Participation of the lateral septal nuclei (LSN) in the antidepressant-like actions of progesterone in the forced swimming test (FST)

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 175-183

  Estrada Camarena, Erika ^a,b,d   Contreras, Carlos M ^a,c   Saavedra, Margarita ^a,c   Luna Baltazar, Iván ^a   López Rubalcava, Carolina ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Forced swimming test; GABAA receptor; Lateral septum; Picrotoxin; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; IMIPRAMINE; PICROTOXIN; PROGESTERONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HISTOLOGY; IMMOBILIZATION; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWIMMING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; IMIPRAMINE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVARIECTOMY; PICROTOXIN; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SWIMMING;

EID: 0037151271     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(02)00023-2     Document Type: Article

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