Animal models of depression and neuroplasticity: Assessing drug action in relation to behavior and neurogenesis

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 829, Issue , 2012, Pages 103-124

  Xu, Ying ^a,b   Barish, Philip A ^a   Pan, Jianchun ^c   Ogle, William O ^a   O'Donnell, James M ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Animal models of depression; CMS; FST; Learned helplessness; Neurobiochemical model; Neurogenesis; Neuroplasticity; NIH; TST

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANIMAL; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODEL; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; MICE; MOOD DISORDERS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84863017075     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-458-2_6     Document Type: Review

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