Amitriptyline treatment under chronic stress conditions: Effect on circulating catecholamines and anxiety in early maternally separated rats

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 664-680

  Cotella, Evelin M ^a   Lascano, Iván Mestres ^a   Levin, Gloria M ^b   Suárez, Marta M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amitriptyline; Anxiety; Catecholamines; Early maternal separation; Plus maze test; Variable chronic stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMITRIPTYLINE; NORADRENALIN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SEPARATION ANXIETY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANXIETY; BLOOD; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; ANXIETY; EPINEPHRINE; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE LEARNING; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 65349130077     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450802330611     Document Type: Article

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