Desipramine treatment reduces the long-term behavioural and neurochemical sequelae of early-life maternal separation

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 391-396

  MacQueen, Glenda M ^a,b   Ramakrishnan, Karuna ^a   Ratnasingan, Ravena ^a   Chen, Biao ^a   Young, L Trevor ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression; Forced swim test; Maternal separation; Neurotrophins; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DESIPRAMINE; NEUROHORMONE; NEUROTROPHIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DEPRESSION; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MENTAL STRESS; MOUSE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DENTATE GYRUS; DEPRESSION; DESIPRAMINE; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; SWIMMING;

EID: 0742270815     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145703003729     Document Type: Article

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