The influence of gender and the estrous cycle on learned helplessness in the rat

Biological Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 147-158

  Jenkins, Jennifer A ^a,c   Williams, Phillip ^b   Kramer, Gerald L ^b   Davis, Lori L ^b   Petty, Frederick ^a  

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

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Depression; Estrous cycle; Females; Inescapable stress

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENDER; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

EID: 0034800904     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0511(01)00111-9     Document Type: Article

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