Social stress in tree shrews as an animal model of depression: An example of a behavioral model of a CNS disorder

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 182-190

  Fuchs, Eberhard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

5 [[2 [1 [3,5 BIS(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL]ETHOXY] 3 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 4 MORPHOLINYL]METHYL] N,N DIMETHYL 1H 1,2,3 TRIAZOLE 4 METHANAMINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; DIAZEPAM; NORDAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TEMAZEPAM; TIANEPTINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN SIZE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PROBLEM; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 16844380632     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1092852900010038     Document Type: Review

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