Fawn-hooded rats show enhanced active behaviour in the forced swimming test, with no evidence for pituitary-adrenal axis hyperactivity

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 74-78

  Lahmame, Abdeljalil ^a   Gomez, Francisca ^a   Armario, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Depression; Fawn hooded rats; Forced swimming test; Holeboard; Pituitary adrenal axis; Plus maze; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CORTICOSTERONE; DESIPRAMINE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS; THYMUS;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030006496     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02247395     Document Type: Article

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