Swim test immobility co-segregates with serotonergic but not cholinergic sensitivity in cross-breeds of flinders line rats

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 101-107

  Overstreet, D H ^a   Janowsky, D S ^a   Pucilowski, O ^a   Rezvani, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

8 OH DPAT; Animal model of depression; Cross breeds; Flinders line rats; Immobility; Oxotremorine

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATROPINE METHYL NITRATE; OXOTREMORINE; SEROTONIN AGONIST; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CROSS BREEDING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SWIMMING;

8-HYDROXY-2-(DI-N-PROPYLAMINO)TETRALIN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; OXOTREMORINE; RATS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWIMMING;

EID: 0028038365     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: 14735873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041444-199422000-00007     Document Type: Article

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