Are Wistar-Kyoto rats a genetic animal model of depression resistant to antidepressants?

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 337, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 115-123

  Lahmame, Abdeljalil ^a   Del Arco, Carmen ^b   Pazos, Angel ^b   Yritia, Mercedes ^c   Armario, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adrenoceptor; 5 HT1 receptor; 5 HT2 receptor; Brown Norway rat; Depression; Forced swimming test; Imipramine; Sprague Dawley rat; Wistar Kyoto rat

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DESIPRAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; SEROTONIN 1 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; DEPRESSION; DRUG RESISTANCE; EATING; IMIPRAMINE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN;

EID: 0030697405     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(97)01276-4     Document Type: Article

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