Social isolation induces behavioral and neuroendocrine disturbances relevant to depression in female and male prairie voles

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 32, Issue 8-10, 2007, Pages 966-980

  Grippo, Angela J ^a   Gerena, Davida ^a   Huang, Jonathan ^a   Kumar, Narmda ^a   Shah, Maulin ^a   Ughreja, Raj ^a   Sue Carter, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Corticosterone; Corticotropin releasing factor; Depression; Double labeling; Fos; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Immunohistochemistry; Oxytocin; Resident intruder; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; OXYTOCIN; PROTEIN C FOS; SUCROSE;

ANHEDONIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRAIRIE VOLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; VOLE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; DEPRESSION; EATING; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; OXYTOCIN; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 36048938030     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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