Interaction between estrogens and antidepressants in the forced swimming test in rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 139-145

  Estrada Camarena, Erika ^a,b   Fernández Guasti, Alonso ^a   López Rubalcava, Carolina ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

17 Estradiol; Desipramine; Diethyl stilbestrol; Ethinylestradiol; Fluoxetine; Forced swimming test

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DESIPRAMINE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FLUOXETINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLIMBING; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SWIMMING;

EID: 2342614120     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-003-1707-4     Document Type: Article

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