Effects of acute and chronic stressors and CRF in rat and mouse tests for depression

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1148, Issue , 2008, Pages 118-126

  Dunn, Adrian J ^a,b   Swiergiel, Artur H ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Tropical Medicine John A Burns School of Medicine University of HI   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Corticotropin releasing factor (CRF); Depression; Footshock; Forced swim test; Restraint; Stress; Tail suspension test

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ACUTE STRESS; CHRONIC STRESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FOOTSHOCK; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LIFE STRESS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RODENT; TAIL SUSPENSION TEST;

MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 57649178330     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1410.022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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