Sex differences in behavioral, neurochemical and neuroendocrine effects induced by the forced swim test in rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 849-857

  Drossopoulou, G ^a   Antoniou, K ^a   Kitraki, E ^a   Papathanasiou, G ^a   Papalexi, E ^a   Dalla, C ^a   Papadopoulou Daifoti, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

5 HIAA; 5 HT; 5 hydroxyindoleatic acid; analysis of variance; ANOVA; corticosteroids; forced swim test; FST; high performance liquid chromatography; hippocampus; HPA; HPLC; hypothalamic pituitary adrenal; hypothalamus; rat; serotonin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; MESSENGER RNA; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CORTICOSTERONE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; RNA, MESSENGER; SEROTONIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2942676973     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.04.044     Document Type: Article

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