Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Conditional Knockouts Show Gender Differences in Depression-Related Behaviors

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-197

  Monteggia, Lisa M ^a   Luikart, Bryan ^a   Barrot, Michel ^a   Theobold, David ^a   Malkovska, Irena ^a   Nef, Serge ^a   Parada, Luis F ^a   Nestler, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

animal model; BDNF; behavior; depression; gender; knockout

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DESIPRAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERAPY EFFECT;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DESIPRAMINE; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROSENCEPHALON; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33846105118     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.03.021     Document Type: Article

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