Increased density of galanin binding sites in the dorsal raphe in a genetic rat model of depression

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 317, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 101-105

  Bellido, Inmaculada ^a,b   Díaz Cabialel, Zaida ^a,b   Jiménez Vasquez, Patricia A ^c   Andbjer, Beth ^b   Mathé, Aleksander A ^c   Fuxe, Kjell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

5 HT neurons; Dorsal raphe; Flinders Sensitive Line rats; Forced swim test; Galanin receptors

Indexed keywords

GALANIN; GALANIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GENETIC MODEL; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR DENSITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GALANIN; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; MALE; NEURONS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GALANIN; RECEPTORS, NEUROPEPTIDE; SEROTONIN; SWIMMING; SWINE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0037059403     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)02446-6     Document Type: Article

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