Genetic and environmental models of stress-induced depression in rats

Stress Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 261-268

  Overstreet, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HT1A receptors; 8 OH DPAT selected rats; Chronic mild stress; Flinders line rats; Learned helplessness; Stress induced depression

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 1A AGONIST; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ANHEDONIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BREEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC MODEL; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RAT; SHOCK; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0031793812     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(1998100)14:4<261::AID-SMI811>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Conference Paper

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