Stress and depression: Insights from animal models

Stress Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 229-233

  Willner, Paul ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal models; Antidepressant drugs; Chronic mild stress; Depression; Learned helplessness; Neurobiological mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANHEDONIA; DEPRESSION; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030669507     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199710)13:4<229::AID-SMI743>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Review

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