouse models of insomnia were established by p-chlorophenylalanine(PCPA)injection.They were given high,middle and low doses of Anshen Babu ointment,for 7 consecutive days,and then,the spontaneous activity of insomnia mice and the effect on hypnotic time and subthreshold hypnotic dose of pentobarbital sodium were observed,and the levels of 5-HT,IL-6 and TNF-α in the hippocampus of mice were determined.[Results]High and middle-dose Anshen Babu ointment significantly reduced the spontaneous activity of insomnia mice and shorten the hypnotic time of pentobarbital sodium;high and middle-dose Anshen Babu ointment increased the 5-HT content and inhibited the IL-6 and TNF-α expression in the hippocampus of mice.[Conclusions]Anshen Babu ointment has hypnotic and sedative effect on insomnia mice.The mechanism may be achieved by increasing 5-HT and reducing IL-6 and TNF-α levels.
