A selective test for antidepressant treatments using rats bred for stress-induced reduction of motor activity in the swim test

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-23

  West, Charles Hutchison Keesor ^a   Weiss, Jay Michael ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Building A ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Antidepressants; Depression; Drugs; Genetic selection; Stimulants; Swim test

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; AMPHETAMINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DESIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; PHENELZINE; SCOPOLAMINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STRESS; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ELECTROSHOCK; ESCAPE REACTION; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 25844505937     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-005-0048-x     Document Type: Article

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