Hippocampal 3α,5α-THP may alter depressive behavior of pregnant and lactating rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 531-540

  Frye, Cheryl A ^a   Walf, Alicia A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Allopregnanolone; Depression; Gestational stress; Hippocampus; Neurosteroids; Nongenomic; Porsolt

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; FINASTERIDE; ELTANOLONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GESTAGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; STRESS; SWIMMING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; LONG EVANS RAT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINASTERIDE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PREGNANOLONE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SWIMMING;

EID: 3142634521     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2004.03.024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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