Involvement of α-MSH in the social isolation induced anxiety- and depression-like behaviors in rat

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1009-1018

  Kokare, Dadasaheb M ^a   Dandekar, Manoj P ^a   Singru, Praful S ^b   Gupta, Girdhari Lal ^a   Subhedar, Nishikant K ^c  

^a RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

MSH; Forced swim test; Immunohistochemistry; Melanocortin 4 receptors; Social interaction test; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA INTERMEDIN[11-22][11 (N ACETYLCYSTEINE) 14 [3 (2 NAPHTHYL) DEXTRO ALANINE] 18 CYSTEINE 22 ASPARTIC ACID AMIDE] 11,18 CYCLIC DISULFIDE; MELANOCORTIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIALIZATION; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; WEANING;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950942966     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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