The effects of the estrus cycle and citalopram on anxiety-like behaviors and c-fos expression in rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 124, Issue , 2014, Pages 180-187

  Sayin, Aslihan ^a   Derinöz, Okşan ^a   Yüksel, Nevzat ^a   Şahin, Selda ^b   Bolay, Hayrunnisa ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Uzunkopru State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

c fos expression; Citalopram; Elevated plus maze; Estrus cycle; Ultrasonic vocalization

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; PROTEIN C FOS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GROOMING; MORNING DOSAGE; NONHUMAN; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; ULTRASOUND; VAGINA SMEAR; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; DRUG THERAPY; ESTRUS; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CITALOPRAM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MAZE LEARNING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 84903141476     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: 18735177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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