Isolation-induced behavioural changes in a genetic animal model of depression

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-91

  Fischer, Christina W ^a   Liebenberg, Nico ^a   Elfving, Betina ^a   Lund, Sten ^a   Wegener, Gregers ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Animal behaviour; Depression; Metabolism; Social isolation; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CREB-BINDING PROTEIN; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EATING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; INSULIN; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RNA, MESSENGER; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 84857260859     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.01.050     Document Type: Article

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