Lamotrigine treatment reverses depressive-like behavior and alters BDNF levels in the brains of maternally deprived adult rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 348-353

  Abelaira, Helena M ^a   Réus, Gislaine Z ^a   Ribeiro, Karine F ^a   Zappellini, Giovanni ^a   Cipriano, Andreza L ^a   Scaini, Giselli ^a   Streck, Emilio L ^a   Quevedo, João ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO EXTREMO SUL CATARINENSE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

BDNF; Depression; Lamotrigine; Maternal deprivation; NGF

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; LAMOTRIGINE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRIAZINES;

RATTUS;

EID: 84857028255     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: 18735177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2012.01.019     Document Type: Article

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