Individual differences in response to imipramine in the mouse tail suspension test

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 387-391

  Vaugeois, Jean Marie ^a   Passera, Géraldine ^a   Zuccaro, Florence ^a   Costentin, Jean ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Desipramine; Imipramine; Mouse strains; Paroxetine; Preselection; Tail suspension test

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DESIPRAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; PAROXETINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEPRESSION; DESIPRAMINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMIPRAMINE; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAROXETINE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 0031452134     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050475     Document Type: Article

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