Strain differences in the neurochemical response to chronic restraint stress in the rat: Relevance to depression

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 690-699

  O'Mahony, Cliona M ^a   Clarke, Gerard ^b   Gibney, Sinead ^b   Dinan, Timothy G ^a,b   Cryan, John F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

BDNF; Forced swim test; HPLC; Open field; Restraint stress; SD; WKY

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 78650122744     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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