Corticosterone and testosterone levels after chronic stress in an animal model of depression

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 55-58

  Bonilla Jaime, H ^a   Retana Marquez, S ^a   Vazquez Palacios, G ^a   Velázquez Moctezuma, Javier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Animal models of depression; Clomipramine; Corticosterone; Stress; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CLOMIPRAMINE; CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SWIMMING; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLOMIPRAMINE; COLD; CORTICOSTERONE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS; SWIMMING; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141867901     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072877     Document Type: Article

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