Forced swimming behavior is not related to the corticosterone levels achieved in the test: A study with four inbred rat strains

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 369-373

  Marti, J ^a   Armario, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Depression; Fischer 344 rats; Forced swimming test; Holeboard; Lewis rats; Spontaneously hypertensive rats; Wistar Kyoto rats

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; DEPRESSION; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

EID: 0029965316     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02104-3     Document Type: Article

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