The varying effects of short-term and long-term corticosterone injections on depression-like behavior in mice

Brain Research

Volumn 1261, Issue , 2009, Pages 82-90

  Zhao, Yunan ^a   Xie, Weidong ^b   Dai, Jianguo ^a   Wang, Zhongli ^a   Huang, Yufang ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b Graduate School at Shenzhen   (China)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Depression like behavior; Light chain of neurofilament; Microtubule associated protein 2; Neuron specific nuclear protein; Stress

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NEUROFILAMENT LIGHT CHAIN PROTEIN; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN L;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TREATMENT DURATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; DRUG EFFECTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMOBILIZATION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PSYCHOLOGY; STAINING; SWIMMING; TONIC IMMOBILITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COUNT; CORTICOSTERONE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; MALE; MICE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; STAINING AND LABELING; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 61549096255     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.12.083     Document Type: Article

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