Repeated exposure to corticosterone increases depression-like behavior in two different versions of the forced swim test without altering nonspecific locomotor activity or muscle strength

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 67-72

  Marks, Wendie ^a   Fournier, Neil M ^a   Kalynchuk, Lisa E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal model; Corticosterone; Depression; Forced swim test; Open field; Rat; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GRIP STRENGTH; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; DEPRESSION; HAND STRENGTH; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SWIMMING;

EID: 67649476121     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.04.014     Document Type: Article

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