Effects of age on susceptibility to the induction of depressive behavior and imipramine in rats

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 334-338

  Sun, Miao Kun ^a   Alkon, Daniel L ^a  

^a Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Antidepressant; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Depression; Imipramine; Open space swim test; Rat

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; IMIPRAMINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFICACY; GROUPS BY AGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN SPACE SWIM TEST; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWIMMING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; WISTAR RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMIPRAMINE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 52449086012     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FBP.0b013e328308f239     Document Type: Article

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