Novelty-seeking behavior predicts vulnerability in a rodent model of depression

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 210-216

  Stedenfeld, Kristen A ^a   Clinton, Sarah M ^c   Kerman, Ilan A ^c   Akil, Huda ^c   Watson, Stanley J ^c   Sved, Alan F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic mild stress; Depression; High responder; Low responder; Selectively bred rat; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ANHEDONIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHRONIC VARIABLE INTERMITTENT STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING; FOOD PREFERENCE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOVELTY SEEKING BEHAVIOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; SUCROSE PREFERENCE TEST;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79952766165     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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