Paradoxical hormonal and behavioral responses to hypothyroid and hyperthyroid states in the Wistar-Kyoto rat

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 632-639

  Redei, Eva E ^a   Solberg, Leah C ^a   Kluczynski, Joseph M ^b   Pare, William P ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression model; Forced swim test; Open field test; Strains; T3

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMOBILIZATION; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEPRESSION; HORMONES; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; REACTION TIME; SWIMMING; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0035025195     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-133X(00)00229-3     Document Type: Article

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