Chronic treatment with desipramine: Effect on endocrine and behavioral responses induced by inescapable stress

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 939-944

  Centeno, V A ^a   Volosin, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Corticosterone pattern; Desipramine; Escape failures; Inactivity; Inescapable shock; Rats

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DESIPRAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHOCK;

EID: 0030766824     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00255-2     Document Type: Article

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