Gene-environment interaction affects substance P and neurokinin A in the entorhinal cortex and periaqueductal grey in a genetic animal model of depression: Implications for the pathophysiology of depression

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-101

  Husum, Henriette ^a   Wörtwein, Gitta ^b   Andersson, Weronika ^c   Bolwig, Tom G ^b   Mathé, Aleksander A ^c  

^a H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Maternal separation; Stress diathesis model; Tachykinins

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PEPTIDE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NEUROKININ 2 RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NEUROKININ A; SUBSTANCE P; TACHYKININ;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODEL; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; FLINDERS RESISTANT LINE; FLINDERS SENSITIVE LINE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIFE STRESS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEPRESSION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROKININ A; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ORGAN SIZE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 38149027032     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S146114570700778X     Document Type: Article

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