Stressors can affect immobility time and response to imipramine in the rat forced swim test

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 542-548

  Gutiérrez García, Ana G ^a   Contreras, Carlos M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alarm odors; Antidepressant; Emotional stress; Forced swim test; Imipramine; Physical stress

Indexed keywords

IMIPRAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FOOTSHOCK; IMMOBILIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROSHOCK; EMOTIONS; IMIPRAMINE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 58749085031     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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