Sex-dependent antidepressant effects of lower doses of progesterone in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 687-690

  Andrade, S ^a   Silveira, S L ^a   Arbo, B D ^b   Batista, B A M ^a   Gomez, R ^b   Barros, H M T ^b   Ribeiro, M F M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Depression; Estrous cycle; Female rats; Forced swim test; Gender; Gonadal hormones

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ACUTE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIESTRUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WISTAR RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; MALE; PROGESTERONE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SWIMMING;

EID: 77950368053     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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