Antidepressant-like effects of pregnancy and progesterone in Wistar rats as measured in the differential reinforcement of the low-rate 72 s task

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 306-311

  Molina Hernandez, M ^a   Contreras, C M ^a,b   Tellez Alcantara, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Clomipramine; Desipramine; DRL 72 s; Pregnancy; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0033825270     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130000496     Document Type: Article

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