Long-term ovariectomy enhances anxiety and depressive-like behaviors in mice submitted to chronic unpredictable stress

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 786-791

  Lagunas, Natalia ^a   Calmarza Font, Isabel ^a   Diz Chaves, Yolanda ^a   Garcia Segura, Luis M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Elevated plus maze test; Forced swim test; Hippocampus; Neurogenesis; Ovarian hormones; Ovariectomy; Stress

Indexed keywords

OVARY PEPTIDE HORMONE; PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC STRESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DEPRESSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GRANULAR CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OVARIECTOMY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 78349307212     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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