Paradoxical effects of chronic corticosterone on forced swim behaviours in aged male and female rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 424, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 203-209

  Brotto, Lori A ^a   Gorzalka, Boris B ^a   Barr, Alasdair M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Depression; Forced swim test; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE; DRUG VEHICLE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX FACTORS; SWIMMING;

EID: 0035958754     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(01)01148-7     Document Type: Article

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