Estradiol decreases rat depressive behavior by estrogen receptor beta but not alpha: No correlation with plasma corticosterone

NeuroReport

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 100-104

  Yang, Fuzhong ^a   Tao, Jing ^a   Xu, Li ^b   Zhao, Nan ^a   Chen, Jing ^a   Chen, Weijun ^a   Zhu, Yi ^a   Qiu, Jianyin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

behavior; corticosterone; estradiol; estrogen receptor; rat; restraint stress

Indexed keywords

1,3,5 TRIS(4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 4 PROPYLPYRAZOLE; CORTICOSTERONE; DIARYLPROPIONITRILE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FORCED SWIM TEST; IMMOBILITY; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MAZE LEARNING; NITRILES; OVARIECTOMY; PROPIONATES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SWIMMING;

EID: 84891853402     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0000000000000052     Document Type: Article

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