The effects of melatonin on the behavioural disturbances induced by chronic mild stress in C3H/He mice

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-83

  Kopp, C ^a   Vogel, E ^a   Rettori, M C ^b   Delagrange, P ^b   Misslin, R ^a  

^a Lab d'Ethologie et de Neurobiologie   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

Author keywords

Anxiety; C3H He inbred mice; Chronic mild stress; Fluoxetine; Free exploratory paradigm; Light dark choice procedure; Locomotor activity; Melatonin; Sucrose preference

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PINEAL BODY HORMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STRESS;

EID: 0033046212     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008877-199902000-00007     Document Type: Article

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