Testosterone and imipramine have antidepressant effects in socially isolated male but not female rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 678-685

  Carrier, Nicole ^a   Kabbaj, Mohamed ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Elevated plus maze; Gonadectomy; Imipramine; Neurogenesis; Novelty induced hypophagia; Ovariectomy; Social isolation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

IMIPRAMINE; PLACEBO; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HIPPOCAMPUS CELL; HYPOPHAGIA; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUCROSE PREFERENCE; TASTE PREFERENCE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CASTRATION; DEPRESSION; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FEMALE; IMIPRAMINE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TESTOSTERONE; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84860525469     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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