Acute and chronic antidepressant drug treatment in the rat forced swimming test model of depression

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-112

  Detke, Michael J ^b   Johnson, Jennie ^b   Lucki, Irwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DESIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DESIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SWIMMING;

EID: 0030963916     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1064-1297.5.2.107     Document Type: Article

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