Depressive behaviors and decreased expression of serotonin reuptake transporter in rats that experienced neonatal maternal separation

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-39

  Lee, Jong Ho ^a   Kim, Hyung Jin ^a,b   Kim, Jae Goo ^a,b   Ryu, Vitaly ^a   Kim, Bom Taeck ^c   Kang, Dong Won ^d   Jahng, Jeong Won ^a  

^a School of Dentistry   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Early life stress; Gene expression; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Maternal separation; Raphe nucleus; Serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE TEST; MOBILIZATION; NEONATAL STRESS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE LEARNING; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 34247574704     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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