Long-lasting cognitive deficit induced by stress is alleviated by acute administration of antidepressants

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-39

  Nikiforuk, Agnieszka ^a   Popik, Piotr ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Animal model; Antidepressants; Cognition; Corticosterone; Depression; Executive function; Set shifting; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DESIPRAMINE; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; METYRAPONE; NOMIFENSINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HABITUATION; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CITALOPRAM; COGNITION DISORDERS; DESIPRAMINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FLUOXETINE; MALE; NOMIFENSINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78649580996     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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