Social isolation in animal models of relevance to neuropsychiatric disorders

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 918-922

  Kim, John W ^a   Kirkpatrick, Brian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MARYLAND PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models of disease; Depressive disorder; Glucocorticoids; Microtus; Social isolation; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HOUSING; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS; VOLE;

EID: 0030297719     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00546-3     Document Type: Article

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