Photoperiodic responses of depression-like behavior, the brain serotonergic system, and peripheral metabolism in laboratory mice

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 37-47

  Otsuka, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kawai, Misato ^a   Togo, Yuki ^a   Goda, Ryosei ^a   Kawase, Takahiro ^a   Matsuo, Haruka ^a   Iwamoto, Ayaka ^a   Nagasawa, Mao ^a   Furuse, Mitsuhiro ^a   Yasuo, Shinobu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Carbohydrate craving; Glucose tolerance; Photoperiodism; Raphe; Seasonal affective disorder; Serotonin; Tryptophan; Winter depression

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; SUCROSE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FORCED SWIM TEST; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SUGAR INTAKE; VALIDITY;

AMYGDALA; CARBOHYDRATE CRAVING; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; PHOTOPERIODISM; RAPHE; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN; WINTER DEPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, INBRED ICR; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEROTONIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84893398811     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.10.013     Document Type: Article

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