Research Article

Jieyu Anshen Granule, a Chinese Herbal Formulation, Exerts Effects on Poststroke Depression in Rats

Table 2

Effect of JY on levels of NE, DA, and 5-HT in the prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, hypothalamus, and striatum of PSD rats; μg/g tissue.

Brain areaGroupsNEDA5-HT

Prefrontal cortexCON42.96 ± 3.398.54 ± 1.570.58 ± 0.06
MCAO + CUMS31.84 ± 5.604.98 ± 0.51##0.43 ± 0.03##
CIT1035.30 ± 2.356.15 ± 1.170.56 ± 0.06
JY136.01 ± 3.645.94 ± 0.630.56 ± 0.05

HippocampusCON31.90 ± 4.748.61 ± 0.650.70 ± 0.09
MCAO + CUMS23.05 ± 4.09#6.53 ± 0.30##0.51 ± 0.11#
CIT1025.71 ± 8.017.50 ± 1.030.67 ± 0.05
JY130.63 ± 5.037.44 ± 0.500.68 ± 0.06

HypothalamusCON42.54 ± 2.447.16 ± 0.460.50 ± 0.07
MCAO + CUMS31.63 ± 4.83##5.54 ± 0.62##0.38 ± 0.04##
CIT1039.79 ± 3.586.73 ± 0.770.45 ± 0.03
JY140.07 ± 1.626.72 ± 1.220.44 ± 0.03

StriatumCON51.88 ± 8.419.96 ± 1.580.70 ± 0.12
MCAO + CUMS40.79 ± 8.17#8.00 ± 0.84#0.58 ± 0.08#
CIT1050.86 ± 7.259.66 ± 2.170.60 ± 0.16
JY151.51 ± 4.978.33 ± 1.170.64 ± 0.14

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM. n = 7–10. compared to CON group. compared to MCAO + CUMS group.