Differential effect of environment enrichment and social isolation on depressive-like behavior, spontaneous activity and serotonin and norepinephrine concentration in prefrontal cortex and ventral striatum

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-93

  Brenes, Juan C ^a   Rodríguez, Odir ^a   Fornaguera, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Brain development; Depression; Environmental enrichment; Forced swimming behavior; Model; Monoamines; Open field behavior; Prefrontal cortex; Rats; Social isolation; Stress; Striatum

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BRAIN LEVEL; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; WEANING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEOSTRIATUM; NOREPINEPHRINE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 38049113439     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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