Enhanced Sensitivity of the MRL/MpJ Mouse to the Neuroplastic and Behavioral Effects of Acute and Chronic Antidepressant Treatments

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-77

  Balu, Darrick T ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

antidepressants; brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF); flow cytometry; neurogenesis; novelty induced hypophagia (NIH)

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CITALOPRAM; DESIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOPHAGIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MOUSE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT DURATION; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MURPHY ROTHS LARGE LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MRL LPR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 76749119450     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017295     Document Type: Article

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