Acute reversible inactivation of the bed nucleus of stria terminalis induces antidepressant-like effect in the rat forced swimming test

Behavioral and Brain Functions

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Crestani, Carlos C ^a   Alves, Fernando H F ^a   Correa, Fernando M A ^a   Guimarães, Francisco S ^a   Joca, Sâmia R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT CHLORIDE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; COBALT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; IMMOBILIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS; STRIA TERMINALIS BED NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MICROINJECTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SWIMMING; WISTAR RAT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COBALT; DEPRESSION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SWIMMING;

EID: 77952823809     PISSN: 17449081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-6-30     Document Type: Article

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