Selective breeding of rats for high and low motor activity in a swim test: Toward a new animal model of depression

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-66

  Weiss, Jay M ^a,c   Cierpial, Mark A ^b   West, Charles H K ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c Georgia Mental Health Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models of depression; Desipramine hydrochloride (DMI); Motor activity; Osmotic minipumps; Selective breeding; SwHi SwLo rats; Swim test

Indexed keywords

DESIPRAMINE; PHENELZINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031722269     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(98)00075-6     Document Type: Article

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