Spontaneous firing rate of lateral septal neurons decreases after forced swimming test in Wistar rat

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 343-348

  Contreras, Carlos M ^a,c   Chacón, Leticia ^b   Rodríguez Landa, Juan Francisco ^a   Bernal Morales, Blandina ^a   Gutiérrez García, Ana G ^a   Saavedra, Margarita ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^c NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Animal model; Depression; Despair; Firing rate; Forced swimming test; Lateral septal nucleus; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECORDING; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 1642441350     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2003.10.013     Document Type: Article

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