The effects of social isolation on the forced swim test in Fawn hooded and Wistar rats

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-51

  Hall, F S ^a   Huang, S ^a   Fong, G F ^a   Pert, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fawn hooded rats; Forced swim test; Isolation rearing; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXERTION; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RATS, WISTAR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032583785     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(97)00155-6     Document Type: Article

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