Effects of chronic antidepressant treatments in a putative genetic model of vulnerability (Roman low-avoidance rats) and resistance (Roman high-avoidance rats) to stress-induced depression

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 231, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-53

  Piras, Giovanna ^a   Piludu, Maria A ^a   Giorgi, Osvaldo ^a   Corda, Maria G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Coping style; Forced swim test; Genetic model of depression; Roman high and low avoidance rats

Indexed keywords

CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; FORCED SWIM TEST; GENETIC MODEL; IMMOBILITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; ROMAN HIGH AVOIDANCE RAT; ROMAN LOW AVOIDANCE RAT; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLOMIPRAMINE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSION; DESIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 84891828109     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-013-3205-7     Document Type: Article

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