Expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor is not modulated by chronic mild stress in the rat hippocampus and amygdala

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1001-1007

  Allaman, Igor ^a   Papp, Mariusz ^b   Krafsik, Rudolf ^c   Fiumelli, Hubert ^c   Magistretti, Pierre J ^a,d   Martin, Jean Luc ^c,d  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anhedonia; BDNF; Chronic mildstress; Depression; Imipramine

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; IMIPRAMINE; MESSENGER RNA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANHEDONIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHRONIC MILD STRESS; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAT; SUGAR INTAKE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WISTAR RAT; ANIMAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 65249119720     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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