Adult life behavioral consequences of early maternal separation are alleviated by escitalopram treatment in a rat model of depression

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 535-540

  El Khoury, Aram ^a   Gruber, Susanne H M ^a   Mørk, Arne ^b   Mathé, Aleksander A ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Depression; Early maternal separation; Escitalopram; Flinders Resistant Line rat; Flinders Sensitive Line rat; Porsolt swim test

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DRUG VEHICLE; ESCITALOPRAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FOOD; GENETIC TRAIT; HEREDITY; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SWIMMING;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CITALOPRAM; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; SWIMMING;

EID: 33646025518     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2005.11.011     Document Type: Article

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