Towards translational rodent models of depression

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 354, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 141-153

  O'Leary, Olivia F ^a   Cryan, John F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Animal model; Antidepressant; Depression; Stress; Translational

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN; DESIPRAMINE; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; KETAMINE; LITHIUM; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ACUTE STRESS; AGE; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; BREEDING; CELL SURVIVAL; CHRONIC STRESS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONNECTOME; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC MODEL; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAIL SUSPENSION TEST; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; TREATMENT RESISTANT DEPRESSION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNPREDICTABLE CHRONIC MILD STRESS; ANIMAL; MOUSE; RAT;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MICE; RATS; RODENTIA; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84885581328     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-013-1587-9     Document Type: Review

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