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This article is part of the supplement: International Society on Brain and Behaviour: 3rd International Congress on Brain and Behaviour .

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Intracerebroventricular administration of Pasipay, the hydroalcoholic extract of Passiflora incarnata, suppresses epileptic seizures in rats

Schwann Shariati Rad1, Marjan Nassiri Asl1 and Farzaneh Zamansoltani2

1Dep of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran

2Dep of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran

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from International Society on Brain and Behaviour: 3rd International Congress on Brain and Behaviour
Thessaloniki, Greece. 28 November – 2 December 2007

Annals of General Psychiatry 2008, 7(Suppl 1):S222doi:10.1186/1744-859X-7-S1-S222

Published: 17 April 2008

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Passion flower (Passiflora incarnata) is used in traditional medicine of Europe and South America to treat anxiety, insomnia and seizure; its hydroalcoholic extract, Pasipay has been established in treating the physical symptoms of opioid withdrawal in human, anxiety disorders and ADHD [1-3]. Recently, it has shown anticonvulsant effects in mice [4].


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