Oestrogen-deficient female aromatase knockout (ArKO) mice exhibit 'depressive-like' symptomatology

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 217-228

  Dalla, C ^a,b   Antoniou, K ^b   Papadopoulou Daifoti, Z ^b   Balthazart, J ^a   Bakker, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Hippocampus; Hypothalamus; Serotonin; Striatum

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENT; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; AROMATASE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DEPRESSION; ESTRADIOL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVARIECTOMY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3142688155     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03443.x     Document Type: Article

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