Effects of learned helplessness on brain GABA receptors

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 193-198

  Kram, Martin L ^a   Kramer, Gerald L ^a   Steciuk, Mark ^a   Ronan, Patrick J ^a   Petty, Frederick ^a,b  

^a VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Behavior; Depression; GABA(A) receptor; GABA(B) receptor; Learned helplessness; Stress

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HELPLESSNESS; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMAL; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0033800916     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(00)00157-7     Document Type: Article

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