Detection of serotonergic and noradrenergic antidepressants in the rat forced swimming test: the effects of water depth

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 1995, Pages 43-46

  Detke, Michael J ^a   Lucki, Irwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Behavior; Desipramine; Fluoxetine; Forced swimming test; Norepinephrine; Rat; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DESIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; IMMOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; NOREPINEPHRINE; SEROTONIN AGENTS; SWIMMING;

EID: 13344249761     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(96)00067-8     Document Type: Article

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